A half year's worth of wisdom...

Hey, guess what? I will be 6 months old tomorrow!

Know what my favorite thing in the world is? Kickin' back in my high chair and sucking applesauce off a spoon. Mmmmmmmm - Delicious! I ate almost a whole jarful of it today until Mommy cut me off. I LOVE eating with a spoon. So much more satisfying than a bottle. Especially applesauce. But you know what I just don't get - rice cereal - can someone please tell me what is the point of that stuff?

Me

Aren't I cute?

The Drool King

This baby is SO DROOLY. He can soak thru a bib in less than an hour. Clearly, I need to invest in more bibs. I really don't remember the others being this bad.

On a positive note, he FINALLY let me get some sleep last night. He slept for 10 hours! It was heavenly. If only I could dare to hope he's finally settled in to the new house and will keep sleeping like this. Now if only I could get him to take a decent nap or 2 during the day...

New Stuff

I really like this toy - it makes music when I hit it. I can roll over now from my back to my front. Mommy says I should learn how to roll from my front to my back too but after awhile of being on my tummy, I just get mad and yell at her to come get me.

4 Months

Philip had his 4-month-old checkup today. Hard to believe he's that old already. I'm already missing the "baby" days. He can already roll over from his back to his stomach, turn sideways in his crib, grab for toys, "talk" at the top of his lungs, and he's been laughing for over a month & a half. The doctor said we can start trying cereal now - coincidently, I bought some just last week knowing this would happen sooner rather than later.

He's now 27 inches which puts him just off the chart heightwise and 17 pounds, 2 ounces which is the 75 percentile. Apparently, he will be just as big as his brother and sisters (though, hopefully, not as big as Stephanie when he's 2.)

Favorite Thing

My new favorite thing to do is to fall asleep, let Mommy lay me down in my crib, stay asleep for awhile to let her relax and think she's about to be able to get some things done, and then wake up before she can even get started.

Also, this woman has 3 children older than me, why do I only have 3 pairs of long pants to wear this fall? She'd better dig out those storage bins and see if there is anything else for me to wear.

Baby's Day Out

My Great-Great-Aunt Esther came and picked me up again today. She's so much fun. We talk and talk and smile and smile. And she always brings me back home even though Steffi always has her doubts that she will when she picks me up.

Mommy calls me a "drool monster" now. I can't help it. I need some teeth to help hold the drool in. But I'm not ready to get teeth yet. Plus I like blowing bubbles.

We went to the zoo on Monday. I didn't really get to see very many animals. I slept at least half the time we were there. And I was in the stroller almost all the time. But it was fun and tiring - I slept a lot yesterday too because I was worn out.