Six Months

beckham,

  happy, happy half-birthday little man! you are six whole months. from today on, each day that passes puts you closer to your first birthday than the day we welcomed you into our family. how did this happen? on the bright side, for you, you're only six months away from tasting your first piece of cake. score.

the past month has been a roller coaster ride. i am going to put a call into the tooth fairy & ask when your teeth will be coming in because you are seriously uncomfortable. on top of your teeth discomfort, you have come down with your first cold. that has awarded you the nickname "snots." you don't seem to mind the snot sucker but you hate & i mean HATE when we wipe your nose. between the teethies & the snots, a whole night of sleep has become a distant memory! my fingers have turned black & blue from crossing them so hard, in hopes that you will soon be back to your normal sleeping schedule! PLEASE!?

you, little mister, are determined to be mobile. you have conquered scooting backwards, which completely annoys you. with each scoot scoot you end up further & further away from your object of desire, usually my iPhone. but don't fear, my dear, over the last couple of days you have successfully gotten in the crawl position & rocked forward. i fear we are extremely close to days of a mobile baby! watch out world, beckham is about to be on the loose! oh, i must mention, you are obsessed with climbing backwards off the sofa. you love standing on the wood floors & gazing back up at us. without fail this activity makes you giggle & squeal with delight.

 

just this week you have started saying "da da, da da, da da!" which has your dada completely delighted. this month you got to taste a little baby oatmeal but today marks the start of your newest adventure...food! your first food taste test will be butternut squash. dada & i whipped up a batch the other night! if you're anything like your parental unit, you will be happy as a clam to try anything at least once. 

ah, i must mention, when you get really worked up, typically because i am not holding you 24/7 you start making raspberries over & over & over again. hard not to giggle because it's so cute & sad all at the same time. 

one of our new delights is looking over & seeing you sitting up in between me & your dada. to add some excitement to our day, you now grab the collar of my shirt & pull yourself into a stand. oh & the smile you get when you succeed. cutest thing ever. your mouth is like a hungry great white shark, you aggressively attack our noses, dada's hat or anything else you can get you mouth around. it cracks us up! you come in for the kill before we can even protect ourselves!

you truly are a delight. there is definitely something special about you. you have stolen many hearts already, including mine. i may be biased, but i'm also 100% right. i am so thankful for the amazing gift you are each & every day of my life. 

with mad love & major kisses,

mama