6 Months Old

"The days are long but the years are short," another quote from the Happiness Project.  But it's so true, I cannot believe he is 1/2 a year old!  We are planning on getting some professional pictures taken but the photographer wanted him to be sitting to get some better shots.  The only problem is he has ZERO interest in sitting!  He just arches his back and goes to his tummy or back.  We'll see if we manage to get him sitting anytime soon!

His 6 month check up revealed the following:

Weight: 18 lbs 5 oz (60th percentile)

Height: 27 3/4 inches (90th percentile)

Head: 46 1/4 cm (96th percentile!)

• Reid is officially a tummy sleeper which I never thought would happen because he hated his tummy for so long.  He officially rolled from his back to his tummy on June 2nd by himself in his crib.  He was screaming bloody murder which he rarely does when I lay him down to nap so I went and checked on him and I think he was shocked and couldn't figure out how to get back to his back.  
• He doesn't roll around that much while he's awake, but put him in his crib (we have a video monitor) and he rolls all over the place!  He is a closet roller!  

• Reid usually stays awake about 2 hours and then takes about a 2-3 hour nap twice a day.  I love this new schedule!  So now if nurse him breakfast, lunch, early dinner, and bed time around 7:30 pm and then feed him solids at each meal time.
• Reid is tolerant of baby food but really isn't that into it.  He does like most of the fruits, but hates apple sauce!  It's hard because he hates all the veggis too, except carrots.  So I give him a spoon full of something he likes and then sneak in the veggis to which he gives me a betrayed look!  Maybe he'll like real food sooner?  I've tried bits of real food and he doesn't seem to like that either...
• Reid has had 2 crazy hair days which makes us all laugh and Hayden loves it.  We call it, "exciting hair" (from Megamind) 

• Reid has started the awesome baby giggles and Hayden is the best at getting these out of him!  We got the cutest video of the two of them the other day
• Loves watching Disney Channel with big sister Hayden

• We also recently started reading a few books before his afternoon nap, Hayden thinks this is also really exciting

We are continually shocked at how similar Hayden and Reid look, it's a little crazy!  Everywhere we go people tell me how alike they look.  I love their beautiful blue eyes.