6 Months Old

Abram is now 6 months old!  How can that be?  Our little guy isn't so little anymore.  He had his check up yesterday and is meeting all of his 6, 7 and 8 month milestones.  He weighs 20 lbs. (80th%) and is 27 in long (60th%).  Just as reference/just for fun, here are the rest of the family's stats at 6 months:

Rebecca: 18 lbs. 13 oz,, 26 in.
Justin: 17 lbs. 4 oz., 25 1/2 in.
Mary: 16 lbs. 1 oz., 26 1/2 in.

Maybe he gets his height from Mommy and weight from Daddy :P  Whatever the case he is a big boy!  At 6 months old he is already wearing some 18m clothes.

Abram is on the move!  He does not like to stay in one spot very long.  He can army crawl.  He rolls from one side of the room to the other in the blink of an eye.  He is really rocking on his hands and knees and starting to lunge forward.  He is also very close to going from hands and knees to sitting.  He gets part way up and then tips over.  Abram can sit but does tip sometimes.

So far Abram has 2 teeth.  And we're pretty sure there are more that will come through soon.  The jury is still out on whether or not he'll be a thumb sucker.  He often has his thumbs in his mouth, but more for chewing than sucking.  Overall he's sleeping well.  He usually gets up once a night.  Although over the last week or so he has a pattern of going to bed around 8:30.  Then waking from sound asleep to a full out scream around 10/10:30.  We have yet to figure out why.  Usually it just takes some rocking to get him back to sleep.

Abram definitely has a different personality than Rebecca.  He is much more demanding.  If he is hungry or tired...he will certainly let you know.  And won't back down until he gets what he wants.  He is also much more mobile/physical and always wants to be in on the action.  Which leads to one of his biggest dislikes...riding in the car/being confined.  I think he is going to have abs of steel the way he lifts his head and holds it up, trying to get up whenever you lay him down or strap him in somewhere.  We put the infant car seat away and put him in the bigger, convertible seat because he is so big and in hopes that he would like it better...give him more room.  But he still does not like to ride.  Maybe something he inherited from Mommy.  The only dislike written down in my baby book is riding in cars :) (and I still do to this day).  I guess I have myself to blame.  We will also be putting away the swing.  We've tried it a handful of times...and he just screams every time.  Rebecca slept for hours in the car and loved her swing.  Abram...not so much.

Now that he is 6 months old we will be starting solids soon.  But we're not in a huge rush.  He's obviously well nourished right now.  We did bring up the high chair.  He seems to enjoy playing with his toys there while we eat...for a few minutes :P  Then he's ready to sit with Mommy as usual.

Abram is so much fun to watch.  He has the most contagious laugh.  He loves to watch his sister and laughs at just about everything she does (even when she cries...which she is not too happy about :P).  He is growing by leaps and bounds and amazes us daily.  Abram is sure to fill our house with plenty of noise for years to come :)

Rebecca is keeping plenty busy these days as well.  She loves going to Kindermusik, Little Lambs and MOPS to play with her friends and learn.  She also is enjoying pre-school at home with Mommy.  She loves to read her Bible.  Just yesterday she said it was her favorite book.  And she already has a passion and love for the Lord.  We are working on the letter K this week.  When I asked her who our King is she pointed up to the sky.  She is starting to say impromptu prayers (thank you for my food, thank you for my mom, thank you for my toys, please watch over us, etc.).  And she loves to learn about how to be kind and obedient and follow directions (although she still has trouble actually doing it :).    Rebecca adores her little brother and smothers him with hugs and kisses.  We have just started giving Rebeca a job so she can earn money.  She has started dusting each week.  It will be fun to see her piggy bank fill up and teach her about how to give, save and spend.  Rebecca has a huge imagination.  You just never know who she is going to be.  One minute you are playing with Cinderella.  The next you are playing with Fancy Nancy or Sister Bear.  Yesterday she was Tinkerbell the fairy bird.  She is still an avid reader and enjoys making up her own stories.  One of our upcoming projects is going to be writing stories...Mommy will write her story (that she dictates) and she'll illustrate it.  Maybe some day she'll be a writer.

Both kids are healthy and doing well.  We have an independent, laid back little girl and a strong willed, noisy little boy. We are truly blessed.