6 Months Old

Moses turned 6 months last week. Hard to believe that it has already been six months! At his doctor's appt., he was 16 lbs (25th percentile) and 27 inches (70th percentile). It is so amazing how much he is growing and learning each day. He thinks he's big stuff sitting up by himself, eating cereal, and trying to stand up on his own. Teething is a continuous process! Moses is now working on his 6th tooth! Last week, Aaron & I noticed him grinding his teeth. It sounds horrible, but maybe it relieves some pain?

Here are a couple pictures of Moses with his friend Jack Blunier. Looks like they are having fun together. Lizzie watches Moses on Thursday mornings while mom attends a bible study (a baby-sitter for the baby-sitter? No wait. . . my mom doesn't need a baby-sitter. . .)

Mmmm! Cereal is Delish!

Tonight, Moses had his first taste of the delicious rice cereal! We decided to at least try solids before Moses has his 6th month well baby check-up on Wednesday. It went as well as it could. His first bite he pushed most of it out with his tongue. By the end, he may have swallowed a teaspoon or so! He'll get the hang of it sooner or later :-)

Even though Moses doesn't like us looking in his mouth, we are pretty sure his fourth tooth has broken through. Now he has the two front bottom teeth & two fangs, just in time to be a vampire for Halloween (or a scary bear).

He was more interested in chewing on the spoon and reaching for the bowl than he was in the actual food.
In the post-meal picture, you can see most of the cereal is on his bib!

Sitting Tall & Inch Worm

Here are a few pictures of Moses sitting up by himself, for the most part. He's still drooling quite a bit. His third tooth has come through. . . his poor gums!

Here are a couple videos of Moses. One is of his latest way to move. He doesn't use his hands/arms, just his knees, feet, and head :-) The second one is of Moses playing peek-a-boo with his dad.

5 Months Old!

Moses turned five months yesterday. He'll sit up by himself for about 5-10 seconds before he topples over. The boppy is helpful to him.

Love those big blue eyes. I can't wait for him to grow some hair!!!

Two Teeth!

Here's Moses showing off his two teeth. We'd like to think that's why he's been so cranky recently! We think he's already working on his next one. Poor kid isn't getting any type of break.

He loves to sit in the exersaucer and play while he's at my mom's. After playing for about 10 minutes, he usually gets tired of holding himself up and it's almost like he's a little overstimulated. Look at it. . . I can't imagine why :-)

Fun with the Dohner Family

Moses had the opportunity to spend time with the Dohner family last weekend. He was extremely spoiled by his aunts & grandparents. I'm so thankful for loving families :-)

He thinks he's such big stuff holding his head up and rolling back & forth.

As you can see, he is drooling a TON and sucking on his bottom lip. His second tooth just came in this past week!

Four Months Old

Today, Moses had his four month doctor appointment. He’s just getting over a double ear infection; he’s working on his next tooth, and he got four shots today! He handled it all so well (or maybe it was the Tylenol). He let out one cry, his faced turned bright red, and then he was just fine. Well, a little out of it, but pretty good under the circumstancesJ He weighed 14lbs. 12 oz and the nurse measured him at 25 inches. Both of those are in the 50^th percentile. Mom thinks the nurse didn’t measure him properly and when we measured him, he was 26 inches long (this is the same nurse that measured him shorter at his 2 week appt than what he was at birth and the one who was off 6 inches on his head circumference at his 2 month appt., so I guess we have reason to believe she’s not very accurate!).

Micah is helping with Moses any chance he can get. He told mom that he wanted to feed Moses "all by himself." I do believe he's ready for a new sibling :-)