6 Months!

Our baby boy is getting soo big!  I realized I better go ahead and post the 6 month pics bc 7 months is right around the corner! 

It's hard to believe that he's already been alive for half a year. His 6th month of life was filled with much holiday celebrations, family and friends-and then two weeks at the beach. What more could a babe ask for?! His actual half birthday was in Captiva Island, FL and he loved every minute of being outside in the warm sunshine! (As did we!) At his check up last week, he weighed in at 18.6 lbs-he was 75% for both height and weight. Growing and growing! Unfortunately, Blaise has battled two icky colds this past month and when Dr. O'Neil checked his ears he found an infection in the left one;( Thank goodness for the antibodies that breast-feeding brings, I can't imagine how sick he'd be otherwise during wretched flu season! He hasn't been in any nurseries or daycares, but he has been around other children/babies where he picked up the bugs.  Oh well!  Praise the Lord that neither were too severe and medicine was an necessity. I'm thankful that he was born in July and that we didn't have to be under house arrest! 

6 month milestones-This is such a fun and interactive age!  Blaise sits up really well on his own now! I can confidently sit him down on our hard wood floors and not be afraid that he'll topple over and hit his head. He also gets in the crawling position but has only managed to scoot backwards thus far. (I'm selfishly not looking forward to the mobil stage. I'm gonna have to chase him everywhere and stay on top of cleaning the floors!) 

Blaise also reaches and grabs everything he can get ahold of, and of course immediately sticks it into his mouth! He managed to only grab the sand once in Florida.  My dad kept wanting to give him shells or have him smell a flower-but he learned quickly that this does not work! ;) 

We enjoyed a tasty marbled- brownie dessert for Blaise's special day-he loved the candles! 

Henry & Antonia got to celebrate with us!