Six Months Old

My little boy is six months old already! I cannot believe it. He is such a wonderful little guy. At his 6 month check-up Phillip weighed in at 14.12 lbs and measures 26 1/4 inches long. Percentage wise his weight is in the 6th percentile and 50th in height. Most likely his lack in weight is due to not eating solid foods yet. The Dr gave the okay to start feeding him solids. He is not sitting up yet, in fact he is not even rolling over on his own. I was going to give him some rice cereal yesterday but he came down with Strep during the afternoon. Both Mia and Phillip are doing better after 24 hours of antibiotics. This morning he sampled a biter biscuit. Oh my! He was so excited he kept losing the biscuit. This evening Amelia fed him some rice cereal. Not as exciting but still very delicious.

*can grasp objects quite quickly
*loves to play peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, and bouncy games
*will spend 10-20 minutes in his jumperoo bouncing up a storm
*loves to follow Amelia and is delighted when she plays with him
*is super ticklish
*can babble ba-ba-ba, bo-bo-bo
*makes slobbery raspberries
*loves to suck/chew on his middle two fingers
*is nicknamed, Master the Blaster, due to his explod-o-poo
*laughs at stuffed animals
*giggles when his shirts are removed and his bum wiped
*really loves his mommy, favorite place is perched in the front pack carrier
*arches his back and tries to roll over, sometimes flips over and assumes the high-centered position (arms back with legs a kickin')
*has a really cute eyebrow waggle
*has more hair than Justin