6 months - belated...
(I wrote this at six months but am just now getting around to posting this one.)
Max you are six months old. You are an adorable baby boy -- I wonder sometimes if we are biased because we love you so much, but everyone says so. I sometimes wonder if you just seem so gorgeous to me because am your mother but it is very satisfying to know that everyone agrees. It makes me even more when someone tells me you look like me. Everyone says you have my eyes. And I do think that is true, but you are also a great mix of both Phillip and me.
Every day you do something amazing -- you tear up the house in your walker chasing the dog and cats, you sit and play with blocks and toys, you listen intently to every book I read you, then you earnestly hold each one I hand you after we're done reading it examine it closely. You eat with fervor and excitement pounding your hands the tray of your highchair if I dont feed you fast enough. You sleep soundly, almost through the night, with your face snuggled close to me or your daddy or a pillow (making me constantly worry if you can breath but you make it happily through every night). You laugh, you smile, and you make this funny sound that reminds us of an old man with a toothless grin on your face. You don't say any words yet (though Phillip is working hard on daddy), but we definitely get the idea of what you mean.
You love to eat, in fact we joke that you don't miss a meal and you are a gorgeous plump little boy. Your main meals are still milk but you also eat sweet potatoes, carrots, avocados, bananas, pears, sweet peas, and rice cereal. We haven't tried anything you don't like yet and I really hope it stays that way -- it wouldn't be the end of the world but I would like it so much if you grow up to be an adventurous eater.
We have our life set down into a nice routine, when we are home that is. Phillip and I both have our offices here and work from home. We have a nanny for you who comes weekdays from 8:30 to 3:30 except on Fridays when she leaves at 12:30. This system is working quite well except the nanny part, we've had one since you were just past 8 weeks old, but we've decided to make a change so soon you wil have a new nanny.
Maybe my favorite thing so far is that we have become a traveling family. We go everywhere together and I like the idea that we don't have to be apart just because daddy and I have to travel for work. So far you've been on trips to Miami, DC, LA, San Diego, Aspen, and Wyoming. In a few weeks we are headed back to the east coast with stops in DC, New York City and Maine. You were made to travel. Whether we drive or fly you rarely fuss and the different beds a varying time zones don't seem to bother you at all.
You are sitting up and working on the basics of how to crawl (I'm sure you'll get there in no time).
You are amazing and we love you so much. I can't wait to see what the next months bring!
