Dear Nug,
6 months old. How has it already been half of a year? It seems like just yesterday that I was bringing home our new baby bundle. You've more than doubled your size since then. Each day that goes by, I fall more and more in love with you. You are such a funny little guy. You smile with your whole body and your now toothy grin lights up the room. You are such a sweet little nugget!
As you can see, mama likes to give you lots of nick names. Daddy calls you Colton-man and so does Dayton because, well Daddy does. I tend to call you "Bug" or "Nug"/"Nugget." Like a chicken nugget. Get it? Uh, I have no idea where it came from, but you're my little Nug. And a cute one at that!
Your personality is starting to come out and I love watching how it changes as the time passes. You are such a happy little man, but you've started giving us a little bit of "tude." You can laready do daddy's eyebrows, so now I have three men in the house who can twist their eyebrows to give me funny looks. Oh boy. #outnumbered. You definitely let us know when you're not happy about something. You start crying and it is loud. Like 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds. You usually are appeased pretty quickly though. That's one of the things I love about you!
Well my happy little man, here's to .5 years of you. Happy half birthday Colton-man! I can't imagine our life without you. You've taken your spot in our family just perfectly. We love you little bug, to the moon and back!
Love,
Mama
Six month update:
Size - You're up to 16 pounds 6 ounces. You've got a few baby rolls on you, but you still look "skinny" to me and your daddy. We're quickly learning you may look like you're brother, but we're starting to see some fun differences!
Words - None, but you are starting to "talk" to us. You're starting to say "rara" sounds and a lot of "ba" or "ma" noises. Too cute.
Activity - You are rolling over all of the time now. You're even starting to attempt to sit up on your own! You will sit up for 10-15 seconds and then will fall over, but you're trying! and I can tell you are so excited about it. Oh baby boy, you're the cutest. When you're on your belly, you like to push up on your arms and straighten out. Your eyebrows go up with you lift your head high like you're straining so hard to see what's going on around you. I hope you never lose your sense of curiosity! You like to "stand" if we're holding your hands and you start jumping automatically. Bouncing baby boy has a new meaning. You are always. jumping. always.
Food - You have started eating soid foods and we've zipped through all of the veggies (peas, green beans, sweet potato, butternut squash, carrots, zucchini and yellow squash). We've also gotten through fruit (apple, avocado, pears, mango, peach, and banana). You were not into eating food for quite a while there, but you've picked up on it. I'm pretty sure your teeth had something to so with it. You've got the hang of it now!
- 7 am - wake and nurse
- 9 am - bottle/nurse
- 10:00-11pm - nap
- 12 pm - 2 oz veggies, 2 oz. fruit, oatmeal
- 1-3 pm - nap
- 3/3:30 pm - bottle/nurse
- 5:30 pm - nurse
- 6 pm - 2 oz veggies, 2 oz. fruit, oatmeal
- 7:30ish - nurse to bedtime
Sleep - At right about 6 months, you started sleeping through the night again. THANK YOU! I was really starting to feel beyond exhausted. You were waking up 1-2 times per night. I get up at 4 am to go workout, so that was not working out for me, buddy. But now you're back to your normal sleep schedule and I couldn't be more happy about it. Bless. You go to bed around 7:45 pm and wake up between 6:30-7 am. You are an incredibly light sleeper, however.
You are still taking a morning nap for about 1-1.5 hours and an afternoon nap for about 2-3 hours.
Hair - You're starting to get a little more hair I noticed this week. It seems dark, but at other times I can tell it's going to be blonde like your brothers. It looks like it's lightening up to me.
Eyes - Your eyes are dark brown. Just like your daddy and your brother. Swoon.
Teeth - You have teeth! You popped up your front two, bottom teeth.
Wardrobe - We've switched you to 9 months! You're just so long.
Diapers - size 3
Likes - I'm convinced that there's very little that you don't like. You are the happiest, smiliest, content baby. You're such a good little guy that I've been keeping you in church with me instead of bringing you to the nursery. That may change soon though, because you're getting pretty active...and talkative. What can I say? You're a happy little mister! which is why we call you "Smiley."
Mama's Favorite - I love picking you up from daycare. I love the smile you get. I love when you lean from Ms. Lisa's arms to come into mine. I love how excited you are and how you try to jump in my arms. You grab my shoulders and almost hug me. You bury your face on my chest/shoulder and come up smiling. It just melts my heart! I look forward to it from the time I drop you off until the time I pick you up!
