Sutter

Mommy and Daddy have this big shiny piece of glass called a mirror in their bedroom, and sometimes Mommy sits with me in front of it and plays games and sings songs with me. Well, guess what? When you look straight in the mirror - ANOTHER baby and mommy look back at you! The baby is really nice, and he lets me reach for his hands and give him kisses and imitates everything I do! The mommy mostly smiles, which is nice, but not as interesting as someone playing high-five with you. He’s a pretty good friend - I like this kid!

Hey everyone! I got a new skill I’ve been working on, and I’m very proud of myself about it! Yesterday I showed my folks that I can sit upright all by myself for like up to 15 seconds! Sitting up is pretty awesome - and the best part of all is that you can totally mess with your mom by staying upright just long enough for her to grab the camera, and then toppling over to one side as soon as she gets it good and steady. (I’m a little trickster!). My new upright posture also makes it possible for me to take baths in my bath seat in the Big Kid Bathtub! Cool, huh? The Big Kid tub is really fun - you can stay in there a while and Mommy lets you splash around and make lots of noise! Mommy also says that when I am bigger, I get to take baths together with Decker! Can’t wait!

Hi everyone! Today I am six months old - happy birthday to me! To celebrate, I believe I will have some yummy strained carrots for dinner. Mmmmm! No teeth yet, but probably soon! Bet my mommy can’t wait.

Hi everyone! A couple of days ago I told you all that I was close to scootching - well, mission accomplished! Yesterday I decided I was getting really tired of just hanging out on the blanket and having to roll everywhere to get where I wanted, whether it was over to my big brother or to one of his books (which I am constantly trying to get my chubby little mitts on). Anyway, I decided to finally start using my arms along with my legs, and now can scootch  across the room with a galloping galumph! It’s a lot of fun, and I basically keep doing it (even though my mom keeps grabbing my legs and pulling me back to the other side of the blanket to start all over again) until I wear myself out! As a result, I am falling asleep quickly and deeply - I need my power naps to energize for the next few laps! I am determined to catch up with Decker as soon as I can - watch out everybody, here I come!

Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I last checked in, but boy oh boy have I been a busy little bee! First of all, I’ve been GROWING like a weed - I had my latest check-up last week and I have gained another 2 lbs and another 2 inches! The doctor told my mom that I’m in the 95% for height and the 50% for weight, so it looks like there’s gonna be TWO tall boys running around the house in a few years! (Mommy says that’s good, b/c we’ll be able to lift things down from the shelf for her).  I was a brave boy at the doctor’s office, and my big brother kept me company and told me it would be ok, so when they gave me three shots in my legs (ow!!!), I only cried a little and then I calmed right down and fell asleep. Because Decker was so nice to help me, I let him pick out my toy from the treasure box and let him keep it until I can play with it. I do that with lots of my stuff.

What else? Well, I’ve added some new foods to my dinner repetoire! Now I get to have rice cereal every night, matched with some kind of veggie. So far I’ve had green beans (meh), sweet potato (mmm) and squash (YUM! Gimmee MORE). Tonight, Mommy says we’ll try peas. Daddy says he’s sorry.

I have been continuing to roll all over the place, and my neck is super strong now, so I can hold myself up on my forearms when I’m on my tummy, and Mommy can carry me on her hip no problem! (We travel around the house a lot like that). Best of all, I have discovered that if I stick my tush up in the air and bend my knees and then kinda move my bottom half of my body forward, I can scootch! It’s not the most efficient means of locomotion just yet, as I still haven’t quite figured out the coordination of my upper body to correspond with the caterpillar action of my lower half. So, I basically end up pushing forward on my face, getting my arms pinned, wriggling them loose, squawking, smiling, then starting all over again. It’s really quite exciting though - and my mom and dad seem pretty psyched to watch it! Hey, I aim to please!

My big brother is still the coolest guy in town. He makes me laugh and grin huge gummy baby grins and I desperately want to be 3 years old already so I can go play with him. I’m big enough now to play in my exersaucer (’bouncy bounce’), and he will come over and keep me company so that’s neat. He just seems to know everything about EVERYTHING, and he likes to play with me, and we are best good buds. He reads to me a lot and gives me toys and likes to come check on me when I am sleeping. (Although Mommy tries her best to discourage that - I’m not sure why? He always wakes me up - what’s wrong with that?).

Well, tomorrow we are going to a big place called the aquarium for Daddy’s birthday - Decker says it will be fun and we’ll see penguins - cool! Check you all later!