Six Months

Weight and Height:  He's just over 17 pounds and 26ish inches. His six month appointment is Tuesday so we'll have official numbers then.

Sleeping patterns:  He mostly sleeps through the night, but there are some rough spots. We had a growth spurt where he gained almost a pound in about a week, and he's been battling not stop colds. I think he's been healthy for only about one week since day care has started - poor guy.

You never know where you'll find him when you check on him when he's sleeping.

Eating habits:  He's eating pretty much any baby food, and has gotten a lot less messy. Usually he's pretty chipper when he's eating food, but one time he actually fell asleep during his dinner!

New discoveries he's made:  He hasn't really made any new discoveries, he's just more skilled at some things than he was before. He's more efficient at rolling over from tummy to back and back to tummy, picking up things, transferring items from hand to hand, finding his mouth with objects, eating, and operating his toys.

Accomplishments:  He's sitting up on his own, but sometimes he still will face plant if he starts leaning too far.

Places he went:  This last month has been pretty busy! Dominic was baptized on 10/21...just a little late! He snored through the first part, and woke up when the priest poured the water on his head. Adam and Jennifer are his godparents. We had a fun little party at our house afterward with some yummy cake and cupcakes from Carefree Patisserie.

The Godparents

The framed card is from my godparents on my baptism day.

The next weekend we traveled to Omaha, where he got to meet his great aunt Rhea and Great Grandma and Grandpa Craun. We're so glad that Dom got to meet them all!

 Then the following weekend was the annual Charles City weekend in DSM. This weekend last year was the year that we made the official pregnancy announcement, so it was cool for him to meet all those people that last saw me with just a little baby belly. Dom had his first experience with really rowdy Hawk fans and survived!

Yesterday we went to Brian's cousin's wedding, and Dominic got to meet his second cousins and Great Aunt Kathi and Uncle Dave. Kathi and Dave haven't seen Dom since shortly after he was born - and he looks VERY different now. Dom was very interested in his cousin Bennett. They inadvertently matched, so of course we had to take some cute pictures of them together.

Those eyelashes!

Special friends he's made:  No new friends this month, but Marbles is actually letting Dominic pet her. It's so cute to watch him smile big when he sees her. Some of his favorite toys include:  his crinkle fabric blocks, his kitty, his giggle toy, his piano gym, the bouncer, people's noses, and a tv remote (don't worry - the batteries aren't in there!).

Noises and babbles:  He talks all the time now. I know he's not saying anything functionally yet, but it sounds like he says "hi" and "Dada" and one time even "I love you Dad" (like it was all mumbled together). We started teaching him signs for milk, eat, and cat. I *think* he's done the milk sign a few times, but since we're just accepting approximations of the sign, it's hard to tell if he actually did the sign or if he's just opening and closing his hand. Regardless, he gets a bottle when he does it (unless he just ate). He likes watching us sign so hopefully he'll get the hang of it in the next few months.

Firsts:  Dominic celebrated his first Halloween dressing as Brian and as a tiger for daycare. Holidays are so fun now with a child!

I had a minor freak-out when his face wipes wouldn't take off his eyeliner beard. Turns out I just needed to use eye makeup remover wipes!

Of course he had to dress up for Halloween day, even if he was just going to daycare.

Other adventures this month:  We did a mini fall photo shoot in his sweet Timbs and hat.