6 months!

Victor was 6 months old yesterday! It's so cliche but so true, they do grow up so fast! He's such a tall, gangly baby now. I really want to get him weighed and measured again, but he's not one of those super fat babies (except for his adorable little squishy fat cheeks!). Long arms, long legs, long body. When I went through the 9 month sizes I almost had to discard some of them because they were clearly meant for fatter, shorter babies (he just wore them early and had room around the tummy). I notice it most when I am feeding him, though--when he was born, he was the perfect size to hold in one arm. His head would rest in the crook of my elbow, and his little buns fit perfectly into my hand. Now I can barely reach his butt with my fingers extended! I wouldn't go back though. He's so much more fun now that you can play with him and make him smile and laugh. I love it when he flaps his arms and legs when he gets excited (which is why we already have the perfect Halloween costume for him, and I intend to take a video and turn it into a youtube sensation ;) ). I would, however, like to go back to the days of him sleeping through the night!! He hasn't slept through the night since before we got to Ohio, and never once in our new apartment!! It's getting old pretty darn quick. Blame it on his cold, blame it on his teething, blame it on his mommy and daddy staying late at grammy's house to watch True Blood, but it's not fun. He's still cute though. His hair is coming in more and looks a lot darker on top (though he still has a little bald patch in the back where he rubs his head). His eyes haven't changed for a while; they're still brown in the center and dark blue on the outside. He's turned into a tummy sleeper. Unless he's waaay out of it, the first thing he does when he lies down is roll onto his side or his tummy. Sometimes I'll roll him onto his tummy when I put him in his crib just to help him decide to go to sleep (and lately even that hasn't been working too well--naptimes are a battle again). He's started fighting when we put him in his carseat. He'll arch his back and slide down and cry; then once he's in he's fine, silly baby. I think we need to get in there and adjust the straps to the higher holes but we've just been too busy, and it's such a hassle to change that out. Hopefully now that Damian will be starting work we'll get back to a regular schedule where we have regular naptimes and bedtimes. I was thinking of trying to teach him sign language, too, since boys are supposed to get verbal later in life (though something tells me Victor won't have too much trouble). The only problem with that plan is that Damian and I would have to learn sign language too! ;) Flash cards, anyone? So many changes! It was fun going through the store again and being able to get all the 6 month toys now for him to play with! Yay! Lucky little baby :) So much fun stuff coming up!!