We have a 6 month old!!

Our little Jackson has turned 6 months old! He's half a year old, people! That's unbelievable! We went out to dinner to celebrate. Jackson enjoyed his bottle, while we enjoyed Maudie's chicken fajitas for two! :)

He had his 6 month well check visit this morning. His weight was 17lbs, 2 oz (50th percentile), his length was 26" even (25-50th percentile) and his noggin measured 17 1/2" (75th percentile). I'd like to think his head is so big because he's got such a large brain, which means he super smart, like his girlfriend Hannah. :) Anyway, all went well at the doctor's office. That was until he received his vaccinations. Jackson got 3 shots and an oral vaccine. Poor baby!

So some things going on around here with the little guy:

• He has finally come around to eating some solid food - slowly, but surely that is. He's tried rice cereal, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, and bananas. Tomorrow he's going to try carrots!
• The toes have finally reached his mouth. That is one amazing feat! We'll have to get a picture of that.
• He's rolling over tummy to back like a mad man! He's done the back to tummy roll only a few times but seems to like the tummy to back roll much better.
• He's doing a lot of babbling where he's combining consonants & vowels. We've heard "mamamamama" and "bababababa"....um, at least we think we have.
• He's definitely sitting without support for longer periods of time. The coolest thing is that he is now sitting in high chairs at restaurants and the front of the shopping carts at the store!
• His two bottom teeth are pretty much completely out and we now need to start brushing them!
• He's experiencing a little bit of stranger anxiety. It was in full force a month or two ago but he still goes through occasional bouts of freaking out when he sees people who aren't mommy & daddy.
• Last but most certainly not least..he is sleeping 11-12 hours at night, even with teething! If someone would have told us 6 months ago that our 6 month old would be sleeping that long at night, we never would have believed them and we would have told them they were nuts!

Well that's all for now! Here's a few pix of our silly little bubby!