6 months old!!!

Ben turned six months old August 11th. I know EVERYONE says they can't believe how fast he's growing up, and for the most part, neither can I. This is definately my favorite age for him so far. He's "talking" like crazy. All those little noises he makes are so cute. Sometimes it sounds like he's singing. He's laughing more and moving more. Yesterday he scooted himself about 3 feet backward while laying on his belly. He's always chewing on his fingers or sucking his thumb. He wants so badly to play with Junie, but she doesn't hold still long enough, or Junie starts licking his face so she gets yelled at to leave him alone. Junie also gets in trouble for chewing on Ben's teethers, which for some reason, she thinks are hers despite the amount of trouble she gets in when she's caught. They're the rubbery things filled with water so that you can put them in the fridge (label says no freezer, but whatever) and let the baby chew on them when they're cold to ease tooth pain.

Chris took Ben to his six month doctors appointment. Ben did very well. For his age, he's in the 30% for weight (so I guess he should be fatter) weighing 16lbs. 11oz. He's in the 90% for height measuring 28 inches tall. And he's in the 91% for head size. Imagine that, he's got a big head. :) The doctor said that babies go through growth spurts with their head and Ben seems to be going through one with his gigantic candy apple head. Hopefully his body will catch up. The doctor also told us that Ben can only "use his car seat for the next inch of his life" (Chris said it like that). So we're getting ready to upgrade to one Gina from work gave me. It's VERY nice. I've had it in the garage since I was like, 8 months pregnant, so when I went and got it it was dirty. It took me literally 20 minutes to get the cover off of it. A wrench had to be involved (as per explanations of people on the internet who also tried to wash their same car seat cover). Very frustrating. But it's clean and looks great! The only thing that sucks is that it's not the kind of car seat that comes out of the car, so now I'm going to have to carry Ben in without a carrier. I'm just paranoid of dropping him while I carry all my work crap.

I've been cleaning our house this weekend since this is the last weekend that I won't have homework. I start Grad. classes tomorrow. Not really looking forward to it. It's only on Mondays from 4:30-8:40pm. I'm riding with a friend from work who also has to take classes at the same time so at least we don't have to walk to the parking lot at night by ourselves. Alright, Ben's getting mad about the lack of a bottle in his face.

The Last Few Weeks

Ben taking a nap on Troy and Jamey's spare bedroom bed.

I'm kind of sad I only wrote one blog for the month of July. I've been very busy with work I've had to take home. Only a few mildly interesting things happened. It's been very stormy here over the last few weeks. Saturday morning our yard flooded with all the water that had poured from down the streets. Apparently our house sits at a lower part of the neighborhood. I went outside and played in it.

After it stopped raining and the water stopped flowing through our yard, we went up to Cakery Affairs in Bryant to plan Ben's 6 month birthday cake. I know there's no REAL point in it, but mostly I've just been craving cake and need an excuse to have a cute one. I brought in a picture of a cartoon giraffe I want on it, and then I drew a little tree with the words "Happy 6 month Ben" written in different parts of it. I asked if the giraffe could have some leaves in it's mouth to make it look like it's eating the tree. It's a chocolate cake with white icing. We'll see how they do with this cake. If it's cute (and delicious) we'll probably go back in 6 months to order his 1 year birthday cake. I can't believe my baby is already almost 6 months old!! Ben is babbling like crazy now! Right now I'm listening to him in his jumperoo and he sounds like he's saying "dadadadada" and "ayeyayaya" When he's mad is when he really sounds like he's saying something. He uses his angry tones and looks you in the eye and yells at you. He also sounds like a mad Louie Armstrong with his deep gurgly growly voice. He rolls over all the time now. Belly to back and back to belly. Here is a picture taken of him immediately after he rolled from belly to back. It was the first time I'd actually watched him do it. I was trying to get video of it, but the batteries were almost dead.

Sunday Tiffany came over and took a whole bunch of pictures that I LOVE! She has them on her flickr account, but here are a few of my favorites. Oh, and Ben doesn't smile outside. Nature is too distracting.

Look at the little belly on my baby! This is one of my favorite pictures of just Ben. He's using the grass to hold himself up. I was right behind him, waiting for him to tip over. Which he did.