It's been a long, long time. Wow.
Patrick is just over 6 months old now! He's falling into the 20th percentile in length, and the 25th for weight. Around 26 inches long, 16 lbs. As far as milestones, Patrick is rolling over now! Only from back to belly, he can't quite get the rest of the way over.
The doctor is really happy with his progress. He's doing a lot of things that you'd expect of a 6 month old. We don't have to support his head anymore when we carry him around, and he really likes to stand as much as possible. He does really well in his bumbo seat.
It's really fun to watch him play with his toys now. He reaches and grabs for colorful things -- last night when I was changing him, he twisted, grabbed a stuffed lion and pulled it onto his chest and started gnawing on it.
Oh. Don't insult Patrick by offering him a pacifier. He absolutely does not want it. He would rather have his fingers, or possibly a blanket.
Patrick gets really chatty sometimes. He'll just talk and talk... some very serious conversations happen. I think he likes to tell me what he did that day. Today he told me all about shopping with Katie.
In May, Katie's heading back to the Hamptons, so we're going to have to start sending Patrick to daycare. He's had a great time with Gramma Vickie on Fridays and sometimes Mondays, but it's time. We're not so worried about colds anymore though. He had a really good winter. Only a little stuffy sometimes!
He's been sort of crabby lately - we're not sure, but he might be getting teeth soon. It's fun to give him orajel, and he liked chewing on my string cheese the other day, and my banana. No solid foods though, he doesn't know what to do once it's actually in his mouth!
Other than that, it's been sort of a crazy month for us. I guess the biggest, dumbest thing that happened is that a ton of Jon's tools were stolen. Thankfully our homeowner's insurance is going to help out, but it's just awful.
I might try to get something up here sooner next time, I can't believe how long it took!
