6 Months Old!

It is hard to believe it, but Jonah officially turned 6 months old last Tuesday! My, how half a year has flown!  We took him in for his check-up and shots on Thursday after we were home from Christmas vacation and he weighed in at 15 lbs. 10 oz (up from 13 lbs 8.5 oz at 4 months) and is 25 3/4" long (up from 23 3/4" at 4 months). Unfortunately, we didn't get his head measurement, and the doctor didn't really talk about specific percentiles this time around, so we can't offer those for comparison.  It is interesting to hear the differences in people's reaction to him, though: some think he is tiny ("a little peanut") and others seem to think that he is big for his age (which he really isn't).  Overall, it doesn't really matter, as we know we have a happy, healthy, and beautiful baby boy.

Here's the usual shot with Tigger, taken this time while we were at Grandpa Sweetser's house.  Can you see that his foot is wet?  That's because he was sucking it during the photo session!

We didn't do a half birthday cake to celebrate (he hadn't yet had any solids, so it seemed especially wrong to do so), though we did sing throughout the day "A Very Merry Half Birthday to You," to the tune of "The Unbirthday Song" from Alice in Wonderland.  What will the next six months bring??