My bitty little baby has turned into a big, gigantic tubby. He is my biggest baby at this age to date. I don't want him to get any bigger. I would be completely happy freezing him at this stage and age forever. I am completely and absolutely smitten with my baby boy. He is growing up much too quickly for my liking.
M at 6 months:
-Weighs 22 pounds (off the charts)
-29 1/2 inches long (off the charts)
-Has decided he loves babyfood. He is such a little piglet and it still shocks me how much he eats daily. As soon as he sees me get out the babyfood and a spoon, he wiggles around like crazy and gets so excited until that food is being shoveled into his mouth. If I'm not fast enough, he starts screaming. It's the same thing with nursing-as soon as I sit down with him on my lap, he freaks out until he's actually eating. We moved onto 2nd baby foods and he eats 2 veggies and 2 fruits a day. He also has a big giant bowl of rice cereal in the morning and he continues to nurse about 5 times a day. He still refuses bottles.
-I had to start buying size 4 diapers right before he turned 6 months. The 3's just weren't cutting it anymore.
-He wears 12-18 month clothing
-He is out of his infant seat. We bought him a new carseat this last week.
-He can't sit-up yet, but he rolls all over the place and can scoot to get to something he wants. He loves to be on his tummy and when I lay him down for bed, he immediately rolls over to his stomach.
-He got his first 2 teeth around 5 1/2 months and since then has cut 2 more, which makes me incredibly sad. Babies with their top teeth just don't look much like babies anymore.
-He loves toys and will play contently for long periods of time. He also loves his swing, even though he is out-growing it quickly.
-He takes two 2 hour naps during the day and sleeps a solid 12 hours through the night.
-He still refuses binky's (even though I still try to give them to him, haha) and he sucks his thumb occasionally. He mostly chews on it, along with anything else he touches. Everything always ends up in his mouth.
-He is such a happy, smiley, laughy baby. He used to be very serious, but now he's to the point where, if you even glance at him, his face breaks into a huge grin and he "talks" to everyone. If you say anything to him, he immediately answers back with some sort of noise or grunt or screech. He laughs at everything and has the most hilarious, vibrating laugh. It's really funny.
-Somewhere around 4-5 months all of his hair fell out in patches, so I gave him his first haircut and now it's just really short all over.
-We like to joke that's he's the Michelin Man because of all of his rolls all over his squishable arms and legs.
-He will already watch movies. Jonah was my only other kid who would actually sit and watch tv at this age. I gotta admit, I really like it. I rarely do it, but it's so nice to know he's content and happy when I am in the shower or doing hair, or whatever I need to get done for a few minutes.
-Andy swears he can say "Momma" I don't think so, but Andy says that whenever I'm gone and Magnus gets sad, he'll say it and look around for me. Hmmmm....
-Continues to bring happiness and love into our home. He is such a good baby and we all adore him and none of us can get enough. I could just squeeze him and kiss his big, fat cheeks all day long.
Happy 6 months baby boy. We love you!
Jonah had to bring his boat to try out. It started to run out of batteries and luckily it was close enough to wade in and grab it.
That started a little fiasco of everyone kicking off their shoes and becoming sufficiently soaked by the time we were ready to leave.
I love this photo. A nice reminder of the magical evening. We'll definitely be back to that little piece of heaven in the woods.
I simply love this pink tree in my front yard. Especially the fragrance wafting through my open windows.
Jonah having a lesson on mowing the lawn
Magnus having a lesson on entertaining himself
One particulary hot day the kids, along with their best buddies next door, whipped out their swimsuits and sprinklers for the first time this year and spent all morning running through the yard, playing with the hose, getting dirty in the mud, and having a picnic lunch on the deck. 
I don't think Bear really remembered last year. He was so excited about everything, like he hadn't ever done it before.
Pretty eggs.... I need to remember to do more next year. I always cook about 12 and then we color them really fast and the kids always want to do more. 
Magnus was really interested in coloring eggs too.... oh wait, no he wasn't.
And then he hid their baskets. It was really funny in the morning because my kids have NEVER forgotten a holiday. They woke up and I heard them go downstairs and turn cartoons on instead of excitedly searching for their Easter baskets. Weird. I finally went down and reminded them that we don't watch TV on Sundays and then it clicked and they all of the sudden remembered it was Easter and started running around searching for the goods.
Bear had a hard time finding his basket and was getting a little upset until I stepped in and gave him a hint and then he found it and got the cutest, biggest grin across that darling little face of his.
Cute little feetsies in new flip-flops
Yummy Easter brunch. Strawberry and whip cream waffles.