6 months =)

It's hard to believe that my sweet baby boy is 6 months old! WOW! I feel like I say this every time I post a new "monthly" update...but seriously, time has flown by and the little guy just keeps getting cuter and cuter by the day! He has such a sweet and charming personality. As I'm writing, Coleman is sleeping on the couch (we are still working on better nap time sleeping)...he is still doing his "chillaxin'" pose and it's so sweet when he is sleeping. So here's what Coleman has accomplished since his 5 month post...

Coleman has his first tooth! And boy was it tough getting it too! We thought he was teething a while back, but couldn't feel anything coming through the gums...well, over Christmas Eve and Christmas we had a fussy little boy on our hands. Normally Coleman is a joy to be around during his wakeful time, but nothing we tried would make him happy (and we did try about everything we could think of!). However, now that the little tooth has poked through the gums, he looks just adorable. I will miss those toothless grins, but this new one is pretty cute too. I can't quite seem to get a picture of the tooth, but trust me...it's there!

Coleman is now sleeping through the night...kinda. We were having a rough time for a while. He was waking up every 2-3 hours for whatever reason and I was extremely exhausted! The book, Health Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Dr. Marc Weissbluth was recommended to me by 2 friends and so I bought it, read it, and shared it with Justin. We determined our plan of action and after about 2 nights of some tough cry-it-out, our little man is finally sleeping about 5-6 hours, waking up to eat, then back to sleep for 3-4 hours. YAY! I feel like a totally different person with some consistent sleep on my end, and I'm sure I'm a much better mommy because of it.

We have also begun to have Coleman associate sleeping time (naps/bedtime) with a "lovey" animal. Every time he goes down for a nap or for bedtime he gets his puppy. It took about 2 days and he knew that when he got the puppy, it meant it was time to wind down for sleeping. SUPER COOL...and he loves to stroke the ear of his puppy along his nose while he's going to sleep...super adorable too!



Coleman has begun to teach himself to laugh. Well, it's more like a high pitch squeaking sound with bursts of laughs, but it's really funny! He loves to do this in his exersaucer and goes quite crazy with moving his legs around and trashing about in it! He has also begun grunting/roaring this week too which is really funny. It's like his other laugh...we get a kick out of it. I'll have to see if I can get a movie of this because I can't find the words to describe it.

Coleman went swimming and LOVED it! I wish I could post the video we took, but I think it's too big a file and a bit to long. However, little man looked adorable in his swim trunks and LOVED the water. He loved to spash and he loved to kick his legs and move his arms. He loves his baths so I'm not surprised that he loved the pool just as much! Doesn't he look handsome in his swim trunks and his cute little belly?


He's growing like a weed! We got back from our vacation in TN and put Coleman in the exersaucer so we could unload the car and unpack some things....he was able to stand with his feet flat on the bottom! When we left for vacation he was on his tippy toes! I'm not sure exactly how tall, how much he weighs, or his percentiles yet...but we go to the Dr. at the end of this month for his check up and I'll post those later. I'm sure his head circumference will remain in the 95%-tile like last time =)

Coleman sits up all by himself! This has been really nice for him because it gives him a different view and he is able to reach more things. It's also been really nice for me because I can look at him while playing with him and also attempt to get something done as he plays by himself. I find it very funny that he will lean forward all the way to eat his feet sometimes as well as to pick up toys that are WAY out in front of him.

This shirt says it all - definitely true for Coleman, he is much happier Naked!


Coleman LOVES to walk with us. He enjoys pulling himself up by holding our fingers and walking around the house or wherever we may be. I think he might decide to walk first instead of crawl since he has shown no interest in his tummy time. If he's put on his stomach he will roll right over to his back. I'm working on this one with him...but if he wants to walk first, then I better start childproofing this house now before he gets mobile!

Our little man has discovered his voice! Along with the squawks, squeals, and grunting/roaring, he is beginning to make lots of "word" noises. Our favorite thus far has been "Da-da"...you can imagine how thrilled Justin is at this one =) Sometimes when he is whiny and begins crying I think I hear a muffled "mama", but I think that's just me thinking I hear it. Of course my baby wants his mama when he's sad.

Coleman has been a trooper traveler this month. He spent lots of time in his carseat on our vacation to TN, traveled lots over the holidays, and has made a trip or two to Indy to visit my brother and sister in-law and our nieces (one we are about to go meet for the first time any day now!). As long as one of us is in the backseat with him while he's awake, he does quite well. We have a special "car songs" playlist that I made for the ipod so we can sing along as we travel. Traveling is SO much different with a little one! A normal 3 hour car ride now takes about 5 by the time we stop, feed, change, stretch, and get all our stuff back in the car to take off again...but that's another post for a different day. He also spent a lot of time in his stroller on our vacation to TN. Now that he is able to sit up, he's much happier in it because he can look around.



Coleman LOVES to eat and we've been trying many new foods as well! I'm trying to make a lot of his foods so I'm sure there will be more posts of my adventures in baby food making.

I still can't believe that 6 months ago I delivered this beautiful baby boy. He has grown up so much in that short amount of time. We were watching videos of when we were in the hospital with him and it's hard to imagine that he was ever that little! I am so excited for all of the things that are coming our way, like crawling/walking, talking, gaining Independence, and so many more fun and challenging things that I can't even think of right now. I can't imagine my life without this precious little guy.