Happy Half-Birthday, James!

Our baby James turned 6 months old on Christmas Day...pretty cool considering his middle name is Christian. He is doing SO MUCH these days, and it just blows our minds.

- Rolls over both ways
- Army crawls
- Pushes up into a crawling position and rocks back and forth
- Sits up UNassisted (as of Christmas Eve)
- Tries to go from an army crawl position to sitting position...he's close, but not quite there
- Takes 2-3 two-hour naps per day (HUGE improvement since his last wellcheck)
- Still only sleeps 5-6 hours at a time during the night. We're still waiting to get our full night of sleep!
- Eats solids like a champ - he'd rather eat his baby food than drink his bottle
- Is VERY VERY ticklish
- LOVES his Daddy so much that he laughs almost every time Daddy walks into the room
- Wants to play with EVERYTHING, especially his brother's cars
- Is crazy about Drew as long as Drew isn't telling him "no" or taking toys away...that REALLY breaks his little heart :(
- Still has blue eyes!

Now for the stats:

Weight: 17 pounds, 4 ounces (25-50%)
Height: 27.5 inches (83.40%)
Head: 17 inches (32.28%)

The doctor was amazed by James' motor skills. In fact, when he first came in to the exam room, he started telling us everything a 9 month old should be doing. Then, he looked at his chart and couldn't believe he was only 6 months old. It's not how big James is, but how he acts. He also told us we need to watch out for this baby. He said, "He's the poster child for danger." In other words, he believes James is going to be the one in and out of ERs. He also said we should keep him in an electric fence playpen...he was kidding, of course, but that's just how active James is. He is EVERYWHERE and into EVERYTHING. We love our baby SO much, and even though he is MUCH more mobile than we would like him to be, we wouldn't trade this life for anything.