6 months!

Mr. Nole at 6 months!

Weight 23 lbs 4 ozs (>97%)

Height 28.8 inches (>97%)

Head 18.2 inches (>97%)

BIG but consistent!

He is wearing mostly size 12-18 month clothes.  Good thing I didn't have too many things purchased for this winter because I never would have guessed he would be so big!

He also moved to the biggest size on his cloth diapers...we pray he slims down as he starts to crawl or he'll have to be potty trained in a few months so we don't have to find new diapers! ha :)

He is eating rice, wheat, or oat cereal twice a day, usually with fruit or veggie puree mixed in.  He finally managed to get a cheerio in his mouth for the first time recently.  He prefers his bananas whole...then he can gum them to a big slobbery mess which is way more fun than using a spoon :)

He also likes to nurse as often as I'll let him but he can go now for about 3-4 hours between feedings, though we don't always wait that long.

Nole is SO close to crawling forward.  He can move backward without a problem, it's just getting that forward momentum that has him currently perplexed!  We find him several times at night rocking back and forth on his hands and knees in his crib, usually screaming his head off but, seemingly still sleeping!

When we set up toys for him to go after he gets so determined he'll try for many minutes to get them before getting frustrated or laying his head down to rest :)

It seems Nole is testing out new funny tendencies on about a weekly basis just to keep us laughing.  For about a week he would open and close his mouth like he was really talking but wouldn't make a sound.  Then he went through a phase of trying to use all of his strength to do a task...like feeding himself- he would take the spoon and channel all of his power into his face and hands so it looks like he is going crazy trying to wrangle that spoon into his mouth!  And currently he is trying to gain a new perspective on things...he will be looking around and then find something interesting to peer at, then he will tilt his head to the side to get a better angle and then readjust, then tilt his head to the side again, what a goofy boy!

Helping daddy start a fire!

Viewing the fire

(He loves it when we help him stand up somewhere, and then he'll stand like that for several minutes by himself)

Nole is the happiest, smiliest little guy!  He makes us laugh all of the time.  He loves his Jumperoo and moving and jumping in general.  He LOVES looking at himself in the mirror and cracks himself up on a regular basis!  He also can be easily entertained by Micah and myself so we frequently act like goons around here just to hear him laugh.  He loves to be around people!  He'll let anyone hold him.  He even held out his arms to an older gentleman at the grocery store the other day just because he said hello to him :)

He loves to give kisses and we think he is meaning to give gentle carresses with his little hands- though it feels more like clawing and attacking when he goes after our faces.

Sleeping is hit or miss.  Unfortunately he has had a cold off and on for awhile now so he'll wake up at night and can't get back to sleep due to congestion.  We think once he's finally past the learning to crawl thing and can breathe better he can sleep most of the night.  He goes to bed around 8pm and then lately eats around 3am and then will sleep until around 7am...not bad!  Naps are also improving but are never consistently the same length.

 

Nole loves dogs and is fearless in many regards.  He'll stick his hand in any dog's mouth, he likes to try and scoot off the bed, and he'll try to crawl off of his changing table on a regular basis.  Diaper changing is a real art these days as we have to get the old diaper off, wipe, new diaper on and adjusted in about 4 seconds before he flips onto his tummy!  He hates having his clothes changed and would prefer to go around without them if it wasn't so chilly in our house.

He jabbers non-stop and his favorite thing to say is "dadadada" so I'm just waiting on the "mamamama"!

 He's the best...of course we're biased...but really, he is :) 

We love you little Roley Poley Noley! 

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."  Psalm 139: 14

Here are a few funny videos to show Noley in action.

Attempting to feed himself...sorry if the food on his face makes you want to gag!  This is where he went through that phase of trying to channel all of his strength into the task at hand...

These next two are of him trying to crawl...the first is a little long.  In the second one he takes advantage of me putting the camera within reacing distance :)