*Sigh* I apologize AGAIN for the lack of entries here! It's seriously frustrating to me that even on vacation, I did not manage to fit in time to do this. Anyhow, you are doing great, as expected. Right now, daddy is sick with Influenza type A, also known as "bird flu". You and I, however, are taking Tamiflu in the hopes of it protecting us from contracting it (so far, so good *knock on wood*). Let's see if I can do a quick summary of the last *gulp* six weeks...
After mommy was sick, daddy got it a few days later. It was horrible and I hope you never have to experience such a sickness as long as you live. Luckily, we were both better by Easter, which we spent in Iowa. Love doing this; everyone was excited to see you as always, commented on how big you had gotten, etc (turns out I measured you correctly--you were 20lbs 9 oz and 29 3/4 in at your 6 month checkup). Cousins Roman and Malorie enjoyed doing the Easter egg hunt, while you got to sit in grass for the first time!
You're doing much better at sitting up, you still love to eat (you've tried a bunch more fruits and veggies now, still hate peaches and not terribly fond of bananas), and you do not yet sleep through the night consistently--you do about half the nights of the week, it seems.
Last week, we went on vacation; we were going to take you with us, but Nana Linda wanted to keep you for the week instead, so we let her :) You did great, except for a bad teething pain episode. It appears that you may get more bottom teeth before the top ones; for your sake, I wish they'd pop through already! Meanwhile, we went to New Mexico and Arizona, thought of you the whole time! Brought you back a t-shirt as a souvenir (you'll have to wait a while before it will fit), Skyped with you and Nana almost every day, can't wait until you are old enough to enjoy the places we went, especially White Sands National Monument. We'll take you there as soon as you are ready, promise!
On the way back home, we met up with Grandma Judy in Springfield, IL to have a late lunch at Cheddar's. You had mangoes there for the first time and loved them. We went to Michael's (craft store) after that and wouldn't you know it, Grandma Judy bought you a toy that you adore. It's a small wand that has a big clear faceted plastic ball at the tip where different colors of light shine through and make patterns on the surfaces they hit. You played with this a lot on the way home, at least the parts where you were awake (you still sleep on trips, just not as much as before).
You are now in size 3 diapers and 7 months old! You try to get around by 'snaking' around as you lie on your back--not terribly efficient, but you do get a few feet around wherever we put you down. In the last couple of days, you have started flipping over again from back to front, and it still makes you mad as soon as you realize you haven't figured out how to get your belly off the ground to go places (you end up swimming in place on the floor instead). New food this week: orange-banana medley mixed in with oatmeal. You really like this A LOT--you may have eaten a bit too much of it today, as daddy reported you had spit up twice while I was out for tutoring appointments this evening (very not like you--spit up has been a rarity).
Well, time for me to get to bed. I should have been asleep already, but I wanted desperately to get in another entry. Love you lots, mommy.
