6 Months!

I can not believe that it has been 6 months already since this sweet little baby boy joined our family! A whole half of a year! That means I am just about half way done nursing him, what a sad thought! My baby is growing big WAY TOO FAST!

Kent weighs 21.4 pounds which is exactly what Rachel weighed at the same age.
He is wearing size 18 months clothes, except for onsies. He is in size 24 month onsies.
He is wearing size 4 diapers, but that is only because I bought a big box off of Amazon. Once it runs out he will definitely be in size 5. He soaks through size 4 at night time.




Kent loves bath time. Bath time just got a new element of fun for him because now he can scoot. He flips onto his tummy and chases toys around the tub now. The other day he was having so much fun, and I was having so much fun watching him, that I didn't even realize until I went to get him out that his water had turned cold. He didn't even mind, he was just having fun. Then when I get him out of the tub and put Rachel in the tub, even if he has been in for a long time, he tries to get out of my arms and lunges toward the bath tub again.

He isn't really great at sitting up by himself. He can do it, really well on my lap or even on the ground, but because he is so wiggly and wild, I don't dare leave him sitting up by himself because he tips over quite easily. He would much rather be on his tummy where he can move around than sitting up anyway.

He is really funny about eating. He wants to eat food and he complains at us if we are eating and not sharing, but he won't eat baby food. Rachel didn't like baby food either, but she was pretty good at eating regular food. Kent isn't very good at eating regular food yet. He chokes or spits it out. I'm kind of at a loss at what to do with him.

One thing he does like to eat though is crackers. He loves any type of cracker and can feed it to himself. He also like fruit snacks. (Am I a horrible mother because I feed my 6 month old fruit snacks? Oh well, he loves them.) If Rachel is eating a fruit snack he will try to get it from her. Always.

Kent loves his Mommy and loves to cuddle and nurse and be held. He will grab my face and give me great big slobbery kisses, and I love it!

Kent watches my hands really close whenever they are moving. I really need to start showing him Baby Signing Time because I think he would start catching on soon. He is always watching my hands and he loves anything with movement, so I think he will be a good signer like Rachel is.

He is scoot/crawl/plopping, and is getting into everything. He is a busy boy and I love it!

We FaceTime with Grandparents often, and Kent has never really shown an interest. After Jacob left, we got to FaceTime with him and Kent looked at the phone and got his studying face on. Then after a minute he got this grin on his face and he kept looking at it. He knew it was his daddy. 

He loves songs! He lights up and watches me really close when I am singing to him.

He drinks out of a sippy cup, and a water bottle. He loves water and always wants me to share when I am getting a drink.

He loves to eat paper. Any paper he finds is in his mouth and being chewed/drooled/ripped to death.

He loves playing with toys, and he always has his hands busy. He is either using them to move around or to grab at something. Seriously, this kid is never still. 

Kent can shake his head no and he knows what it means. Yeah, I'm in trouble with this kid!

I remember when Rachel was this age and younger, I could set her up against things (like the couch or a chair)standing up and she would hold on to them and just stand there. Kent is a little to reckless for that. I can stand just fine, but he won't hold on.

He loves to be outside. If he is ever really really mad, all I have to do is walk outside and he is happy.

Kent has the cutest little giggles. Rachel at this age would only laugh for a select few people, but Kent is pretty generous with his giggles. I made it a goal that while Jacob is gone, I will make each of my kids laugh every day. They make it pretty easy on me.

Kent wants whatever Rachel is playing with. It doesn't matter what it is. If she is playing with it, he wants it. He can crawl onto her lap now and try to get it too.

He loves Rachel. He tries to hug her and kiss her, and Rachel tells me, "Mom, Kent is eating me!" He also likes to pull her hair, and pull on her clothes. He pulls my hair too.

Kent has one tooth and it is super cute. I thought the second tooth would follow really quick like it usually does, but he has had this one for a couple of weeks already with out signs of a second tooth in sight. It is a sharp little tooth though. I was feeding him today and he totally bit me and made me bleed. Yesterday he bit me while I was nursing him and it startled me, so I pulled it out of his mouth really quick and he thought it was hilarious. He started laughing and then he couldn't go back to nursing because every time he would go to suck, he would start laughing again. I'm sure he thought I was playing with him.

He is the happiest little baby. He has his moments when he whines and cries, but its never anything a little attention, milk, or a nap can't fix.

Kent doesn't sleep through the night. He wakes up multiple times and I'm convinced he does it just to make me tired. He usually wakes up the first time just as soon as I fall asleep, or just before but while I am trying.  When we would be going to bed Jacob thought I was funny because I never wanted to turn out the light and go to sleep because I knew that Kent would wake up and want to nurse as soon as I did.

 

There are so many more things I could write about this funny boy. He makes my days brighter and my nights longer.  I can't imagine our lives with out him. We love you Kent boy!