"It is the hardest but the best thing you will ever do!" TRUE
"They just keep getting more and more fun!" TRUE (note, I don't know how this is quite possible because he's such a blast right now but I'm just sure it is!)
"It changes your life forever." UHhhhhhhh duh, they weren't kidding on this one!
"They grow up so quickly." TRUE (Maguire wakes up from a nap and I literally think, OMG, you grew!!)
I now find myself using these same phrases to describe what I'm experiencing right now!
In lieu of all the growin' and changin' Mag-pie is doing lately, I decided to stop being so lazy and pull out my camera to document all these precious milestones he's crossing off the list. My mom once said to me right after the baby was born and I was stressing out about taking the baby's picture and documenting everything, "Pictures are great and all, but don't forget to stop and really enjoy the moment. Those memories will last forever!" I really needed to hear that at the time. But....I think I've been taking her a bit too literal because I haven't been shooting as much lately! And mind you, this advice was coming from a woman who can't find any baby pictures of her 4th child!!! (No, I'm not kidding so everyone feel sorry for me now, please and thank you! Whomp, whomp.) Just teasing, Mom, because I know you're reading this now:)
So on the morning of Monkers half-birthday, I got a few pics of his preciousness!
We had been working on sitting up recently, and that day he sat up for several minutes all on his own! It was the cutest thing ever seeing him sitting up like a big boy but still being such a tiny little peanut!
We're also seeing more and more of his personality show through. He is a mellow, happy baby that loves to give open-mouth smiles and dive-bomb your neck with his slobbery little mouth and face when he gets excited! But watch out when he's tired in the evening because even the simplest little teether or toy can make him mad and he will holler and let you know about it!
He loves to eat!!! He's still nursing like a champ but we have added in oatmeal and fruit for breakfast and cereal and a veggie for dinner. On the same note, his spitting up has decreased quite a bit so we are so incredibly thankful for that! We still have some bad days though but they are much less often than previous. With that being said, I couldn't help but throw in this goodie of a photo...perfect timing!
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| Again, just keeping it real here!!! |
Even since I first started to write this entry on his official half-birthday, Maguire has started to show the beginning signs of trying to crawl! He gets up on all fours and will kick both feet out and scooch across the floor. He then gets tired of that, rolls a bit, turns a 360 or 2 and before you know it, he's clear across the room reaching up for an outlet...really??? Already???!!!
The thoughts constantly run through my head that if somehow I could just package him up right now and just keep him this way forever, I would be so blissfully happy! But then I am reminded of a line in one of my favorite stories that I read to Maguire that speaks straight to my heart and describes the powerful emotions I feel about him growing up, "If I could keep you little, I'd keep you close to me. But then I'd miss you growing into who you're meant to be!" --Marianne Richmond.
6 month stats:
Ht: 26 1/2" 50th%
Wt: 14 lb 6 oz 5th%
HC: 17" 30th%
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