Molly and Liam: August 2011

Liam turned 6 months on July 31st. I cannot believe how fast time has flown by. He's still the sweetest baby ever. Going into his room in the morning is so great. I'm met with the biggest grin on his face and it lights up my world. I used to not be a morning person, but it's not so hard getting up now. :)
Liam had his check up and he's 17 1/2 lbs, 27 1/2 inches. He only gained 1 1/2 lbs and only grew 1 1/2 inches from his 4 month checkup! It seemed like he grew sooo much more because he grew out of so many clothes. Now we're down to almost nothing, ha! He sure went through those clothes fast, I thought I'd have plenty of more time before I needed to buy more clothes. That's life. He is the best eater. He will eat up anything you give to him. He eats soooo much! Except for the 12 hours he sleeps at night, he still eats as often as he did when he was a newborn (every 3 hours), just more. He's a big boy. He's not fat, just BIG, solid. The only time he really gets upset is over food, so you don't have to really guess what's wrong with him :)
He's been sitting up on his own for a while, and is starting to pull on me or furniture to aid himself up. He is on the verge of crawling! He'll prop himself up on his hands and knees, and will once in a while launch himself forward. He actually launched himself right into the corner of my laptop the other day and got a bit of a swollen eye, but it didn't blacken the next day. Poor guy :( He is mobile in his own way. He'll scootch himself on his belly or steam roll to wherever he wants. There's no containing him now :) His favorite thing is to motorboat his lips, spit, and blow raspberries on his arms, hands, feet, and me! :) So sweet... He'll talk to himself a lot, saying ba, or just cooing. He's a laugher too. I love getting him to squeal and giggle.
This post is kind of like picture overload, but that's the best part :) Enjoy!