Six Months

Baby boy is six months (okay almost seven, but I'm a little late in writing this blog). Here are some facts about Leland at six months...

• If you put Leland into the sitting position he can sit up by himself, but he cannot get into the sitting position by himself yet. Although he does try. Very, very hard. When he is laying on his back he does a crunch/leg lift combo and can hold it forever! He is one strong little dude. 
• Leland has been introduced to solid food and so far he LOVES bananas and peaches, and he likes apples, pears, carrots, and sweet potatoes. He tolerates green beans. And he HATES peas. 
• Leland is much more mobile. He can now roll over both ways, scoot small distances on his tummy, and is getting better at walking while holding your hands. His daddy thinks that he will surpass crawling and just start walking, and honestly, it wouldn't surprise me. We are also working with him on being able to hold himself up while holding onto furniture but that is a work in progress. 
• A new funny thing that our little guy does is he loves to cross his ankles. Cutest. Thing. Ever!
• He also spins the bottle around and around in his mouth. I think it feels good to him on his gums. It is pretty adorable as well.
• Leland has his two bottom teeth. Pretty sure we are going to get some more any day now.
• Leland usually has one fussy time a day, but other than that he is a very happy baby. I kind of lucked out on that one.
• Leland is an awesome sleeper! He sleeps 10 plus hours a night with two big naps in the day. Again, I am a lucky mommy!
• Right now Leland's favorite toy is probably Mickey. He likes to suck on his ears and put his tail in his mouth. Poor Mickey's tail is almost fraying because he is so well loved. Leland sleeps with Mickey and Mickey is usually packed up with us wherever we go. 
• Leland loves, and I do mean LOVES our dog Zorro. If you are trying to get Leland's attention while Zorro is in the room, ha, forget about it! He loves to chase Zorro in his car, have Zorro lick him (though mommy and daddy are not so thrilled with it) and grab on to his fur. Zorro can make Leland laugh harder than anyone. We are fortunate that they have such a good relationship already and that Zorro is so patient with Leland's constant pulling, grabbing, hitting, chasing etc., because it is bound to get worse the older little guy gets.

And now for some pictures....