Nate's 6 month appt

Nate lost weight for his six month weigh in--15.4lbs-he lost 1/2 lb. But grew 1/2 in so he is 25 inches and his head circumference was 1 cm larger.
I had said earlier that I thought he couldn't have gained very much weight. The doc wasn't really worried and didn't seem to think it was anything other than the fact that he was more active now. He is still a roly-poly little guy with lots of rolls! And he was doing all the things he should be at his age- Sammy and Zack started crawling at 6 months but-I'm happy for him to enjoy sitting.
He continues to be easy. He goes to bed well, night time sleep has been improving the last 2 nights he has slept from 7:30 pm to 4:30am, he has woken up each night at 11:30 and Tim gives him a pacifier and then he goes back to sleep. So, things are definitely going well.

He has really become much more playful. loves to be tickled, likes to chew on anything he can grab, grabs everything in his reach, and has started eating baby food.

It's hard to believe that our little baby is already 6 months! And I'll have two birthday boys turn 5 and 3 in March!

Plumbing

Nate went for his 6 month checks yesterday. The pediatrician we use is about 35 min from here. Tim usually goes along since he enjoys talking to the doctor and getting his own concerns answered. (Like, can you tell if he is double-jointed in his thumbs like his brothers, etc..) I love for the two of us to go together, but today was different.

We have been having problems with old copper pipes. The hot water pipes have been getting small cracks and therefore the hot water is turned off until Tim fixes them temporarily. We came home from a weekend trip to my moms and Tim went cross country with a student, to yet another leak! So Tim decided that it was the day to replace all the hot water pipes... we did get our showers in before all the water was turned off. He went in to work and saw the doc about his sore knee and came home to start the project. His plan was to have the pipes replaced before Nate's appt. As the time got close he was a bout 1/2 finished with the job, so I took Nate to his appt and Mary Katherine watched the boys while Tim worked.

At about 10pm last night he completed the job! Although, he decided that we would turn the hot water off last night so we could sleep (We kept hearing noises that would indicate that there was a leak:). When he got up at 5am, he turned the hot water on and we've not had any issues!

6 month look back

Nate's close to 6 months. I thought it's be fun to show picts of the boys at or close to 6 months. Some of my favorites...

This is Zack at 5 months. (at hotel in Hamburg, Germany)

Zack at Oostend, Belgium. 6 months

Zack and Sammy- 6 months

Sammy 6 months


Nate after Christmas-- 5 months 3 weeks.

Nate's first taste of rice cereal and lots of milk!

The boys

Christmas pageant

Nate's second Christmas pageant for our Church and did an incredible job...well, Mary did a great job! It was a very special pageant. Nate was so intrigued with all the animals, music and angles that glittered. He was especially cute as his bald head reflected the light giving him a glowing look and he'd try to peak over the cradle to look at people and animals around him.

Christmas pictures

Santa came to daddy's work in a T-6. The boys were pretty impressed with his plane!