Six months and Spectacular!

Dear Landon,

I look at you, and I can hardly believe that its been six months… half a year since you were born! Every time I look at your sweet, chubby face… and listen to you’re adorable giggle, I can still barely believe that I have been given such an amazing gift! You are such a joy in my life, and I am so thankful for you little man!

Every day is an adventure with you. I love watching all of your firsts! You absolutely love to suck on your thumb and putting absolutely everything in your mouth!

You’ve started becoming so curious, and your rattles and many of your other toys are just not cutting it for you anymore! Mommy has had to get her hands on some bigger and better things to keep you entertained!

You also love our dog Hallie! She’s started making you giggle when you watch her try to grab her toys and run around. It’s the sweetest thing!

You’ve also become very interested in everything that we drink. You stare up at us and try to grab our cups or bottles.

We’ve had some fun with solids lately! I tried to feed you solids a few times over the past few months, and it hasn’t gone so well. You don’t seem to really like the fruits that we’ve tried… bananas, sweet potatoes and applesauce. (You make yucky faces when you eat them!) and you hate rice cereal and oatmeal! So the other day we tried carrots, and you were all about them! Apparently your daddy liked carrots so much that he turned orange when he was a baby. I’m very proud of the way that you ate them! You’re doing so good.

Such a messy little eater!

You’ve been doing a little better with your sleeping habits. You sometimes sleep through the night.. and well, some nights you don’t and you want to eat. I’m hoping that passes soon!

Lately you’ve been super clingy to mommy and daddy. You don’t like being around strangers as much, (although sometimes you laugh and smile at people you don’t know). I’m really worried about bringing you to daycare next week, because I know it’s going to be scary for you to be away from mommy and daddy all day long!

You also hate loud noises and crowds. Those things upset you and make you poke your little lip out! The other day at Lowe’s, you poked your little lip out so far when a man stopped to look at you, he walked off laughing!

You have mastered sitting up by yourself! I am one proud mommy!

Look at those toes! You always point your big toe out! Not sure why.. but I think it’s pretty darn cute. You’re Mia says that you’re gonna have a hard time getting shoes on your feet with your toes like that! haha

You’re still sleeping in your nap nanny in our room. So bad… Mommy knows she needs to move you to your own room and into your crib, but it’s so hard! You’ve almost outgrown that nap nanny, and you get into some pretty funny positions in it. My favorite part of the day is waking up to your sweet smile!

I love you so much little man. Half a year has passed, and I can’t wait to see what the other half has in store. You are just growing up too darn quick! I want to treasure every single moment of it. I love you Landon Riley, more than anything!!!! Happy 6 months!

Love,

Mommy