6 months old!

(This picture makes me laugh, it looks like we said "Ok Donovan, do your impression of an arrow")

Happy birthday to Dono, Happy birthday to Dono! Donovan was such a good 6 month old today, he slept though the night, from 9:15pm to 5:45am without even crying (which is unusual) and then slept again from 6:15am-9:15am after eating. Then when I went to go get him up he was just playing with his feet happy as could be. Here are the pictures I snapped of him this morning before I got my big 6 month old out of bed.

Our doctor's appointment is next week so we will have to wait for a few more days before we know all of Donovan's stats and how the doctor thinks he is doing but we think he is doing awesome! We are still working on the sitting. He is getting better but still needs spotting and still really has no interest in it, he would rather throw his body back so that he is laying so he can roll and reach his toys better. Oh well, he'll sit one of these days. He better do it soon though as his days in his little bath tub are numbered and we need him to sit to use the big one. He barely fits anymore but man does he still love it in there. Not much new to report. He is an expert roller, and still tries to put everything in his mouth. Recently he has decided that he wants to try to drink from mommy or daddy's cup. We have let him try some water from a plastic cup with minimal success but maximum fun/spillage. He swallows more air than water and his face looks scared the whole time, but he always goes back for more. I think we need to invest in some sippy cups and try those out. Donovan has now eaten, or at least tried, every stage 1 food they have on the market (all 10 of them). In a shocking turn of events tonight, we re-tried bananas and he likes them! Ate them all up without even one yucky face. So we are chalking the initial reaction to it being the first fruit or veggie that he tried and he was just not used to it. In other food news Donovan is proven once again that he is definitely my child as he has inherited by anti-peas DNA. Tom said yesterday he ate a few bites of them and then refused to even open his mouth. I love it. We have started giving him two meals a day and so far it seems to be working out. The doctor might have other ideas for us next week, but until then, we will continue with our 2 solid meals a day schedule.

Donovan is experimenting with different sounds that he can make with his mouth. He blows raspberries, blows out air when his mouth is on different things, and does one noise that I think could land him a roll in a horror film. He breathes in really slow like he is having trouble breathing or like something is strangling him but you look at him and he is fine, he is just listening to himself make a weird noise. Creepy really. He also has become really interested in trying to grab Petey, but Petey is having none of it. Petey mostly stays out of arms reach. Which means, if you see Petey near Donovan, Donovan has spit up and Petey is on clean up duty. Dogs are so gross.

Anyways here are some pictures we took tonight. Enjoy!

This is my usual view of Donovan during diaper changes now. Consequently, it is also how I get to put many of his diapers on. He likes to make every diaper change a physical challenge.



Tom and I decided to experiment with Donovan's fuzz and some hair gel. Here was the result. We will have to try again in a few months. Not much to play with.

Spikes!

Baby Mohawk.

Some naked baby mohawk picutures.



When Donovan takes a bath he crabs if you do not let him chew on the water bucket when we are done using it. It makes me laugh because it always looks like he is REALLY thirsty.




This has been the best half year of my life, thank you Donovan! I love you!