SIX MONTHS OLD

Well sadly Byron still hasn't taken my computer in to get the virus taken off of it. At least I have his work lab top to use for emails and to at least write my posts, even if there aren't any new pictures to post. So sorry no pictures this time again. Hopefully soon.

Well Landen had his six month Dr. appointment today. I thought he would have gained a lot of weight since he has been eating a lot more and waking up a lot during the night to eat (due to teething), but he really hasn't gained a lot of weight. He weighed 16 lbs 15.5 ounces. 1/2 lb shy of 17 lbs. So that puts him in the 25th-50th percentile. ( He has been averaging 50th perentile during all of his past weigh ins.) So his weight has actually decreased. However, his height has increased. That was where he grew the most. He is 27 1/2 inches tall. That puts him in the 75th-90th percentile. WOW! He is deffinately taking after Byron in height.

He is growing up so fast and is so much fun. I was just telling Katie last week that he used to roll over all of the time and hasn't done it in a long time. Well that day he started rolling over again and has been doing it a lot now. He must have been listening to me and thought I'll show you Mom, I can still roll over. He is rolling over sometimes from his back to stomach also. He has been trying to pull his knees in to get up on them. (Time to baby proof my house for a crawling baby.) In fact, he almost fell off the couch if Byron hadn't caught him in time. We always let him sit on the couch, he doesn't like to lay down unless he has to sleep. So Byron put him down on the couch and went into the kitchen. Landen had fallen to his side and then rolled over and then he decided he didn't like that either so he rolled over again, that's when Byron saw him and caught him right before he fell off. So he is getting a lot more mobile. I have this bouncer that now when I put him in it, he scoots down and rolls to try to get out of it.

He has two teeth now on the bottom. So like I was saying before, he has been waking up at night a lot more now. When he was teething he would wake up in pain and wouldn't stop crying unless I fed him, no matter what else I did, nothing else worked. So he got in the habit of waking up and eating a lot more often at night. So now we have to try to get him back to his waking up only once a night or even better, no wakings at all.

He sure does have a cute and fun personality. He laughs and gets so excited at the silliest things. I have been feeding him baby food, which he loves. However, he has been getting constipated. The Dr. said to give him two tablespoons of prunes everytime he eats baby food and that will help keep him regular. So we will try that. I tried to give him apple juice from a bottle, but he won't drink from a bottle any more. So I have to give it to him from a cup. Everytime he sees us drinking water he gets all excited and wants us to give him some. It is so funny to watch him drink from a cup and he is pretty good at it too.

Well Byron and I are doing well. Not much more going on in our lives. Primary is going well. I'm still enjoying it. We as a presidency have to speak in church in two weeks. So I'm going to be spending a lot of my time tyring to prepare a talk. We are speaking on "Serving God." So much could be said, how to narrow it down? So that is my project for the next two weeks.