6 Months Older and Wiser Too...

At Michael's 6 month appointment, he weighed in at 18 lbs, 2.5 oz. He's fallen in percentiles, now only in the 61st as opposed to the 72nd and, before that, the 90th, but not many babies can flaunt those thighs:

A while ago, we bought Michael a walker. When we first got it, he was on his tippy toes at the lowest setting. Now he's flat footed and can bounce himself in it. We weren't kidding about that growth spurt. He really seems to love it, and I can leave him in it while he entertains himself:

Our boy is also getting to be a pro at sitting up. He can't get himself into a sitting position yet, but he's working on his abs and can stay up for a long time on his own:

For Halloween, he was an adorable lion. This isn't the best picture but, as you can see, it has a lot of unnecessary padding. Then again, so does Michael:

We went to the Adobe Halloween party and met up with Jeff. It looks like Adobe is officially going to keep Omniture's Halloween tradition going. In fact, for the new office they're planning in Lehi, they intend to build it to make it easy to get the Halloween line in and out (or so I've heard).

So I always thought it was silly to have regular diapers and night time diapers. I thought it was just some diaper scheme to get you to spend more money. You know what we found out? Babies pee in their sleep. A lot. It reminds me of a frog's defense mechanism, like they're punishing you for putting them to bed. Of course, if I had really thought about it before, it would make complete sense. Especially for our baby boy who still wakes up to eat every few hours at night. In fact, sometimes even the "extra absorption" isn't enough and our poor boy wakes up wet. Fun times all around.

It can be interesting figuring out how to do normal chores during the day while Michael is awake (I could just put him down, yes, but this is more entertaining). Like when he helps me with laundry:

Michael is a silly boy who's getting more of a personality every day. He's a great time.

Oh! We took this video a while ago and kept meaning to share it. I love it!

Sleeping Boy

Just a quickie post:

No, Michael isn't sleeping through the night yet. In fact, for the last few nights, he's been waking up every 2-3 hours to eat. I think he's going through a growth spurt.

I've been having fun taking quick pictures of Michael when he falls asleep. He's adorable and can sleep through almost anything, including a camera flash. :)

Here are some of my favorites:

Honda

This morning, I opened a letter:

"Dear Customer:

Congratulations! We have received the final payment on your loan, and because we no longer retain you original loan contract, this letter serves as our acknowledgment that this debt has been paid in full. You will receive the release title in a separate mailing within seven business days."

We've paid off our Honda!

It's hard to express how happy we are about this. It's amazingly satisfying to have one less payment to make every month and a huge weight off our shoulders to have less debt.

Now, I don't know if anyone remembers what happened last time we paid off a car, but I don't think we'll be taking any winter road trips this year...

5 Months

Michael is 5 months old and a very social boy. Jeff loves to play with him in the morning, because that's generally when he's the happiest. He's usually greeted with smiles and raspberries when he goes to take Michael out of the crib.

Michael has been enjoying his crib a lot more and can happily stay in there on his own for a bit. Sometimes we come in to find him in weird positions with his legs sticking out of the sides of the crib.

As he gets better at rolling, I find him on his stomach a lot more often.

I also find him in awkward positions in his blue chair from trying to roll or arching his back so much he slides to the bottom.

(I feel a little guilty about this picture since I took it instead of immediately helping, but his cry wasn't pained, he was just really angry. Plus it was hilarious.)

My sister, Katie, and I took Michael to the pet store to look at fish the other day. I read that babies his age really love watching them swim around. Plus, I needed to get Sadie a new collar so I can toss the cats outside again.

It was a lot of fun, but I was a little disappointed at how few animals they had. Does anyone else remember the days when pet stores sold more than fish and hamsters? Where are the dogs and cats to go along with all the food and toys they stock? It would have been fun to see how Michael reacted to puppies.

Michael has been making it more and more worth it to keep him around. Jeff says that he can see how people would want more than one. Our boy is so smiley and active and can finally entertain himself for more than a minute. We love it.