Happy Half Birthday Brendan!

Today Brendan is 6 months old.

Its amazing how much he has changed.

• He's sitting up really well on his own and can sit and play with his toys a long time this way. He can't pull himself up to a sitting position and does fall backwards sometimes so we have to pull him up every once in awhile. Now that he can sit up, he can sit in the shopping cart seat and highchairs at restaurants - so much easier and he loves it.
• He's a lot more mobile these days. He can roll over both ways and while he's not crawling, he can move backwards when he's on his tummy. We have to keep an eye on him since he doesn't just stay in one place anymore.
• He loves to play with his toys (and especially things that aren't toys like the phone or remotes) and puts everything in his mouth. He now gets upset if you take a toy away. He also really likes toys that make noises - his favorite toy right now is a baby einstein block that quacks like a duck.
• He has a fascination with glasses of water and water bottles. If we have one in our hand while carrying him, he has to hold it. He likes to feel the icewater in his mouth but doesn't swallow it. He also likes to play with cups and has recently discoverd that he can make a lot of noise if he 'talks' into a cup.
• He loves to eat his rice cereal which we're feeding him twice a day. We tried sweet potatoes this week but he decided he didn't like them and clamped his mouth shut. We'll try a different vegetable this weekend.
• He loves the water - he loves to splash in his baths and loves it when we take him in the pool. Next week we start swimming lessons.
• He's a flirt - he will smile and giggle at girls of all ages. He always gets lots of attention when we're out running errands.
• He's around 20 pounds (we'll get the exact numbers when we go for the 6 month appointment on the 10th) and wearing size 12 month clothing.
• He's not sleeping very well at night like he did from 2 to 4 months but we're working on that and hopefully that will get better soon.

new pool toy

With temperatures over 100, we've been spending a lot of time in the pool. Brendan got a new pool toy this weekend that he loves

Here's a photo from Cassie's birthday party last week showing them both in their polo wear - Rob and Cassie's mom are cousins so that makes them second cousins (or something like that?). Its challenging to get a 6 month old and a 1 year old to pose for a picture together.

I made my first cake this weekend since Brendan was born (besides the cupcake cake that I made for Rob's birthday) - it was black russian with chocolate Kahlua glaze, yum!

Happy Father's Day

In honor of father's day, today's post will be pictures of Rob and Brendan:

Splish Splash

Our pool is finally complete and today we took Brendan in for his first swim

sitting up like a big boy

This past week Brendan has mastered sitting up (though he hasn't yet learned how to pull himself into the sitting position).

Sometimes he gets excited and starts to kick his feet which causes him to fall backwards.

He's very good at rolling from back to front but hasn't learned yet how to roll front to back though he keeps trying. Hopefully he will learn this soon because he rolls over in the middle of the night and I have to go in and roll him back.

Now that he can roll, he sleeps on his side or tummy.

take me out to the ball game

Brendan's first baseball game - Diamondbacks vs NY Mets (although Brendan was rooting for the San Diego Padres). The game was a group event with Rob's department at Pulte.