Half a year old.

Our boy is 6 months old now. He has grown soooo much since we have been in New Zealand--as in gained 5 pounds. He has chub everywhere: fingers, feet, hands, cheeks and thighs. Our lean machine is gone and a little chubba bubba has arrived.

He usually wakes up content in the mornings with lots of smiles and even little laughs some days. I love his mornings. He usually takes a good morning nap and if you want him to sleep just put him in his buggy for a walk. He has been lucky to have many many walks with his grandparents while here. He has a really tight grip and if he gets a hold of the spoon when I am feeding him, I have to pull to pry it out of his little grasp. He isn't sitting up alone just yet but is well on his way. His hair isn't as dark it was but it is a lighter brown. He is rolling over and over these days. He has rolled across the room and sometimes I see his legs looking like they are headed towards a crawl. He has recently started doing this little spaz out in the bath that is pretty funny too. He seems to enjoy the bath--see the video below.

He is eating several "real" meals a day--Kumara (sweet potato), Carrot, Avocado, Banana, have all gone down well. Our little baby is on an unstoppable path to becoming a toddler-- these 6 months have sped by so fast that it is just hard to believe. Some days I like to pretend that we are out of the haze, but that's a lie -although, it all feels normal and fine and we wouldn't have it any other way.