6 Months and Halloween

Sawyer is six months old! I can't believe my baby will be 1 in the same amount of time that we've had him. That is just CRAZY!!! This month he has accomplished many things. He has started eating solid food and actually likes it now. He is only drinking formula now and boy is he a chunky monkey!!! He also is officially sitting up! A week ago Sunday, the longest he could sit on his own was 69 seconds. (Yes, I am a first time mom, can't you tell?) Within a few days he was up to about 4 minutes. Then 7-8 minutes. And before I knew it, he could sit for at least half an hour without breaking a sweat! I had heard that babies just all the sudden can sit up, but I certainly didn't believe it until I saw it. But it is a very nice milestone for parents, because now he can just sit with some toys around him and play. Wahoo! He also loves to stand up now and pulls himself up whenever I hold his hands. Still no progress in tummy time though. I guess he will just have to learn how to scoot around in the sitting position when he wants to become mobile. Oh how we love our little boy!!!

For Halloween I brought Sawyer up to school with me for the Halloween parade. I swear he got more attention than my poor students did. Oops! He was a little ducky/chick (you'll have to decide for yourself) for the parade. Later that day we went down to Poppa's office for the trick-or-treating activity they do every year. We had never been before because we didn't have any little kids, but it was really fun. Sawyer went as a garden gnome to Poppa's. Thanks to my friend Ashley for both of the CUTE costumes! We had a fun weekend carving pumpkins, eating yummy food, shopping, and handing out candy. I sure love Halloween!