He's Officially 6 Months Old now!

Austin had his 6 month check up at the Doctor's office yesterday and he took it like a champ. As always, he cried a bit with the shots, but once his daddy held him he was fine. Austin is now 20 lbs 1 ounce (90th percentile), 28 inches long (95th percentile), and his head was 18 inches around (90th percentile). For those of you who don't understand the percentiles, 50% is average, which Austin hasn't been since he was born. He's just a big boy! The doctor said everything looks good and that he can start eating table food. We are able to give him cooked foods that are mashed up and he can gum, such as potatoes, bananas, apples, broccoli, spinach, pancakes, Cheerios, etc. Austin squirmed through his entire appointment, but was very talkative to the doctor.

It's amazing how much he's changed just in the last week. He's recently started to squeal when he's playing with his toys which is just hilarious. He started to squeal a few months ago, but not to this extent. Yesterday he started to scoot (a little like the army crawl) across the floor to get his toys and play with my foot. Today, he was doing mini push ups and pulling his belly off of the ground. It's only a matter of time before he actually starts to crawl! He's still working on his laugh, but has begun to giggle a little when he gets excited. He's really getting to that age where he's going to be a ton of fun. Austin's personality has really begun to show in the last two weeks. And let me just say this, I'm going to have my hands full very soon! I welcome it and can't wait for it!!!