6 months!!!

today is my baby boys 6 month birthday! wow...time has flown by, but then when i think back to sitting up in my cave (my room), pumping and feeding and pumping and feeding, it seems like a really long time ago. my dear, we have come a long way. 

wyatt, you changed us. you made this little family of three and family of four. you made this mother love another son, and i am so thankful to love on so many boys!! you humbled us and many people around you. you have shown us that we don't need to be scared about the unknown sometimes, that we can trust and you will do just fine. you make anyone around you smile and that is a fact. i am so proud to be your mother. proud that you have shown people that a cleft isn't something to be scared of. i'm proud when a child might stare at you a little longer and i get to explain that you were born this way. that's the thing. i get to explain. i get to teach others. i get to inform and educate people about something i never in my life thought i would be explaining to others and i am thankful.

you have a journey, my little 6 month old. you have already come so far. the next 6 are going to be a bit rough for you, but again, i am counting on you to surprise me like you have before. my heart bursts for you my little wyatt. i love love love love love you!!!

 some things about you at 6 months:

• you are thisclose to crawling. scooting around and doing tons of 360s
• you are very ticklish! from your neck to your toes - you brother is the same way!
• you stick you whole fist in your mouth to comfort yourself. literally, the whole fist.
• you love your brother and get very excited when he comes close to you
• you are sleeping through the night again! woot! 7-7!
• you have had the throw up bug, croup and an ear infection that didn't get better for 14 days all in 6 months.
• you have only traveled in NC - to greensboro and fayetteville
• you put anything and everything into your mouth. great. you are probably going to be like sutton barksdale - that chick ate wood chips at the playground!
• you are eating solids bit by bit....we are taking it slow
• you aren't blowing raspberries, etc because you can't until your lips are closed.
• you only laugh out loud when tickled and excited. BUT, always give a huge grin to anyone who comes up to you, or at anything that makes you happy.
• you get very excited when you see the bottle and sit up and hold it - i just wish you could squeeze it, then we would be smooth sailin!
• you aren't sitting up yet, crawling is closer than this
• you are a cuddler
• the only times you cry are when you are starving and not feeling well, otherwise, you are a great baby. well, you cried a lot in the night when you were "sleep training" and when you were sick. a lot.
• you are right at 15 pounds and 27 inches long
• you are attached at my hip and i wouldn't have it any other way!

big brother at 6 months - a tad chunkier and in this pic, you don't look so much alike as people say...

half a year down and many many more to go!

we love you my sweet boy!!

\happy 6 months ;)