Gates 6 months

My littlest baby boy turned 6 months old on May 7th.  Where has time gone??  

This is the cutest age!  He has the chunkiest thighs and cheeks.  

He is on his way to sitting up on his own...

He LOVES to play with Hawkins.  

Hawkins is a great big brother and talks and sings to entertain Gates.  

Gates just smiles and laughs at his brother.

Gates is the sweetest calmest go-with-the-flow baby.  He had a rough first 3 or 4 months of his life, but he is just chillin now.  He just plays and hangs out most of the time.  He loves to sit up with the boppy pillow or just play on his stomach.  He just started scooting backward and bouncing on all 4s.  

Hawkins wore this outfit from 9-12 months and Gates is wearing it at 6 months!

We have got a great "go to sleep" routine for naps and nighttime.  I change his diaper and put on his sleep sack and then sit in his rocking chair.  I pop in his paci and let him hold his blankie and his eyes get really heavy...I rock him for a minute or 2 and then lay him in his crib.  Works like magic.  

This is one chunky cute baby!

Gates is really starting to play with toys.  

He grabs and reaches for them and 99% go in his mouth!

We have started playing outside ALOT recently on the new play set.  Hawkins runs around and plays and Gates sits in his exersaucer.  He is so happy to be outside and watch his brother.

Gates has the funniest hair right now.  

He was born with dark hair, but the hair coming in is stark white. 

So it is dark on the ends with blonde roots!  

He had a playdate with the sweet Miss Evans

This picture makes him look advanced in the eating department, but he promptly threw up right after.

Gates is not ready for baby led weaning...

I started making his own baby food (which I never did for Hawkins for some reason...) and it is SO EASY.  I just buy frozen veggies, cook and puree - freeze in ice cube trays and store in the freezer.  Then they are in single serving sizes - ready to go!  

At first Gates loved them, but now some days he is not interested in eating.  

He has a really strong gag reflex and makes it hard to eat the chunky food.  

What Gates is doing at 6 months in bullet form:

-He loves to sleep with a paci in his sleep sack with his blankie

-He has started sleeping from 8pm - 7am usually...he still gets up in the night occasionally.

-He loves to sit in his excersaucer outside watching Hawkins play

-He can roll all around and has just started getting on all 4's and bouncing...oh no, the crawling is coming!

-He can sit up with the boppy pillow behind him, but falls over pretty quickly when he sits up by himself.

-Wears size 3 diapers during the day and size 4 at night.

-Wears a variety of size clothes...6 months, 9 months and some 12 months!

-He just switched schedules and now takes 4 bottles (7am, 11am, 3pm and 7:30pm) - 8 oz each

-Still takes Prilosec twice a day

-Eats baby food 2 or 3 times a day.

-Naps vary, but he takes 3 naps around 9am, 12pm, and 4pm.  It just depends on how long he sleeps for each one.  He stays awake for 2 hours between naps.

-He is starting some separation anxiety and LOVES his Mommy.  I take care of both boys all day long and when Robbie is home we divide and conquer and he usually takes Hawkins and I take Gates.  That means I am with Gates 24/7 and do everything for him.  Robbie laughs at how much I love that little rascal.  I just kiss his fat cheeks all day long and run to him whenever he makes a peep.  He is my baby.

We love you, Gates!