1/2 Birthday!

Well, we've reached the 1/2 way mark and I have to say, I can't believe how far all 3 of us have come since April 18th.  We're starting to settle in to more of a routine though at the same time, things seem to be changing everyday! 

Jack had a big week last week, his first tooth broke through (bottom left incisor) on Monday while at school - and his second bottom tooth broke through yesterday at school, apparently Monday is the day for new teeth!  Only 18 more to go..

Current happenings:
-  Talks/babbles constantly and makes hilarious facial expressions while doing so
-  2 bottom teeth broken through, the first to break through is starting to come up a little more and you can sort of see it when he smiles, it's TOO cute. 
-  Just started rice cereal on his 6M birthday...seemed to go OK until he threw it all up after getting out of his highchair, twice.  After that, he's completely disinterested and closing his lips very tightly anytime the spoon goes NEAR his mouth.
-  6 feedings a day (~6,9,12,3,6,8)
-  Typically takes a dog nap b/w every feeding, sometimes 20 minutes, sometimes 2 hours - depends on his mood, his naps are still completely sporadic
-  We recently cut out his last dog nap of the evening...it was paining me to let him fall asleep and then consistently have to wake him up only to nurse him and put him to bed.  So now we do all sorts of playing/interacting to keep him awake as long as possible after his 6pm-ish feeding, then he gets a bath and one more feeding before bed.  I will admit I was ultra nervous about doing ANYthing to mess with his routine, but thankfully he continued to sleep through the night just fine =)
-  Typically sleeps 8pm - 6:30am
-  Has lost interest in rolling over
-  Sits up relatively well on his own if he is occupied with a toy in front/center of him, though is wobbly still and typically falls to the left, more stable when leaning to the right
-  LOVES to stand up and can hold his weight for an extended period of time while playing on the activity table/center
-  LOVES the exersaucer and the jumparoo, but not so interested in the swing anymore (at home at least, seems to be OK with it in school still)


He still makes us smile non-stop.  Words can't express how enamored we are with this little boy and it seems every day we fall a little bit more in love with him.