sixth mesaversary

Happy half birthday, Edmund dear!

Our little chub is six months old. One half of a whole year. It really has flown by; I can't believe he's such a big tiny friend all of a sudden!

He weighed in at 20 lbs 5 oz and measured 27 inches for his six month appointment. Which was a whole week before he turned six months old. But I do think his growth spurt has slowed down. Finally. These 20 lbs are hard to lug around. But only kind of because he's so cute.

It's been a busy month for our mini man.

He has mastered sitting. Nice straight back and he can correct his balance, and sometimes even pull himself into a sitting position without help. His solid base helps, I'm sure. His doctor was very impressed, she didn't believe us until she saw it for herself.

He was such a patient little friend during the move. Mr. Yin and I decided we could do it all ourselves, despite all of the offers to help. Which meant Mr. Yin did most everything while I fed/entertained Tiny Ted. He did spend a fair share of time entertaining himself with his toys. He's such an easy-going little guy.

He got to taste some apple and watermelon, both of which he loved. He just sucked and sucked and sucked those fruits dry.

The tiny one outgrew his mini crib. And quite honestly it was hard to say goodbye to it. But it didn't make sense to move a crib he barely fit into across the country. It turns out, he has had no problem adjusting to his new big-boy crib. Not one bit.

His very favorite new activity is chewing on a baby spoon. He loves that thing. We could get through most of a dinner with him on our laps if he had his spoon to chew on. He drops it and we pick it up, he drops it and we pick it up. It hasn't become a game yet, he just loses grip on it. But he is starting to look at it on the ground after he drops it.

He experienced his first movie at the theater this month. Mr. Yin and I wanted to see Kung Fu Panda 2 (since we'd seen the original on our honeymoon and loved it) and since I'm not ready to leave the boy with anyone, he came with us. He napped through most of it, which I was grateful for! I kind of felt bad taking him in the first place.

We spent some time with our friends the Fosters before we left the Valley of the Sun, and Tedimundo got to experience life with another little person, his friend Abby. She doted on him. She shared her most loved toys and wondered why he was always tired or eating. He did manage to finally roll over! Back to front and then about 20 minutes later, front to back. And he hasn't tried to do it since. I guess he did it just to prove to us that he could.

Leaving Arizona, Tiny Ted experienced his first flight. Since we were moving, we lugged far more to the airport than we ever have in our lives! But we made it through security and onto the plane with no problems. Being the little angel his is, he was great on the plane.

Flying to New Jersey also marks his presence in a second state. Two states down, 48 to go.

So was a good month. And we're very excited for the next one, lots of stuff going on!!

A note on this month's photo shoot: The lad managed to poop all over his last clean white onesie right before we started. So, this month is desnudo. Which is awesome: you can see his tummy chub. And he will no longer recline and lay next to his giraffe. So, sitting and eating the giraffe's tags it is!