6 months old/ First Tooth

Noah Kinnaird is 6 months old.  He is a delightful baby boy!  The comment I get the most regarding him at play school, church, or family is 'He's such a happy boy!'  And it's true, he is happy.  He smiles all the time. He hardly ever cries aside from the normal issues such as hunger or dirty diaper.  I took him for his well-baby check up so let me start with his stats:

Height - 28in, ~90th percentile
Weight - 18lbs 8oz, ~60th percentile

Look at my tooth!

It was an interesting trip to the dr's office only because I drove there straight from Birmingham so all of us had some cabin fever. Noah smiled and talked to the nurse and doctor. He showed off some skills including sitting up by himself (the doctor was impressed that Noah sat solidly. He has the strength, but is still developing balance and should be sitting up by himself within the month). He has another new, new trick which he did not show off for the doctor which is the ability to push up on all fours with his head up and rock. Apparently he's trying to become an early crawler. I'm sooo not ready for him to be mobile. He really needs to slow down! Noah got one oral vaccine and three shots which he handled well. Best news of all, his ears, as well as Joshua's looked good. Yea!

While waiting in the exam room Joshua enjoyed reading the children's books. His favorite part was counting the seven dwarfs. He would count slow and there would be 7 of them, then he would count fast and there would be 10 of them. He's very interested in singing/ reading/ counting normal, then fast, then slow. Most of the time during the exam he spent walking around me and sometimes through my legs singing "Round and Round the Garden..." Then he started singing louder and playing the chair like a drum. As silly as he was being I know he was paying attention because towards the end of the checkup Noah was fussing so the dr handed him back to me and he stopped crying and the dr said "There are you happy now. Are you a happy boy?" And J stood beside me and declared "No, I'm a happy boy!"

So here are six fun facts about Noah:
*You got your first tooth on Sunday, Feb 27th. It was the lower right tooth and the one next to it looks like it'll be coming in soon as well. I knew you were teething, but overall it wasn't too bad.

*As I mentioned above you are trying to be an early crawler.  What's up with that? You will pull yourself up on all fours and rock.  You also have the ability to ooch and roll wherever you want to go.
*Ever since you learned to roll over, you have preferred/ insisted on sleeping on your tummy.
*You are a talker. You talk all the time. You'll talk about half the car ride to play school before falling asleep. Joshua likes to say "Noah's talking." You will also say "mama" from time to time.
*You are a right handed thumb sucker. It gets you to sleep.
*Your favorite toy is a purple Eddie the Elephant that we keep in your carseat. You crinkle the ears, chew on the feet.  It is so sweet. Joshua even refers to it as Noah's toy.

My impersonation of the Gerber Baby

One last piece of information, as you'll notice from pictures, you don't have much hair. You wear size 3 diapers and 9 month clothes. You are a big boy! Oh and Joshua plays very sweetly with you. He hands Noah toys, food (which we are teaching him not to do), gives him sweet, wet kisses, and tells him "Noah, don't cry!"  I think they'll be good friends.