6 months!

Wow, I can't believe we have a 6 month old! John Ashton turned 6 months on August 25, 2010. He is such a good baby and we are having so much fun with him right now.

6 MONTH STATS:

LENGTH
27 inches 80th percentile
WEIGHT
15lbs. 15 oz. 3oth percentile
HEAD
17 inches 5oth percentile

Looks like John Ashton is going to be a tall, skinny boy!

So here are some of the things he is doing these days....

• sleeps 10-11 hours at night
• takes a short morning nap and then takes a 2 1/2 - 3 hour afternoon nap!
  
• loves his solid foods.
• he has started using a sippie cup but we are still figuring that out. He likes to chew on it more than suck on it, but he will get the hang of it soon. (After all, he is only getting 2 oz of water in it so it is not that exciting yet!)
  
• still loves a pacifier and can actually put it in his mouth on his own now!
  
• rolling back to front and front to back.
  
• loves being on his tummy
• army crawling/scooting. Yes he is very mobile these days and his pediatrician was impressed. We are too of course!!
  
• still smiling and laughing alot.
• loves his jumper/exersaucer
• plays with his toys and loves to play with any type of ball.
  
• he loves for us to read to him and he loves to look/chew on his books.
  
• he is working on sitting up but is still a little unsteady.
  
• loves his bath
  
• enjoys swimming/splashing in the neighborhood pool.
• he has even begun to take an interest in sports. He will do a 360 to watch TV when sports are on and it is really funny to watch him.
  
• enjoys strolls around the circle
• loves to watch people
• he thinks it is really funny when he sneezes and even coughs for attention (such a silly boy!)
  
• he is a very active/curious baby these days and we LOVE it!!!
  

John and I feel very blessed to have such a good baby. We pray that God will guide us in raising this special little boy and that we will be the parents God wants us to be. We are so proud of John Ashton and there is not a day that goes by that he doesn't make us laugh. He is such a happy baby.

We went to Atlanta last weekend and Amie Jackson (Bethany's sister) took some really cute pictures of John Ashton so I will leave you with a preview of those. (Thank you Amie!)