6 months

Well, today H is six months old. It is very hard to believe! It felt like I was pregnant forever, and then after he was born, time has truly just flown! Other mothers had told me that this was what it would be like, but I didn't think it would be true. Before he was born and shortly thereafter, the 6-9 months and 9-12 month clothes looked so big, and now he is in them! We are now out of the "infant" clothing section of Target and into the "toddler" section.
To celebrate his 6 month milestone, GrandMissy and Grandpa Harry came for supper. We also gave him squash in addition to his cereal (which he still hates). We'll give squash a try for a few days and then maybe bananas will be next. I feel like he would be perfectly happy to just nurse for the rest of his life!!!
One thing he has doing lately (which I love to see) is when a new person holds him, he 'explores' their face with his hands. So sweet!

At 6 months H:
is beginning to sit up by himself
drinks water from a sippy cup
rolls over both ways
eats his toes
looooves to jump

Last night N and I went to a reception for a family from Cameroon(sp?), Africa. They had come to celebrate at mass (where N and I work) the healing of the patriarch of the family from a stroke. There was wonderful singing, ululating, clapping, dancing, and all around good times! At the reception everyone was dressed in beautiful traditional African dress. They had good food - gizzards, hen, plantains, and a lot of other things that I do not know the name for. The whole evening was quite an experience. How neat that the healing of a father from a stroke was cause for the whole family to travel from Africa to Monroe, LA to celebrate.