6 Month Appointment

We had our 6 month appointment today and Ryan weighed in at a whopping 16 pounds and 13 ounces, and he is 26 1/2 inches tall. He's in the 45 percentile for weight, 50 percentile for height and 50 percentile for head circumference. At 4 months, he was only 12 pounds and 6 ounces, so he's gained A LOT of weight. It's no wonder that my hands and arms hurt after holding him! I think he's going through a major growth spurt, he takes in 8 ounces of formula at least once a day now and always finishes at least 6 ounces during his other four feedings. He's also eating solids 1-2 times a day. I can't believe how much he's grown. He's not my lil baby anymore. ;( He's turned into a squirmy little monster that likes to put everything in his mouth!!

Last week, Ryan got his first hair cut. We took him to a place called Cool Kuts for Kids. It's one of those kid hair cutting places. They had toys and video games everywhere. It was fun, but a bit crowded. We fed Ryan during his hair cut, so he didn't move around very much. He didn't cry or get upset at all which really surprised me! We saved all of his hair in a little plastic envelope. From what I hear, there are special scrapbooking envelopes that I can use to show off a lock of his hair...hehe...I can't wait!

I've updated Ryan's picasa site with pictures from his first haircut, our trip to the farmer's market on Saturday, and his 6 month photo shoot. I warn you, there are a ton of pictures from our little photo shoot! I almost felt like we had a pro studio going on because we used props this time. :)

A few weeks ago, Ryan started scratching things. When he's doing the baby cobra pose, he has his hands palm side down and will just start scratching. It's like he's sharpening his claws.

Ryan has also gotten really good at getting around on his play mat. He rolls himself around until he can reach whatever toy he has his eye on. It's usually his inflatable lion or his storybook rhymes toy that sings to him when he flips the pages.

Ryan also LOVES to drink water from our glass. If we're holding him and try to drink, then he'll grab for the glass. When we try to get him to drink out of the glass, he opens his mouth, but the water usually ends up all over him! He knows how to use his sippy cup, but he usually just plays with it instead of actually drinking from it. I'm thinking about getting one of those sippy cups where the baby can drink from a straw. If he can learn to drink from a straw, then he can drink our water without spilling it all over himself.

As far as sleep goes, Ryan is still sleeping through the night. He gets about 11 hours at night and he takes 2 or 3 naps during the day for at least 3 hours. All I can say is that Ferber is a genius. Ryan rarely makes a fuss when going down for the night. His naps are a bit trickier, he usually fusses more, but will fall asleep within 15 minutes or so. I think of his fussing before he naps as his way of saying I'm tired and I'm almost asleep. :)

I've been obsessed with Ryan's scrapbook lately. I've made good progress so far, so let's hope that I can stay fairly current. I went back to scrapmania at Archiver's on Friday...so fun! :) I am literally a kid in a candy store. I bought a circle cutter on Friday, so I'm super excited about getting to use it. I wish I could scan in some pages to post on here, but the pages are 12 x 12. Oh well, ya'll can just come over to visit and see it then!