Dadada

The nugget's vocabulary has just added a new word "Dada"- or actually "Dadadadadada".  I like to think that he is saving the best for last in the dada/momma battle.

Rubber ducky, you're the one

C-Dub has a new favorite toy- his rubber ducky- whom he named Beyonce.  This is one of those neat little ducks that tells you when the bath water is too hot.  Christopher loves the toy; though ironically enough, he does not like to play with it in the bathtub.  When we bring Beyonce into the tub- he would rather play with his wash cloth.  But when Beyonce hits dry land- it is on.  He squeezes and chews that heck out of that girl!!

Comfortable enough in his masculinity to rock the pink/purple pacifier:

Looking so crazy right now, your loves got me looking so crazy right now (lyrics courtesy of Mrs. Jay Z):

Ok- so it was either the "love" making him look so crazy- or one of those infamous daycare happy hours. 

25, 26, and 27-week photos

Another day, another dollar.  Another week, another completely precious, adorable, stinking cute photo.

 

6 Month Stats

Christopher had his 6-month doctor visit on Friday.  He was once again batting those baby blues and getting a couple of nurse's phone numbers.  Now he just needs to get a phone.  Christmas gift anyone!?!?

He did a great job at the appointment and the doc said he is perfect.  I swear this lady loves to tell me things I already know.  His stats are as follows:

• Height:  2' 4.75" (73 cm) = 98th percentile
• Weight:  17 lbs 11.6 oz = 50th percentile
• Head circumference:  46.3 cm= 96 percentile

So nothing new there- this nugget is long and lean with a lot of brain power. 

This is a really fun age- because he has definitely developed his own personality.  And with this personality comes the cutest attempts at temper tantrums.  Here's the 411 on little dude:

Likes:

• All foods (even green beans!!!)- if I hadn't carried him- I wouldn't believe he was mine
• Moving around - we can't keep this man in one place- he kicks and rolls and scoots like a champ
• Yelling- the nugget found his voice and wants it to be heard
• Spitting- spitting and blowing bubbles is fun and classy
• Sitting up- it's a whole new view



• New chair that clips to the table- it's about time he got in on the dinner action

Dislikes:

• Being restrained- can't nobody hold him down- oh no- he's got to keep on moving
• Changing clothes- pants are ok- but don't mess with my shirts
• Public restrooms- too many people and too loud of noises for this guy
• Sleeping in a crib- but we are on day 4 of "tough love"- so hopefully this will soon move into the like column (or at the very least the indifferent column)

Friends don't let friends eat their toys

But BEST friends totally let BEST friends eat their toys.  C-Dub and Petey (aka Lil' Mike) were reunited on Saturday for a little liquid lunch.  They sat in their high chairs next to each other, and immediately wanted the other one's toy.  Lucky for us, both boys know that sharing is caring.  Either that, or they were too busy planning their own toy steal to care. 

On second thought, maybe C-Dub skipped the sharing episode of Barney:

Don't worry Michael- those scratches will heal in 5-7 days- just in time for our next meet-up!

Morning jam session

I woke up this morning to a little hand squeezing my nose.  Apparently Christopher was awake and wanted to play.  Perhaps he did not get the memo that 4:45am is NOT play time.  I even tried to tell him no- but I'm sure you can guess who won that battle.  The sun wasn't up, the Today Show wasn't even on yet- but we were playing.  And by the time we were ready to head off to school and work, we both needed a nap.  Unfortunately only one of us was able to take one.  Who knew that underneath my desk could be so cozy?? 

We whipped out a new toy for our before-the-crack-of-dawn play time.  We inherited this toy- and I am glad we did because the nugget had a ball!  We pushed buttons, looked at lights, smiled at ourselves in the mirror, and listened to some sweet jams, including "if you're happy and you know it clap your hands".  And clap our hands we did. 

Getting ready to beat up that beat:

Can you hear those sweet lyrics??  Head, shoulders, knees and toes...

The last song that we rocked out to was Happy Birthday.  And it was dedicated to this little guy (only he's not so little anymore):

Happy 4th Birthday Jack!!!

6 Months Old!!!

The Nugget turned 6 months old yesterday.  How is this happening?!?!  To all of you that called to wish Christopher a happy 1/2 birthday (aka. Daddy, Lil' Mike, Grandma B, and Ryan)- thank you for the calls.  You are all at the top of C-Dub's Christmas shopping list.  For the rest of you- you are all getting coal and will be lucky if Christopher talks to you/grunts in your direction next time he sees you. 

We had quite the elaborate half-birthday celebration.  C-Dub went to school, then came home and played on his new floor mat.  I have no idea how we can top that for his 1st birthday. 

While we didn't have any cake- we did have the next best thing: the bottom lip.

Drool on your shirt if you love your momma:

Raise your hand if you're cute:

These have been the best six months of my life and I can't wait to see how this little guy grows up.  But maybe we can slow it down a bit.  Either that- or C-Dub needs to promise me that he will never leave me and it will always be okay for me to kiss those cheeks.