6 months and 2 teeth!

Well, today, Hunter is 6 months old! And...he has two little teeth. The right one started coming in about 4 days ago and the left bottom was about a day behind that one. Its so cute. He's beginning to look a lot like a mini hillbilly. In the past few days, he's gotten teeth, seen his first Christmas tree and his first snow. We are all doing great. He's still such a great baby. He sleeps through the night most of the time, but sometimes will wake up hungry once around 3am. He LOVES daycare. Sometimes I don't think he wants to come home. We bought him a jumparoo and we call him a mad scientist because he goes nuts over the lights, sounds, toys, and the fact that he can jump around like crazy. He's such a character.

He laughs at everything and he's ticklish all over. When Bella walks in the room, he lights up. He laughs at everything she does. And Bella loves him right back. She licks his hands and face and is so gentle with him. He has a very, very cute laugh. I'll get it on video soon and post it. Its contagious.

California visit to see Pappa

Hunter was perfect on the flight. No crying, no whining, all smiles! Everyone was impressed including the flight crew. Hunter even got to see the cockpit. He slept quite a bit, but was up for one take off and one landing. He laughed and smiled at all the people and flirted with the women. He is now flirting with women who talk cute to him, then he burries his head in my shoulder, then he looks back to get more attention. He's a ham.

He had a great time at Pappa's farm. He got to see chickens, birds, many more dogs, cats, and sheep. Freddy the sheep was raised by Dad and Karin when its mother died giving birth, so Freddy is especially friendly. Hunter was able to pet him. Hunter loved Woody as well.

He also got the opportunity to watch Pappa do a knee surgery, so he had a lot of firsts on this trip. The weather was beautiful, and it was such a bummer leaving, as always. We all had such a great time. Here's some great pictures!

Finally...some videos!

Happy Feet!

Happy Halloween everyone! Hunter was a penguin...our little happy feet. It was so super cute. The little penguin didn't last too long in the cold though. We went to PA to watch our nephews trick-or-treat. Next year will be much more fun for him even though candy will still be out. At least he will be able to walk for some of the time. Our trip to CA is coming up in 2 weeks. We'll be visiting Pappa Lux. Hunter will get to see all the animals and where his mommy grew up. We are really looking forward to the trip! Probably won't post again until we get back, so I'm sure we'll have lots of good pictures.

Little Frankie the Redhead

Well, our little man has red hair like his Pappa Lux. I guess I had the recessive gene in me. It may or may not stay, but it looks super cute with his big blue eyes. Also, Hunter is eating like a champ! He loves sweet potatoes, squash, and carrots...he eats, but doesn't care for, peas and green beans. He's still funnier and happier than ever, laughing and smiling constantly. He sounds like a dying, screeching cat sometimes when he gets really excited.

People say he's looking more and more like Ronnie. Last night he slept through the whole night for the first time. It was great!!!! (for him and us!). He had a rough couple of nights recently because of a cold/stomach issues/teething..poor baby. I took him to the doctor after 3 nights of no sleep for all of us, and he just said it will take its course (the cold), and to switch him to soy milk to see if that helps. Well, it obviously did, so no more breastfeeding. I've been weaning myself off so I don't go through the misery I hear about. So far, so good. I wanted to breastfeed him until a minimum 6 months, but 4 1/2 isn't bad. Whatever makes him feel better...

At his 4 month checkup, he was 15 lbs 9 oz and 24 inches long. When I returned for his sick visit 2 weeks later, he was over 16 lbs... Big boy!

We are looking forward to dressing him up for Halloween. I think he'll be a monkey. We'll be sure to take lots of pictures. Here are some great ones below...

4 months and teething!

Hunter is officially 4 months and teething!!! He has all the symptoms of a cold, which we found out are actually symptoms of teething...including a runny nose and coughing. Who would have thought??? He'd been pulling on his ears lately and I thought he was doing it when he was getting sleepy, but we also found out that he's doing that because of the pain that radiates to his ears because of his gum pain. Poor baby : (

Hunter has also started day care since I'm back to work and he's doing great. He loves it! There are only three 2 year olds and one other infant his age. The interaction is going to be great for him. Hunter's first plane trip is coming up. We're going to see Pappa Lux in California mid November. We can't wait!

Well Hunter is almost 3.5 months now and we started him on some rice cereal. He just spits it out when I try to feed him with a spoon but I think he's getting it now. We went to Ohio this past weekend and everyone just loves him. They all say he looks like me still..poor daddy. He is picking things up now and trying to propel during tummy time. In the last picture here, he is actually standing on his own while holding on to the table. It didn't last long (and I also was on guard in case he fell..wouldn't want to hit his head on the table or floor.) He is such a character and getting so big.

Hunter is now 12 weeks old!!! We took him to the Maryland Zoo this weekend, and we kept kidding that he would probably sleep the whole time, but he was very alert and peeped out all of the animals we looked at. He saw the new baby elephant, Samson, who is about 1 month older than Hunter. He loved the penguins and the donkey the best we think. On Saturday, he held his bottle for the first time by himself. He's such a happy baby!