6 Months

Seriously, how has 6 months already gone by?!? I feel like we were just in the hospital, waiting for Carter to be born, and now he's already half way to one year. Some days I miss the tiny, snuggly newborn, but I totally love this new stage we're in!

Carter loves to talk-he yells, babbles, and makes all sorts of funny noises. Often, right before he falls asleep, he gets super chatty and babbles on and on before giving in and sleeping. We always crack up when we're lying in bed, snuggling him and he starts in talking. I wonder what it will be like when he is actually talking?

We moved him out of the infant carseat to the convertible carseat and he is so much happier in the car now. His new sear is so much roomier and sits him up higher, so he is able to see out the window, which he loves.

He is able to sit on his own without support, but isn't able to pull himself into a sitting position yet.

Stats
Height: 28" (93rd percentile). He fell a bit on the height chart, but is still a very tall baby. I was really surprised that he's only 28"; I was sure he was at least 30" already.

Weight: 17 pounds 8oz (50%) We were nervous going into this appointment that he'd fallen in weight percentiles again because he looks so skinny, but he's finally moved up! He actually hasn't gained a ton of weight though-only about 3 pounds since the 4 month appointment. I think he's actually closer to 19 or 20 pounds based of my own weighing him at home. His legs and arms were hanging off the scale at the doctor's office and it took several tries to get a reading on his weight.

No more well baby checks until his 1 year appointment, so we won't really know his height and weight again for awhile, unless we try doing it ourselves.