Wow I can't believe that Sterling is already 6 months old! He has changed so much and continues to change everyday. He is laughing at things and it melts my heart when he starts giggling! He thinks our dogs are the funniest thing he has ever seen and just laughs so hard when they play and bark. I took him to his 6 month yesterday and while I was a little nervous about going to a new pediatrician, everything went great. He is in the 50th percentile for his weight and 75th percentile for his height. He was in the 95th percentile for his weight at 4 months so I guess since he doesn't sit still for longer then 2 seconds he is burning some calories!
We have been doing solids for about a month now and we have introduced cereal, sweet potatoes, zucchini, bananas, and apples. Believe it or not his favorite has been zucchini, but he is by no means a picky eater. I don't think he has spit out one bite yet! He loves his food. I keep getting excited to see what face he makes, and then he just eats it and has no reaction to it at all. He is such a funny little guy. We are amazed by him everyday and he is our joy in life.
He can definitely snore some massive logs! He has recently started snoring like a grown man and at first it was just funny but then it got a little concerning. He has always had the tracheamalacia that makes him sound worse than he is, but we took him to the ENT just to be safe. They put a little camera down his nasal cavity and looked at his voicebox and nose to make sure everything was ok, and it was a little traumatic for him, and mom. He just didn't like being held down but everything checked out ok, and they think he might have a little reflux because his voice box was swollen so we are going to try some meds for that.
We took him to the zoo for the first time over spring break and he liked the giraffes because he could see them and they came up close but then he was more interested in watching all the other kids then looking at the animals. I think is was more fun for us than him!
We are finally getting settled in in our new house and we absolutely love it. We have great neighbors and a great community that we are really enjoying. Our house is ALMOST put together. We are doing some last minute touches and finishing some rooms that were the "collect all" rooms for a while. I am currently a little obsessed with DIY projects and refinishing furniture. I made all the curtains in our house (yes I learned to sew for those of you who don't believe it!) and we recently purchased an old set of bedroom furniture from Salvation Army that I am refinishing so as soon as I finish them I will post some pics! Older furniture was just made so much better and is heavy solid wood that I think is going to turn out awesome! My next project is to upholster a headboard for our bedroom. I will post pics when I get them finished. They are taking me a little long because I am working on Saturday's so I just have Sunday to work on them but it is my stress release and I love it. It's like a challenge to me to see how cheap I can refinish something and make it beautiful. Of course I have my mom to call and say "how do you do this!" She is amazing with paint and DIY projects so I have a good teacher.
Till next time... hopefully I will be done with the furniture!
