6 months

That's right, Chase is 6 months! I can't even believe it. He is growing up so fast, and he is more fun everyday. He loves toys and tickles and books and peek-a-boo, and he loves to watch Signing Time. He can sit pretty well by himself now, and he is still chewing on everything in sight. He's been sick for the last week so he has been kind of miserable. He sounds like darth vader when he breathes, and it is the saddest thing. Also using the bulb syringe in his nose makes me feel like a terrible parent because he hates it and he screams bloody murder when I use it. So, I admit, I usually make Tim do it. Anyways, he had his 6 mos. well-baby today and he weighed in at 16 pounds, 14 oz (he just doubled his birthweight) and he is 26.5 inches long. He's right at 50th percentile for everything except his head circumference which is big (because of all his smart brains of course). He is getting so mobile and everytime I put him down to play or down for a nap, he ends up on his tummy. He has such a big appetite. He never refuses food or acts full. He just keeps eating as long as the spoon keeps coming! My mom gave him a little box of cheerios, and on our plane ride back from Florida he had some of those. I'm always terrified he's going to choke so we broke them in half, but he loved them, and I am enjoying being able to take a snack for him in my purse everywhere we go.


So I made a video of Chase's first 6 months. I think I am getting better at Movie Maker. I actually figured out how to put music to it and it took about half as long as the last one I did. It is a pretty fun hobby. I apologize that the first song is about a girl... just imagine that it's about a boy. Also I realize that my "pregnant pictures" aren't that great, but I am stupid and we didn't really take any pictures of me when I was pregnant. The first one is at Disneyland when we found out I was pregnant, and the two at the waterfall are the day we found out we were having a boy! The last 2 are both when I was 8 months, and I know the last one looks really dumb, but that is because the picture wasn't of my tummy, I just cropped it down so you could actually see it. haha. So my advice, if you are pregnant, is take a ton of pictures of your belly. Even if you don't want to. Because you will want them later, I promise. Also, this video is kind of long, so if you don't have 5 minutes you probably don't want to watch it!

Love to you all,


-Tim & Katie

P.S. before you watch this you have to pause the music in the pink box at the bottom of our blog so that you can hear the video music.