6 months old

look at him.  what a joy.  a blessing.  a gift.  he has truly changed my life these last 181 days.  i absolutely cannot imagine our family without him.  and how in the world is he already 6 months old?  that's half a year already!!!

at 6 months old, jaxton ...

*is working on sitting up.  he has a ball that we sit in front of him that he holds onto and sits up for a little bit.  not by himself just yet.  but just long enough to be able to say "he can sit!"
*loves, loves, loves to eat.  and he knows when it's time.  right now he still takes a 6 ounce bottle every 3 hours, plus has cereal/baby food for breakfast and cereal/baby food for dinner.  his favorites are bananas and sweet potatoes.
*grabs everything.  nothing is safe.
*actually does well in the car now.  as long as he has his giraffe & his "gankie"
*is able to suck his thumb whenever he wants, but really only does it when he's tired
*absolutely loves his sisters.  karsyn especially can make him smile & laugh like no other.  he's still wondering about mykah.  i think mainly because she's always so loud and in his face.  he does like to pull her hair.
*has been a changed man since getting tubes in his ears.  he's SO happy now. 
*sleeps from about 7:30pm to 7:30am regularly now
*his naps seem irregular these days.  some days i get 3 hours.  some days 1 hour.  some days 10 minutes.  but he makes it quite obvious when it's a nap that he needs.
*still doesn't like to take a bath.  i haven't quite figured it out yet. 
*has his moments where he wants his daddy for sure.  but i think, for the most part, he's a mama's boy.  and i love that.
*loves to swing outside.
*drools like a mad man.  and puts everything in his mouth.  the girls rarely put stuff in their mouth, so this is new for me.  we'll have to watch him close.