Branson is 6 months old!
Outtakes
We were surprised at Branson's 6 month checkup to find out that he is in the 90th percentile for height! What's that now?!! Haha. I'm sure those numbers don't mean much at this age, and may not even be an indicator of future height, but still, not expecting that one!
Dr. Witt said if Branson keeps this up Nolan will be in trouble ☺
As a side note, Nolan keeps impressing the doctor with his vocabulary, he even spelled Dr. Witt's name for him! (I taught him in the car on the way there and he told him on his own).
Ok, back to Bran-man. He is a pretty good sitter although it's the stage where you always have to be nearby because he could topple over at any moment.
He also loves to make lots of noise doing "spitties" and yelling. When he yells he's not even mad, it's like he's just testing out how much noise he can make haha.
Both of his bottom teeth have poked through and we're pretty sure the top ones are just below the surface ready to come in. I guess that explains the constant drool that poor guy has going on! And man does he have a mean bite! Don't let him get your fingers in his mouth (and he wants them in his mouth!).
He's getting really good at working toys AND he's starting to be able to move himself to get where he wants! I know uh-oh haha, but we're so excited for him. He'll see something he wants and reaches as far as he can to grab it. Then when he realizes he can't quite get it he does this cute little army crawl that mostly comes from his legs.
He still hasn't given us a really big belly laugh/giggle and I'm starting to think maybe that's just his nature. Because he definitely laughs a lot (even snorts sometimes haha) - and it's easy to get him to laugh - but maybe he just has one of those quick laughs that never goes on and on and on. We'll see!
He can now eat any food (except for honey) and I have a feeling he's going to love it!
I have worried a bit that we've created some bad sleeping habits because he usually only falls asleep while eating or being held tight in our arms. But for the past several nights I've renewed my efforts to put him in his crib tired, but wide awake and he's done just fine (as long as he's sufficiently fed ☺).
At the same time, I'm not complaining about all the snuggles ♥ It's a tough balance I guess.
He still usually wakes up once a night and "needs" a binky or food, but the doc said that's probably just habit so we're currently trying to figure out how we can teach him to put himself back to sleep (aka cry it out) without waking up Nolan. **UPDATE (6.7.2017) After talking to a friend I decided I should just go for it and put them both in the same room. I also realized that when we were in Las Vegas we all slept in the same room and it was just fine. So anyway, I went for it last night and he slept the whole night! In fact Nolan was the only one that woke up crying from a bad dream. Anyway, we'll see tonight if that was just a fluke or not. **UPDATE #2, it was a fluke. As long as he doesn't wake up he's fine, but if he wakes up he can't get himself back to sleep. So yes, we have a problem, ugh.
Speaking of Nolan. Oey, he cannot wait to play and be rough with Branson. In fact, he's not waiting at all. The other day he can frequently be found steam-rolling Branson. And another time I caught him trying to pull B up by his shirt and HAIR (re-enacting a scene from Moana), and he'll sometimes hit him with his toy baseball bats ("I'm sword fighting with him mommy!"). And Jeanni has walked in more than once to find Nolan completely on top of Branson with the explanation, "I'm wrestling with him!" Good thing Branson is tough. Seriously though, the steam-rolling, and the pulling his shirt and hair? B acted like it wasn't even happening haha.
His cheese smile is my favorite. He does it when he gets really excited and it's almost always accompanied by sticking his legs out straight as a board.
If I had to describe my Branson in 5 words right now they would be sweet, snuggly, smiley, tough, and wet ☺
He has been such a light in our lives these past 6 months! It's a bit hard to remember what it was like without him. It's like he's always been with us. It's so true what people say - your heart just expands with each child. There's so much room for these sweet babies! We love our Branson so very very much! ♥ ♥ ♥
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