Six Months and Counting

Wow - sorry about the blogging dry spell there. Life doesn't stop, does it? Sheesh! Anyway, since I'm way far behind in posting, how about a catch up?

Oscar is now SIX MONTHS OLD!!! How insane is that? Where did all that time go? My baby is not a baby anymore! Oz sits up by himself now, nice and straight backed, and is super strong. He loves jumping in the Jolly Jumper - I'll have to post a video of it soon - and he is a big time chatterbug. He eats solids three times a day. So far, he's had apples, bananas, green beans, sweet peas, sweet potatoes, rice, oatmeal, pears, and prunes. Of those, apples and bananas are his favorites, with green beans a close second. (Gross, hey? Whatever.) Doc wants him to start on meats soon and I'm still not sure how I feel about that. (Comment away, mommy readers! I'd love to hear your opinions.)

As far as stuff we've been up to lately, March was a trip month. We went to the Philadelphia Flower Show early in the month (I posted an animoto video of that here) which was incredible and a couple weeks later, we took Oscar west to see his Texas and Oklahoma family. He did great on the airplane. I was so proud. And yes, he got his wings! (Did you know that people don't ask for them any more? The stewardess was so happy to give them to us and was very pleased that we asked. She even gave us extras.) Anyway, the trip down to TX was a rough one, not because of Oz, but because we literally had to run through the Houston airport to catch our connecting flight. NEVER AGAIN. I vow to never run through an airport with a baby and a butt-load of luggage. That was beyond uncool. We are cheapskates, so we were trying to get around not paying the extra $15 bucks per check-in bag (per flight) and we took the cheaper flight with the layover, but I am telling you now (husband - if you are reading this, I am way serious) that we will pay the extra money.

Seeing all of our Texas and Oklahoma family was wonderful though. That first day, we logged in 15 hours of travel time (plane ride + car ride up to OK). Oscar was pretty zonked. But he woke up fresh to meet his amazing great grandma that we all completely adore. He flirted and cooed with everyone that came over and even gave out some Oscar kisses (open mouthed and very juicy) to his grandma and cousin Kelly. We drove back to TX on Sunday to meet up with all the rest of the aunties and uncles and cousins. Oscar really liked being the center of attention. He usually had an entourage of four gals - cousin Morgan, cousin Cheyanne, and cousins Shawnee and Cherokee. Little fella didn't know what hit him!

Two weeks after we got home, we all got sick. Tim got the cold first and then Oscar and now I have a touch of it. Awesome. And can I tell you how fun it is to try to suction snot out of Oscar's nose?!? Like I said before, this kid is S.T.R.O.N.G. He can smack the nose spray out of my hands and send it flying before I even know what is going on. It's crazy. He's smart too. I gotta figure out a way to trick him so I can vaccum out his sinuses.

I have tons of pictures. I haven't posted them onto Flickr yet because I'm busy sucking snot out of my child's airways. Be patient with me. I'll get to them soon.

Other items of note, there is a way funny story relating to the extreme constipation Oscar had while in Oklahoma. It's Tim's story, so I'll let him write it. I witnessed the event and nearly peed my pants laughing. Leave him a comment to demand this story. It's worth it. Also, can I just brag about how smart my kid is for a minute?!? We've been looking at pictures of family and Oscar can point to "Mommy" and "Daddy" now. And I'm pretty sure he recognizes other words (other than his name), such as "kitty," "meow," "peekaboo," and "monkey." (I call him my little monkey...) He is making the "da" sound and he's already made the "ma" sound. We'll see who gets called by name first. Any wagers on "mama?"