6 months already

Whew, this six months went super super super faster then Oliver's 1st 6. We're trying to appreciate it as much as we can, but there just isn't time for the navel gazing (into the baby's navel :) as the first time because we're running around on 3year old time. Finn is totally fascinated when I play guitar, watches me closely to figure out this magic trick. He also really loves to hold on tight to my hair, and can manage to hang on until he's sitting if he has a good grip (which he can't when holding on to fingers.) He will be sad if I go bald. He's also liking my beard, holds onto my face a lot. Feel like I've been able to get some good eyeball time with him lately(just staring into each other's eyes conecting). First camping trip for him next weekend, we'll see how it goes. We bought one of those ball ice cream makers and tried it out tonight and Finn was so EXCITED that I kept thinking he was scared. Still pretty fair, and red haired.

Nom your face

We nibble on Finn's cheeks because they are so adorably chunky, he finds it funny. He has started to try and eat our faces back, which is basically him having a wide open soggy grin and trying to figure out which muscle sequence to get his face to ours, often our mouths/chins, sometimes by pulling on our hair. Really fun and funny. He's also figuring out his tongue, and has had it sticking out for a few days in a row now.

A nice thing is that at night before we go to bed, I am able to soothe Finn back to sleep about 2/3rds of the time, if a cat runs over him or something. With Oliver I was afraid to try or just unconvinced that I could do anything since I couldn't nurse him.

first food

Finn has been carefully watching Oliver and when Oliver is eating Finn starts chewing. And whenever Francesca is holding him at dinner he tries to get ahold of the plate. So Francesca gave him a little mashed up banana and he was very curious about it, new experiences. He wasn't quite sure if he liked it or not, and had no clue what to do with it once it was in his mouth, but he seemed to enjoy trying new things, and then he pushed it out of his mouth and wiped it on his mom's shirt.

Daddy is funny

Finn has reached the stage where Daddy is hilarious, just standing there. As soon as I come home he starts kicking his legs and giggling. Sitting up really well, still drooling up a storm even though he has his two bottom front, also pretty snotty and congested from his cold. He hasn't been bothered by the congestion (Oliver used to get upset about it, which would make him more congested, which would make him more upset) and thankfully hasn't shown signs of croup. Summer is coming, spending more time outside. Oliver was itchy and told us that he was "scratchworthy"

Teeth

Finn's bottom front 2 teeth have finally cut through, so that huge toothless grin hasn't much longer. He had another vaccine on Mon. (we're spreading them out so he isn't hit with a big chunk of heavy metal preservatives all at once) and took it like a champ, little fuss right when he got it, and then fine. Apparently today he was sitting up on the couch (he's getting pretty good at it) and then toppled over head first into Oliver's bowl of ketchup.

The case of the disappearing feet

Every morning Finn wakes up with big smiles. Often it's dark and he's bapping us in the face as he flails. Once he convinces us that we're awake and to stop pretending otherwise, he often gets sat up, at which point he starts trying to grab his feet (a favorite past time of his, especially lying on his back on the changing table) and seems to be a bit perplexed that they seem to have disappeared overnight (he sleeps in a sleep sack, which is like a sleeping bag with arms you button on), it doesn't bother him, he just is a little confused that he used to have feet, and he can feel feet, but he can't see them. Tonight he was singing, which was really just squeeking. I had both boy-o's today so Mama could go to the dentist. Finn thought it was funny when the stroller did big bumps.

Warmer Days

The weather has warmed up, so Finn is getting to be barefoot, and his feet are so excited to be out of their booties and thrilled to be finding each other, they are almost always pressed sole to sole. He's also grabbing them with his hands if they're barefoot or hidden in pajamas. Finn likes dancing a lot, if I bounce him and sing to hiim (They Might be Giants "Never go to Work" for example) he grins so big and starts to laugh. He's also almost sitting up on his own, probably pretty soon. Coming back a little to the rolling from tummy to back (Francesca thinks that maybe because he's bigger it's a little harder because of the extra mass) But also lots of squirming around smiling, Finn dancing, and arching his back, which Francesca says is him thinking about rolling from his back to his front. Had another shot and didn't even notice it. Oliver and I were playing a writing game tonight, where I would write letters and he would trace them, then he was writing words like pretty and room on his own (with me calling the letters out for him.) Pretty amazing children I have. So so so lucky! :)