Where did my baby go?!

Does this look like a 6 1/2 month old baby to you? As you can see Jack barely fits into his infant car seat....it's time for a new one!

I feels like overnight my newborn baby has turned into a rough and tough little boy! He has changed so much since turning 6 months. It makes me yearn for the days of him nuzzling up and sleeping on my chest. Now he prefers to bite my chin as a sign of affection...which hurts a lot now that he has teeth. Speaking of teeth, Jack got his second tooth on the bottom and we can also see the top ones forming.

He's currently 95th percentile for height and 90th for weight. At our last doctors appointment he weighed 20 pounds and measured 29 inches!! I couldn't believe it. But I did get a glimpse of my little baby in there because he cried the entire time we were at the pediatricians...he wanted nothing to do with the exam table, the eye test, Dr. Weiss and especially the shots. Poor little guy, he just cried and cried. And I was flying solo since daddy was on a business trip - not fun for me.

Last weekend he started Wamba Land - the day care at our church. The teachers said he was great but never cracked a smile...surprise, surprise! But they did say he ate every last drop of his food. Of course! Jack eats anything we put in front of him - peas, squash, the remote, my hair, you name it.

Jack is a very physical little guy. When he toots or pees on me, he looks at me and laughs. And he loves to rough house with his daddy and is now rolling all over the house. He rolls into everything and bumps his head but he never really cries about it. He's starting to sit up for longer stretches at a time and he tries so hard to crawl to reach his toys. It will be any day now. But he's not just physically advancing, he's also learning cause and affect. Today we watched him pull all of the circles off his stacker to get to the base. He loves putting that base in his mouth and figured out a way to get to it free by pulling everything off of it. I know it's silly but we were so excited and proud. We think he's a genius!

And finally, Jack had his first big boy play date with his buddy Grant. We went over to Kate and Matt's for dinner last Saturday and let the boys hang out. Grant was showing Jack the ropes and crawling all around and over him. At first Jack didn't know what to think and sort of whined, but then he joined in the fun. At one point they even had a little conversation. We have no idea what they were saying but it was adorable! They're going to be best buds one day.

I love putting Jack in clothes that look like an adult would wear. He looks thrilled too, doesn't he? The truth is, Jack HATES to wear clothes at all!

Jack and Grant on their first plat date. I loved watching Jack interact with another little boy. We're trying to get him prepped for day care.

Grant is the sweetest little guy...and so photogenic. Not really sure what Jack is doing here! Maybe he was mad that I took a picture of him with barf on his shirt.

Jack loves to wrestle with his daddy! I'm slowly getting used to having a boy and trying not to be nervous all the time that he's going to crack his head open.

Like I said, the kid will eat anything!