6 months old!

Owen is 6 months old!! Time has flown by and our little boy is growing up so fast. He is scooting backwards these days along with sleeping in his crib over night and loving the solid food we offer him. Currently his favorite food is bananas, but today I pureed up some fresh peaches and he seems to like those a lot as well. Owen isn’t sure about green beans, but hasn’t totally rejected them yet.
This month we have tried:
*Peaches
*Pears
*Nectarines
*Green beans
*Bananas
He is pushing himself up on his mat that we have for him and grabbing for more objects. He has mastered the art of rolling over, which makes diaper changing a challenge. Brad bought him some building blocks in the anticipation of playing with him soon. We also had Owen weighed and he has gained – he is 18.5 lbs!! Chucky little guy!
About a month ago we started having Owen take his naps in his crib and gradually work him into sleeping there over night as well. I thought it’d be harder than it was to not have him by my side, but it’s actually kinda nice. We put him to bed and Brad and I have some much needed mom and dad time.
This month my mom drove out to visit us for about a week. My parents have two new cars since they’ve retired so they had an ‘extra’ car around and gave it to Brad and I. This was quite the blessing, as my little Honda is on its last miles since my tire blew out. Who wouldn’t say yes to a free car?? It was so nice to have my mom out. She made Owen some bumpers for his crib, a grocery cart seat cover and is going to attempt to make some diapers for us. Fingers cross. Speaking of diapers, we aren’t doing cloth diapers anymore. They were great in hindsight, but I can’t seem to get the stink out of them and they leak – a lot. ☹
On a happier note, Brad got a job! It’s with a company called CED and he started working full time this past week. Horray!! I am still working at the optometrist office inside Costco and enjoying learning something new every day.

This next month will bring Owens first Halloween and two drill weekends. We aren’t going to do anything special for Halloween, as Owen won’t remember it and we don’t want to go out in the cold. On November 6th we will have lived in our house for a year! I can’t speak for Brad but I’m excited to have trick or treaters at our door this year! It’ll be fun to see the costumes and kids.