Brooks is close to 6 months now (in 3 days!) I kept meaning to write at 5 months but with the holidays and my work schedule and OH YA taking care of a baby, time just got away from me. This will be my final post on the Baby Boswell Blog. It has served it's purpose. I am going to print out the collection of my posts over the past 12 months and give it to Brooks one day. I'm going to end my last blog with some notes about my baby boy.
Brooks, this is what you have been up to in the last 2 months... You started getting up on your hands and knees and pushing your tush up in the air at about 5 months. This is also when you began to army crawl forwards and backwards. With all of your practice day and night (yes at night in your crib when you were suppose to be sleeping) Daddy and I thought for sure you would be crawling in no time. It has been a month and you have not moved more than a few centimeters but have been perfecting your down dog, side tush push, seal crawl, and most recently, the torso twist with one leg held high in the air. Oh yes, and you also can go from a tummy position to a sitting position with only with one arm acting as an anchor at a side-angle in front of you. You are adorable. You are such a beautiful baby I keep entering you in all these beautiful baby contests secretly knowing you will be discovered in the heaps of entries littered with mostly un-beautiful babies (ha ha), but really. You make daddy and I laugh. Actually, you crack us up! You are funny. And the best part of my day, any day, are the days I come into a room, (sometime after I've been at work all day), and I see your face light up. You actually get giddy when you see me. If we have been apart for a long time sometimes your excitement will last an hour or longer. You just laugh and wriggle about and look at me and grin from ear to ear. Ahhh. Boy, I love you! You are starting to eat solids. We started on rice cereal when you were 5 months old and I have since introduced avocado, peas, and a taste of sweet potato. I think you are going to be a great eater. Daddy thinks you'll be having steaks with us in no time. You are a solid little boy. Everyone says that. You are close to 19 lbs and very long (I'm guessing 28 inches?) You do not sleep very well at night because you wake up 3-4 times throughout and want to be nursed back to sleep. I am happy we are so bonded and connected and you need me in that way. I cherish every moment of your tiny little life and I will sleep again some day, one day. For now I love our quiet moments together in the warm dark room, rocking back and forth to the white noise of the sound machine.
The past 6 months has gone by terribly fast. I am head over heels in love with you and I have never been so happy in my life. I love our little family and our little house in our little town. We have a very good life here--- VERY good. Daddy and I (and Leo) absolutely adore you and would do anything for you. Thank you Brooks for choosing us to be your family. We love you.
