6 months old already

Well, it's been a while (yet again!) but it turns out this whole parenting thing takes up a lot of time and doesn't leave much energy for blogging - not that I'm complaining, though! A lot has gone on in little Oakes' life and I'll try to fill everyone in briefly.


As of mid-March, Oakes seemed to have really mastered sitting up without support for extended times. Along with sitting up, he's a pro at getting on his hands and knees, though he doesn't do much more than that. He certainly moves around his crib a lot, but when he's on the floor and mom and dad are watching him, he only seems to crawl backwards and that even looks like it's on accident. :) We've also noticed that Oakes would much rather stand than crawl and he is already beginning to put one foot in front of the other. Guess we'll have to start childproofing soon... Oh, and as of a week ago he's been sleeping through the entire night without us getting up for even the paci! Whooo HOOO! He had his 6 month check-up yesterday and weighs 16lbs 2oz (25th percentile), is 27.5 inches tall (75th percentile), and his head circumference is 17in (25th percentile).

We had a great Easter weekend - we went to Oma and Opa's house which was nice and relaxing. Evan fished at the lake and Oakes got his feet muddy in the lake. We also got some beautiful photos of us in Evan's parents' side yard on Easter day. Oakes had the cutest little Easter outfit that Grammie bought and the weather was gorgeous. He was even pretty good in church aside from wanting to talk for most of the time.

On Tuesday of this week, Oakes had his first playdate with a cute little 8 month old who lives down the street from us. A mutual friend put me and his mom in touch and we met at the park down the road from us. Oakes and Eli didn't have too much to say, but his mom and I had a great time and I do think the boys were intrigued by each other. We're probably going to get together again this weekend, so I'll have some more pics to post. I'm just so happy that we know a boy in the neighborhood who is Oakes' age!

We're also planning on eating our first true foods this weekend. Oakes has only eaten cereal but we have Saturday morning plans to make and eat our first batch of baby food! :)