Week 26 and 27/ 6 months

Things have been busy in the last two weeks with the boys. Hayden finally lost his first tooth! He even let Heath get it out. He was very excited and got a visit from the tooth fairy. He has his first gap and I think the next tooth is loose now too! He is doing good in school, learning like crazy. They are doing writing and reading and math and it seems that he has Heath's math brain thank goodness!!

John is doing all kinds of new things. Last Monday, he decided he was going to sit up unsupported and has been doing it ever since. He still falls over occasionally but not much. The next day he did a true push up with just hands and toes on the ground. He now scoots backward and gets mad b/c he's going away from the toy. He plays with his toys now and even recognizes some of them. He figured out how to push down on the music box on his excersaucer and turn it on. Then he gets so excited when we clap and say yay! It's funny. He knows his name and will turn if you call him. He's a big thumb sucker which is okay b/c he's learn to self-soothe sometimes. The sleeping thing is going better. He has a schedule most days and only cries for 10 min or less or not at all most days. We are still working on sleeping through the night but it's much better than it was. And he's in his crib now all night. Which means we are sleeping better too. He still loves Hayden and laughs at him a lot. He's also tons of fun to change now. He doesn't like to be on his back so it's a little hard to get a diaper on. I think we may just change him on the floor now. He's tried more food and has liked everything but the bananas. Pureed bananas don't really smell that great so we just give him a piece of banana in a mesh feeder and he loves that! He also is trying a sippy cup. He does good holding onto the handles. And he likes the little bit of juice and water inside. I'm posting a few pics from the past two weeks!