Hello, hello, hello!

I can't believe we have a baby who is nearly 6 months old. How did he grow so fast and get so old? At the same time...has it really been 6 months? I feel like Jamie has been here for a year!

Jamie has been a busy little guy.

He LOVES his baby food. We've given him squash, sweet potato, bananas, peas, green beans, avocado and carrots. We've kept up with making some of his food at home, but I'm also a fan of the Gerber and Beechnut variety. I've discovered that it's better to undress him and THEN feed him, and to keep plenty of paper towels handy.

In other news, we battled our first illness on his 5th month birthday. The fever came first, followed by a worried phone call to the pediatrician. The next morning, he was diagnosed with Herpangina -- a common childhood virus. It feels like the flu and lasts about a week. How do I know this? It's contagious. Jamie toughed it out, though. I took this picture during one of his many naps that week.

Jamie has been working on his sitting skills. He's doing so well that we just tried him in the shopping cart today at Babies 'R Us...where we picked out his new car seat! That's right, Jamie is such a big kid that he outgrew his baby seat! A little bit of research later, we picked out a seat by Safety 1st. It's already in the car! I'm so proud of Jamie and his new seat, but it makes me a little sad that he won't be using the seat that he came home from the hospital in. (sniffle)

I'll update later with more pictures -- we just got home from a trip to North Carolina, where Jamie got to meet my mom's side of the family. Stay tuned!