Month 7

Wow! Our little boy is getting bigger every second! He is well into eating solid food and enjoys avocado, sweet potatoes, pears, green beans, and butternut squash. We think he may have had an allergic reaction to bananas :(! We'll try them again later.  He is up on all fours and is almost crawling, he bounces and then falls on his tummy! He rolls everywhere now, you leave him in one spot and turn around and he's rolled himself across the room!

We walked The Race for the Cure 5K on May 9th,

It was nice to see Grandmommy and GG on our first Mother's Day!

Team Martin Miracles

KJ eating a pear!

KJ aka K Slug aka Yung Floss' 1st Music Video!

Sorry about the sideways view, Daddy decided to get creative!

Milestones-6 months

KJ is 6 months 3 weeks old

Things KJ can do:

• Flip from stomach to back
  
• Flip from back to stomach
  
• Stand for a few minutes with assistance
  
• Stand without assistance if leaning on something for support
  
• Move body in an attempt to begin crawling (not quite there yet)
  
• Hold his bottle on his own, he will drop it and then pick it back up again
  
• Hold items - like teethers and toys - with both hands. He can hold a teething toy to his mouth and chew on it for minutes at a time. If he drops it, he will pick it back up.
  
• During tummy time, he will attempt to scoot to an item that is placed in front of him.
  
• He can put his feet into his mouth.
  
• He tries to sit up on his own and will lift his head up in a sit-up like position.
  
• If you hold your hands out, he will grab onto them and pull himself up with little to no effort on your part - he does most of the work.
  
• He knows his name and will turn in your direction when you call his name or speak to him.
  
• He follows you with his head/eyes when you enter and leave a room.
  
• He hasn't started saying words yet, but he does babble, growl, gurgle, inhale and squeak quite a bit.
  
• He is sitting up on her own.
  
• He likes to grab onto anything and everything.
  
• He loves jewlery, watches, cell phones, anything that sparkles or makes a noise.
  
• He can ride in a shopping cart and sit in a high chair now.
  
• He's eating between 24 - 36 oz./day and eating solids at least once a day.
  
• Solids he has eaten - avocado, sweet potatoes, butternut sqaush, bananas, pears, peas, green beans.
  
• Favorite solids: Sweet potatoes, squash, pears
  
• Least favorite solids: bananas, green beans
  
• We love him.