Donovan is 6 months old!! ...in three days

Wow, I took way too many pictures this week. I had a hard time choosing the cutest ones, they were all so adorable!

This week wasn't too bad. Donovan's other tooth still hasn't cut through. It was swollen for a while and we could tell it was sore, he wouldn't let us anywhere near his mouth. The swelling seems to have gone down and he has become a little more pleasant the last couple of days. I wish I could have taken a picture of his current tooth, but it is hard to get him to open his mouth. He can breathe again which was a big relief to me. The humidifier has definitely helped. He still has a cough, but it sounds much better than it did at the beginning of the week. My cold only lasted for a couple of days, but Brad wasn't feeling well Friday night and most of yesterday (Saturday). For now, we are all feeling pretty good...knock on wood.

It hasn't been a very fun week for sleep. I get Donovan down between 8 and 9, but I can't fall asleep until around 11 or 12 and he likes to wake up anywhere from 5 (that was a bad morning) and 7. I try to go to bed earlier, but I can't fall asleep. So I don't get enough sleep most of the time, but waking up 1 to 3 times during the night doesn't help. I am really lucky to have Brad though. He knows when I have had just about enough and he will take over when I need him to, even though he usually has to go to work the next morning. His mother taught him well and I appreciate that!

Anyway, we had a few fun adventures this week. Donovan and I really needed to get out of the house on Wednesday and it wasn't too cold outside, so we went to the park to give Donovan his first taste of the swing. He loved it! We even let him play in the snow, even though it was cold, he really seemed to enjoy it. We didn't stay long, but it was pretty fun to see him enjoy the swing so much. It got me really excited for the summer when we will be able to walk to the park or to Mason's house.

We watched Mason on Saturday so Lenna and Scott could go out and as always, Donovan loved to watch him. He is so funny with other people. He loves other babies especially. We had a baby sit next to us at church and he laughed and grinned for 5 minutes straight while the other baby just stared at him. I think he just likes other faces.

We let Donovan chew on some licorice the other day, he enjoyed that. He cried when we took it away. We also put him in the baby carrier that he has never liked...and he loves it now. Another thing he loves right now is his soccer ball, thank goodness! Not that we have been pushing it or anything...

Donovan is the sweetest little baby in the world...most of the time (Brad always has to add that disclaimer). He is getting to be so much fun. He loves to take baths which gets us excited about taking him to the pool, and he looooooves to eat! He has been eating more solid foods lately, we are up to breakfast and lunch consistently and he loves every minute of it. He makes the mmmm noises and everything. Sometimes we can't feed him fast enough! He usually doesn't get too messy, but I fed him prunes (never again) the other day and he was a mess. He is so funny when it is gone, he starts to whimper a little like he wants more (after 2 jars) so I clap and cheer for him and he smiles and lets me clean up his face. He is so chill (most of the time), I love it. I am sure I will be fine when we have more kids, but for now, I can't imagine loving anyone else as much as I love my little Donovan. He cracks me up and drives me crazy at the same time! But I love him more than anything. I just want to cuddle him and kiss his little cheeks all the time, but I know that won't last because he is going to be way too independent to be a momma's boy. He already tries to lunge out of our arms and gets frustrated when he realizes he can't move anywhere by himself. He still loves to look at his reflection, no matter how mad he gets, if I put him in front of our mirror (we just got a new bedroom set so we have a mirror in our room now) he instantly lights up with a big grin on his face and has to touch our reflections.

We love our little boy, even when he is pouty.

Anyway, I will send an update after Donovan's 6 month checkup on Wednesday.