Brothers... six months later.

Davis is six months old. I can't believe it. He is the EASIEST baby. I know I keep saying that, but Jack was pretty easy too. Until he became the baby food sprinkler for about two years.

Anyway, the six month facts:

He still absolutely will not take a bottle. If you are thinking, "He would if she would let him get hungry enough!," then please just make sure you don't say it to me. It's okay to think it. I would be thinking it too... if I were you.

He eats rice cereal (mixed with water), green beans, sweet potatoes, and now butternut squash. He breaks out with apples, bananas, and pears.

He sleeps from about 9 pm to 9 am, eats, poops, changes clothes, then sleeps again from 10:30 to about noon. He takes his long nap from about 2pm to 5:30pm every day and is then up until bedtime. Yes, we are very very lucky. He loves his infant carrier and Mommy does too. He HATES when his face is covered for that split second it takes to pull his shirt over his head. He also hates the flush of the public bathroom. When I can, we leave the stall and let Jack flush it when we are far away. Unfortunately, the "magic potty" flushes on its own and scares the bejeezers out of him every time.

His sole means of transportation is rolling. He is not scooting, crawling, or sitting up on his own, but we hold him so much he doesn't really have much chance to learn. He laughs when Jack speeds by him with his cars, so there are permanent carpet tracks around his Jumperoo where Jack likes to make him laugh so hard he gets the hiccups.

He has sensitive skin and almost always has pink cheeks or a rashy chin from the drool, bibs, and cold air. He does really well when we drop him off in the nursery or at church and has not exhibited any separation anxiety yet when others hold him, when I leave the room, etc. Not yet. Jack still loves loves loves his brother and uses him as an excuse to get out of bed any time he can. "I forgot to kiss DAVE!" ...ten minutes later... "I forgot to hug DAVE!"... It's so cute (the first two times) but we have had to nip it before it gets out of hand.

Here is Jack Everett with Davis just after they first met in the NICU. Davis was still on the feeding tube and oxygen and if you listen closely you can hear his little hiccups. Jack seems so babyish in this video... he seems so much bigger now.

And here is is making him laugh before bedtime. You can hear that big brother Mr. Giggles is not very tired. Jack is always dying to see the video before finishing whatever he is doing. He has figured out that the cuter he is, the later he gets to stay up. I wouldn't trade these giggly nights with my boys for anything in the world.

We can hardly keep those socks on. Happy Half-Birthday, little man!