6 months

Hi honey! 

Sorry that this is a few days late, your actual 6 month birthday was very busy!   You have grown so much since last month, when I last wrote to you.  Today was actually your 6 month check up, and you are 20 pounds, 4 ounces, and are 26 inches tall!  You are in the 90th percentile for weight, but only in the 50th percentile for height, so you are taking after your dad in the height department, and your mom in the weight department! :) Your doctor is always so amazed at how healthy you are!  And how cute you are :)

This last month you had a lot of firsts, it was your first family vacation, your first family reunion, your first taste of solid foods, and you have accomplished so much developmentally!  You loved California, you went in the pool, and in the ocean, and had your first real family pictures with my side of the family.  You were by far the cutest one in those pictures.  And the least irritated with the photographer.  You had your Farrer Family Reunion in Beaver a couple weeks ago, and you were the best behaved baby.  You tried rice cereal (you like it), and vegetables (you don't really have a favorite, but you like carrots and sweet potatoes), and fruit (which you don't really like).  I will add a video of your first taste of peaches.  

You are a champ at rolling around now, you can go front to back effortlessly and you love being mobile! About a week ago, you discovered how to scoot! (Although the baby books call it 'creeping').  You can get up on all fours, but then you faceplant.  You'll get it soon enough though :)  Your doctor said that boys usually crawl between 9 months and a year, so we'll see.  

You are SUCH a happy baby.  I can't tell you how grateful we are for how good you are to us.  Thank you!  You are so loved Holden.  Everyone can't get enough of you!  

I'm sorry that I'm not a better mom to you, someday you will realize that I am just doing the best that I can.  And I hope that you will get it.  I do love you though, more than anything.  You're the best son a mom could ask for!

Happy 6 months baby cakes!

Love, Mom.