Can you believe it?!? 6 Months!!!!

6 months! Can you believe it? I certainly can't...what a blessing Joaquin has been in our lives. We can not imagine life without him, yet it seems like we just found out we were pregnant yesterday. We tried to take Joaquin's pic on the couch as usual...

...but we had much better luck on the floor where he could sit up on his own...

We are frequently saying (for Joaquin), "I want to do it myself" or "...like a big boy" or "I can do it, Mommy!" Anything we do or have, he wants to do or have. We have skipped the sippy cup and baby spoons because he doesn't want them...he wants to drink out of the glass and use the silverware just like us. Speaking of which, we tried his first 'solid' food on Saturday--yams. It was not a big hit...


...but the next day was getting better...

It's not great yet...he doesn't love it and will only eat a few bites before getting upset, but we'll get the hang of it.

He is sitting up pretty well on his own now, although not well enough to leave him by himself sitting. He is talking all the time and even has a 'word' he'll use consistently at similar times...'Baaaa' when he is not happy (we joke that he is saying "Baaad...baaaad....baaad"). Full conversations seem to be the norm now though with all kinds of syllables, intonations, call and response...it is so fun. And he continues to love the outside. Any time he is upset, we can bring him outside and it's immediately ok. We have a very happy little guy and we are so grateful for these first 6 months...here's hoping (probably fruitlessly!) that the next 6 won't go by so fast!