6 months. Are you kidding me!??!

So we've made it to the infamous 6 month mark. We've kept the kiddo alive for HALF OF A YEAR!!! Kind of weird that we've been parents for this long...

This past week, we spent time at my parents house for 5 days while Brian was in Africa (post on that later!) Brewer thrilled Honey and PawPaw with his cuteness.



Are you kidding me?!?! How precious is this baby??

He has been sitting up well for about a week now, gaining more balance every day with the help of this cool toy that helps him focus and play.



I love his expression. "Mom, seriously? Stop taking pictures. It's not cool." Hehehe. We are going to seriously embarrass this kid with our un-coolness.

Brewer Achievements @ 6 months:

- Eating 1/4 cup rice cereal twice a day
- Tried sweet potatoes for the first time yesterday; he did not bat an eye and ate like a champ (kind of underwhelming, actually)
- Sleep through the night for at least 10 hours
- Take one big nap a day pretty consistently and a couple of other cat naps
- LOVES bathtime (usually our go-to fix-it if he's fussy at night) but two nights ago, decided he didn't like just sitting in the bath and started crawling all around



- This weekend, he got in the bear crawl position for the first time, up on his hands and toes
- Still loves his exersaucer, playing well in it for 20 minutes at a time
- Moves around with intention now. He actually will scooch around to head towards something he wants.
- On that note- he's scooching around!! Kind of a modified army crawl where he pushes off with his toes and drags himself with his arms.

We're amazed at how much he's growing and changing every day. This is a pretty cool stage!

S'more Rice Krispie Treats

So last night our friend Heath brought us dinner. It was so good, and we love seeing him. We were missing one critical component though... dessert. After I bathed Brewer and ran my shin into a TV on the bathroom floor (don't ask. Apparently baseball is required during bath time.) and Brian accidentally smeared vaseline into Brewer's newly-clean hair, I decided dessert was essential.

So I made these s'more rice krispie treats! Can I just say YUMM-OOOOOO!?!?!?



So mine don't LOOK quite as fabulous as the photo on the recipe site, but they taste awesome. And, they are made even more fabulous with this special addition...!



Bonus: They do not require an oven, and they probably took all of seven minutes to put together (some might have let them cool, but I feel that's for suckers.)

Also, please note that while I do read Pioneer Woman's Tasty Kitchen blog where this recipe originated, I actually was made aware of this great recipe by the food site PunchFork. Awesomeness.

Rice Cereal, Day TWO

In case you couldn't tell, day two of feeding went fabulously!

We thickened up the cereal for the second day, and this seemed to do the trick- he was a huge fan! He was definitely wanting more, but I wasn't sure how this would be for his digestion (my bestie Brooke admonished me- rightly so- that if the kid wants more, feed him! Duh...) ;-)

A second development (it seems that they're coming almost daily right now!) on Monday was that Brewer learned to sip through a straw. He was grabbing for my cup with a wide mouth, wanting to drink! So, without a good baby sippy cup, I grabbed a toddler sippy cup that we had received as a gift. It has a gummy straw instead of a sippy opening. After fumbling with it for a few minutes, he bit the straw and played with it. Then, he started sucking, and because he's stubborn, he kept sucking!! And so, we're drinking through a straw now!

SUCH a fun stage right now!