6 Months Old

Wow! Where has the time gone? It is so hard to believe that Renner is already 6 months old.

Mike & I took Renner for his 6 month well baby visit on Tuesday, July 29th and Renner weighed 18 lbs. 6 ozs. and measured 27 ins. The doctor said his head, weight & length measured at the 75th percentile for his age group. So it looks like we sure may have another Erik on our hands! Maybe Renner will be a linebacker for Texas A&M WHOOP!

Along with turning 6 months old Renner has also developed his first cold. It's definitely been an experience that we haven't enjoyed. He's been all congested and not feeling well. Needless to say we've tried everything to help him out. The best things, other than the meds the doctor prescribed, have been purchasing a humidifier for his room and letting him sleep in his swing at night.

Renner is LOVING his jumper. He loves it and would stay in it all day if we would let him. We've recently moved it into the living room and sometimes we'll put his favorite tv show on and he'll stop bouncing long enough to watch it. It's a cute show about these 2 little squirrels named Sammy & Eve that play hide and seek with an acorn. You probably can't see it too well, but in the picture to the left you can see Sammy on TV & Renner mesmerized by the show. After a long morning of jumping he does get tuckered out and ready for a siesta!

Another thing Renner has almost mastered is sitting up. He can tripod himself with his hands in front of him and just about sit up all by himself.

The last thing I can think to write about is that he doesn't care too much for eating yet. We bought him some sweet peas and we think he may end up liking those. He didn't care too much for rice or barley cereal but seemed to be okay with oat cereal. We also bought him some baby juice and he didn't know what to think about that!