The 6 month mark is where things really seem to pick up, we're having so much fun watching Kolton discover more and more every day. Here are just a few highlights:
Kolton is a mega-roller but for the most part he just rolls one-way. If you put him down at one end of the room it only takes a few moments for him to roll all the way to the other side. He likes to roll onto his tummy when he is in his crib but not happy to sleep that way yet, after only a few minutes he gets pretty upset and lets us know in no uncertain terms! Sitting is next and we're getting pretty close but we still have a lot of cushions around anytime he's sitting on his own.
His eating is coming along ok - he will actually eat a fair amount of food if you're willing to battle. He just is desperate to be playing with anything he can get his hands on and when we're eating that means the spoon and all the food. It's quite difficult to get the food into his mouth before he can get it off the spoon! Our latest trick is to give him a toy to play with so that his hands are occupied . . . seems to kind of work for now.
Sleeping . . . . this has been a roller coaster with Kolton. He started off showing great promise as he slept through the night when he was so young, however he's making up for it now! Since being home from Christmas (blog still to come!) a full nights sleep has been a totally luxury for Mummy & Daddy. He goes to bed pretty good but quite often we are dealing with 1 or 2 wake ups. As I write this though I've just woken up from a long nights sleep with ZERO wake ups so there is hope!!!
Right at the 6-month mark we unfortunately had to say good-bye to Grace:( And not the way we would have liked to say good-bye . . . . when we got back from Christmas holidays I was all ready to go back to work and feeling ok because I knew Kolton would be with Grace however it was not to be, just when we were expecting her to be at the house we got an email saying she was pregnant and would not be able to return from the Philippines. While we are so happy for her to be starting a family we were pretty devastated to lose someone we had come to love and trust so much with our kids. That and it was a total panic and scramble trying to find someone on such short notice! I think we've come through the worst now and have (hopefully) found another lovely Filipino lady who will be staying with Kolton, we still have some immigration hoops to get through so our fingers are crossed that it will all go smoothly. It will be another adjustment for all of us but hopefully with Kolton being so young it will be an easy one for him.
Speaking of adjustments I have also had to adjust to going back to work and leaving me little babe behind which I think most Mum's will agree is one of the hardest things to do. I've decided there is just no total 'winning' solution as I love being at home with Kolton and I also love my job and all the 'adult' aspects that come with working. I am SO fortunate to have such an accommodating job that allows me a lot of flexibility and the luxury of working a shorter week so that I have some kind of balance between working and staying at home - but when I'm at work I sure wish I was at home and there are moments at home that I really look forward to having some peace and quite at work!!! ;)
One of my favorite things to do as Kolton is growing up so quickly is to look back and see how/what Kailie was doing around the same age. It's amazing to me to see how different they are in some ways and how similar they are in others . . . starting with their weight and height! At Koltons 6-month dr. appt he was 20 lbs and 27.5" tall . . . Kailie was 20 lbs and 27.25" tall!! I have two very "healthy" kids - that's the doctors code word for huge!! I'm really quite thrilled that they are both so 'healthy' makes for one less thing to worry about:)
It's been an amazing 6 months with Kolton, I could never really put into words what having a second miracle in our life has done for all of us. He has brought another amazing dynamic into our already very blessed family:) I will continue to do my best to freeze every moment and as I fail at doing that I look forward to the next lifetime of moments that our wonderful sweet boy will bring us:)
Here are just a few pic's of our sweet boy - I soon hope to get our Christmas and November Cruise posts done where there are a lot more pics of both of our little angels!
Kailie getting in on the 6 month photo-shoot - Kolton's updated picture is in the sidebar of the blog. Check out how much hair he has grown in the last 2 months!!!
I love this picture as it really captures how Kolton is with Kailie - he absolutely ADORES her and watches her all the time. No one can get a smile out of Kolton as fast as she can!
Kolton is such an easy-going kid. I never worry about bringing him anywhere as he just doesn't fuss. He is so intrigued with the world around him he doesn't have any interest in fussing!
This was just after a broccoli-battle - this expression sums it all up. Kolton is not a fan!! He fortunately is a much bigger fan of squash, prunes, carrots, rice cereal. Fruits are up next so fingers crossed we'll have some happier faces to show after some fruit.
Kolton's Christmas Pressie - he just loves it!
Working on sitting all on his own:)
Our smiley sweetheart! 
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