Last week Gabriel turned 6 months. Gabriel was our gift in the midst of lots of change and hecticness. Through it all he has learned to go with the flow. He is a happy baby and usually is ready to laugh and smile if you make eye contact with him. Sometimes I see him staring at someone just waiting for them to look up and smile. I have especially noticed this with his daddy...almost as if he is looking for his approval already. Charis and he can get going laughing together - one of my new favorite things in life. He squeals in delight when he sees her. When he turned 6 months he got to sit on grass for the first time. It was funny to watch him. He usually smiles and laughs about everything but he had the most puzzled look on his face. He would look at us and then stare at the grass.
He is more active than Charis was at this point. He has been scooting and rolling all around since 4 1/2 months, but now he is doing an army crawl. This week he got even faster and loves his new found freedom. Squealing and laughing as he finds he can go to a different room. If we have barriers around him he attempts to get by or over them. He seems to be attracted to any wheels he sees. Otherwise He goes for the most gross or dangerous object around - shoes, wires, sister’s favorite toys. Yesterday he pulled 5 glass bowls on top of himself. By God's mercy he was okay and nothing broke. Today I was watching to see if he was going to repeat his mistake. Charis couldn't handle it and pulled him away as far as she could and then begged "mama please move him!"
Everything goes in his mouth...especially his fingers. And it seems he is trading in a paci for his fingers.
I appreciate this post a lot! Since you're so far away I haven't gotten to enjoy getting to know Gabriel like I did with Charis. Boys are a handful, and it only get worse! At least that's what Simon has taught me. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Grace! So far it is proving to be true for me that boys are more active!
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