Happy Half-Birthday Paul!

Paul's Half-Birthday was on Tuesday!

He is now officially 6 months old.
He weighs 21.5lbs, is 27.5 in tall, and is as happy as ever.

We celebrated his half-birthday with rice cereal. A lot of preparation went into the cereal. But in the end, well... you be the judge...



Lucky for Paul, rice cereal wasn't his only birthday treat.

("E. coli" and "neuron" stuffed toys)

Paul has been busy learning new things this month. He now rolls every which way, sits on his own, sleeps in his crib, rides around in the big kid stroller, and says "da da" and "tah tah".




But even though his parents think he is growing up too fast, he is still a Momma's boy and Dad's best buddy.

(hanging out with Mom)


(downtown with Dad)

"Professional" Pictures

Even with all of the coupons we get for free sittings and free 8x10's at portrait studios like Target and Sears, the whole professional portrait thing seems too complicated for me. Paul is great with a schedule, but I just have a feeling that no matter when the appointment time is, Paul will decide at that moment that he would rather be sleeping or eating (or even worse, spitting up all over himself).

So I decided to avoid the unnecessary anxiety and do the photo shoot by myself at home. I had a great time! I even downloaded a free trial of Photoshop so I could doctor up the results. While the pictures aren't quite professional grade, I think that the smiles I could capture (and the fact that Paul took a nap between the two photos shown below) were worth it.