Six months old

WOW! Hard to believe, but true...Talan is now half way to his first birthday. He had his six month check up just a couple days ago and handled those shots like a champ! Poor kid. Chase came with me to the doctors, while Taylor was at preschool and he was really quite concerned about his little brother. He just held his hand and told him, "it's ok baby." Chase really is quite protective of his little brother. Actually, he always has been. I remember when Talan was first born, and people would come over to visit, Chase didn't want anyone he didn't know well, to hold his little brother. There's no doubt in my mind that they knew each other in the pre-existence. Talan now weighs a whooping 16.25 pounds. Here's a list of some of the things he's doing now: he is sitting up all by himself with no problems and has his hands on everything, he can shake his head NO, and you can tell he's real proud of this one cause he does it with the hugest grin on his face, he also has said da-da a couple of times, but he will only say it in a whispher. He still is quite mellow; he'll just sit in his bouncer or on the ground and just entertain himself with whatever is around. He is also now eating solids, and doing really good with it. So far, he has had rice cereal, sweet potatoes, squash, and pears. He is the smilest kid too. We took him over to have his pictures taken the other day and I swear, in every single picture they took he was smiling. The lady taking the pics said it was the easiest session (and fastest!) she's ever had! It is so fun to watch him learn new things. We all love him so much and can't imagine life without him!
....One more thing that I wanted to write so that I don't forget it...How excited Talan gets when ever he sees any member of our family. He kicks his legs oh, so very fast and just grins from ear to ear. It's adorable!! It totally makes me smile. I guess it's one of those things you have to see for yourself. But that's our Talan, he is so easy to love.