6 Months

Here comes the cliche.....I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S 6 MONTHS OLD ALREADY!!!!

It's been so amazing to see how different he is to Malachi, how their personalities develop so early.  I think he'll be a little more mellow then our firecracker, more like his Dad I guess and less like his Mum.  But he's so full of love and smiles.  He's a terrible sleeper but I don't mind, it just means extra cuddles in the night.

Here are some of the things this kid aka "Sausage" or "Pudgey Magoo", has been up to lately.

Little man can sit up now, with a 95% stability rate.

He can roll....and roll and roll and roll and roll.  No more putting him on the bed or couch.  And we often find him stuck under a table or bed.

He's found his feet, and tries desperately to eat them.

 

Vili is in that "mouth stage" - everything he can reach goes straight into his pie hole.  And this boy drools like no other (shirt gets changed frequently during the day), so once he's got a hold of something, its a gonner, especially if its paper.

Much like his brother, Vili is a people pleaser.  He smiles just enough to keep them hanging on.  He's very loved.  We went and saw my grandparents recently and he worked his charm on Nana.

Vili looooooves food.  He loves his highchair too, coz he's higher up and gets to see what's going on.  He munches on mum-mums and puffs all day long, he's just a hungry boy (mostly because he's so hard to nurse these days, busy body is too worried about everything else that's going on in the world).  He knows what a bottle looks like and goes INSANE when he sees one.  He can almost always hold them himself too.  Super convenient.

Vili's favourite thing continues to be his brother.  It is such an awesome thing to see these two playing and laughing together.  Malachi is so great with him, makes him laugh all day long. 

 

 While we were in Hamilton, Malachi struggled with his fear of animals.  Vili, on the other hand, tried desperately to touch them all the time, especially the dog.  He would grin to high heaven when Keisha would lick his hands or toes.

 

 It looks like Malachi is being mean to him, but he's actually reading the "Going on a bear hunt" book to him, making some great bear noises.

Seeing these two boys together makes me itch for another one....one day.....soon......maybe.....

But Vili is just the happiest kid.  Unless he's gone way past a nap or feed, he just watches and smiles and blows bubbles to himself, he says da-da, ta-ta, ba-ba, grrrrrrrr, and squeals alot. He does high 5's, and bangs his hands on EVERYTHING.  He makes my day, makes everyone's day.  He'll be crawling soon and next thing I know I'll be writing a post about his first birthday.  But in the mean time, I'm trying to just enjoy every minute I get with my chubby cuddley boy.