Somehow half a year has flown by already!

I can't believe our little man is about to be 6 months old!  Time is definitely flying in our household!
Mateus at 6 months...
- Loves rediscovering his feet everyday
- Can sit up unassisted (with someone very close behind to catch him when he topples over)
- Has his 2 bottom teeth coming in
- Wants to put EVERYTHING in his mouth
- Loves his oatmeal cereal
- Is now fascinated (and distracted) by Nala every time she walks by
- Felt grass for the first time and loved it so much he kept going back for more
- Loves to "workout" in his jumper
- Continues to have the best easy going personality and wonderful smile :-)

                                                                      Lovin' his feet!

                                                       Matching pants and hair color :-)

                                                       Story time has now turned into this

                                                                        Outdoor play

Mateus has a tooth!

Mateus has his first tooth!  Joe discovered it yesterday.  He's been mouthing anything and everything for weeks no so we knew it was bound to appear sooner rather than later.
He's had a great week with his oatmeal cereal (we switched from the rice cereal) and he now "sits" for meals like a big boy and grunts and sputters cereal everywhere throughout the whole eating process.  Thank goodness he has such a nice selection of clothing for this age as between the cereal messes and new kind of poopy diapers, he rotates outfits often.
The nice weather this week has allowed them to get outside at daycare for walks and watching the big kids play.  We've been told that Mateus and his friend Fletcher hold hands during the walks but that sometimes Mateus isn't such a big fan of this social interaction and will instead try to eat Fletcher's hand.  And we wonder how germs get passed around!
Mateus also now has figured out how to move his legs in jumper.  Here he is getting his morning exercise.....

And a few more out takes from the week.....

                                                Aunt Sara introducing him to the big books!

Mateus at 5 months.....

Is needing less help to sit up by himself
Loves to stand up and gets a big smile on his face every time he does it
Loves bath time with Daddy
Found his feet!
Is finding more and more things to put in his mouth
Discovered the cats and will follow them with his eyes
Now weighs 15.5 lbs
Endured his first fever :-(
Still is no where near sleeping through the night despite mommy's wishes!
Continues to use his voice and have conversations. (see video)

Still likes to show us his many faces.....