Jake had his 6-month doctor's appointment yesterday- better late than never! He handled all of his shots like a champ- crying pitifully but calming down soon enough, even laughing in the waiting room while we scheduled his next appt. The doctor was very impressed by his development (She said he was "very advanced")- I think she meant his sitting, rolling, sleeping through the night, teething and whatnot. She also commented again and again on how sweet and mellow he was. We sure are lucky to have such a perfect baby.

He's in the 95th percentile for height (28in), weight (21.5lbs) and head circumference (18in), and his feet are pretty big too! :) Basically, a huge baby all around!

We celebrated his 6 month birthday a few weeks back, on April 24th, with a little BBQ for family over here. I made an adorable cake, which I hope to find pictures of soon to post (anyone have any?), and it was a nice, low-key evening. Jake, of course, didn't get any of the yummy chocolate ice cream cake.

He is eating other stuff though- we're trying to give him more solids- bananas, avocado, really steamed veggies... stuff that he can pick up but is still mushy. Very messy, as you can imagine. He doesn't like the little pouch with the food in it- he obviously likes his food whole and choke-able. :) I'll try to get some video of that adventure.

Meanwhile, here's a VERY grainy, poor quality video of Jake that we took last night. Andrew was teaching him to roll the ball (or at least, we were cheering when he'd accidentally drop the ball and it would roll towards one of us). I apologize for the poor quality, but the camera has trouble in darker rooms. But it shows off some of his wonderful new skills- Jake is sitting up like a champ, picking up the ball, etc., makes adorable raspberries (yes, that's HIM going "plllbbbt!"), says "mamamamama" and even waves there at the end! Hopefully we'll be able to get a better vid of all of these talents, but this should do for now!