Walking with the Watsons

6 Months Old!! This month was filled with fun as our sweet boy continues to grow and become more interactive. We also LOVED spending our favorite holiday with him and celebrated BIG TIME right before Christmas when his adoption was final on December 22!  Another quick info and photo dump post...too busy enjoying baby boy to keep up with the blog with my personal thoughts/growth as I journey on in motherhood! It'll come eventually! Eating: 5-6 times a day, anywhere from 4-6 ounces (Staying consistent with that!) He had tried avocado before turning 5 months old, but was not super interested so we decided not to push it. At Christmas, I gave him table food to see how that would go...(green limas, potatoes, deviled eggs and ham! He LOVED the eggs and gnawing on ham, but gagged everything else back out. I knew that would happen but am so proud of him for using those gag reflexes and getting it all out without really choking! It is seriously so much fun watching him learn!) ...

Wow! Time is flying by way too fast, but we are so thankful for our sweet baby boy and that the Lord has entrusted him to us! The last month has been the toughest one yet, but fun at the same time. We got no sleep and experienced lots of firsts [trying to remember there will be a season of "lasts" (like in our too near future, a last time he will be stationary and instead be on the move) so soaking them up!] Zac helped me vote in his first election, he spent his first weekend away from me & a separate weekend away from both of us (so a first weekend with the grandparents), his first two teeth came in, he tried his first foods (avocado) & he had his first Thanksgiving! He's sitting up (not for long periods of time without me or a pillow behind him) and he's laughing more and more. Teething and sleep regression, along with his paci association and now being able to take his paci out but not find it in the middle of the night to put back in, have had me up ev...