Scared Hair... and other adventures

So our little bean-child is just over 7 months now- we're so happy that our lack of experience as parents hasn't stunted his growth or anything of the sort, so other than being just a tad bit lazy (yes babies can be lazy) he is growing up quite nicely. Currently he is suffering from a severe cold...my worst nightmare as snot makes me gag, and snot bubbles, well don't even get me started- lets just say it's a sad story over here. But just before his cold hit hard I snapped a few pictures of our little stud at his 7 month mark...

 Oh yes, he knows he's cute and uses it to his advantage every day, like for instance while he's eating and decides to take a dino chomp of his mother...I have tried to very sternly tell him NO BITING- yeah, it doesn't work he just smiles at me like he's saying "Did you notice how well I can use my teeth mom, did you, did you?" So pretty much he better just hope he doesn't pop the top ones through for a while because when he does, he might be saying a dios to his favorite bottle...now on another note, if you haven't noticed in his pictures before, take a look at this...

take a good hard look at that head...

His hair stands straight up on end!!!! In the Hegstrom family we call this scared hair apparently it's been passed down for generations, and his father sported it quite nicely.

As you can see here...

Now one may ask, "why is it scared?" The answer...we can only speculate...

*Maybe the fear of laying down and conforming...
*Maybe it's standing for something...like say no to cradle cap...which gratefully we didn't deal with
*Maybe it's a little lacking in confidence and it's feeling the need to impress (well if that's the case than my 
  hair is extremely over-confident and has  
  lost all desire to impress anyone- in fact i think it has laid down and died)
*Maybe it's rising above a mediocre standard
*Maybe it's just plain afraid that if it sits down no one will notice it's there-

...well scared hair, we've noticed you- we think you're pretty cute, you definitely make yourself known as a unique individual and we hope that you continue to fill out, grow, and reach your full potential. So keep on standing, but just know that there's nothing to be afraid of... except potentially a zombie apocalypse, one never knows.

Another new thing, our little boy sleeps sometimes in the cutest positions...and I caught this the other day...he looks like a little WORM!

Yes he woke up when I started messing around with the camera

Anyway, thanks for stopping by to catch a glimpse of our life's adventure- rarely a dull moment, and definitely not a dull child...he's got so much spunk and we can only imagine at this point who he'll take after, wait who are we kidding, he's a spitting image of his father...and not just in appearance- but he's got just a hint of his momma, though I can't quite put my finger on what it is but most importantly he thinks I am all that is good and perfect in his little life, and what more could I ask for.

True Love...

   Brings you from all the beautiful moments with you in his arms...

To that one beautiful moment with him in your arms

                                     From never wanting to go to sleep...

                                        To never getting to

                                      From being crazy in love...

 

                                     To being just plain CRAZY!

                                    And it takes you from the sweetest bliss...

           To something you had no idea could be even sweeter.

I never knew how sweet life could be...with all of it's ups, downs, twists and turns there is no one else I would rather spend an eternity with than my sweet husband and little boy. I wouldn't take back a second of the time we had together, just the two of us, but I wouldn't trade a moment of the last 7 months with our little boy. I think we have finally begun to truly understand this silly thing called LOVE.

If Ethan could talk...

Interesting...what is that?

 

 

Whoa...way too close Mom, seriously...

It's coming for me Mom, and it's HUGE!

Oh, I guess it wasn't much of a threat after all...

 kinda lame Mom, they just keep floating right  past, what's so fun about that...

OK Mom, vaguely amusing I guess I'll play along...

oh Mom I've been hit...

I didn't like that, please don't blow anymore bubbles...

NOOOOO... they're coming again!!!!!

Let's just say it was pretty funny...

SIX MONTHS OLD!!!!!

Wow- really that's the jist of what I have to say today- I can't believe it but on the 23rd of January my little baby became half a year old! Where does the time go? So since you're dying to know how big he is at six months- here you go...

18.3 lbs - 59th perc.
26.5 in. long - 48th perc.
17.5 in. head - 68th perc.

And here's what he's up to at six months....

Has two teeth- and he loves to use them on ANYTHING!!

He can sit up pretty well on  his own

LOVES his sippy cup

 

Likes to hang out on his care bears blanket much to his father's dismay- oh and he prefers to be mostly naked

Super smiley little guy most all of the time