In five days I will have a six month old. Unbelievable. This is the age I always imagined myself looking forward to when I was pregnant. I thought he wouldn't be eating solids until now. Wrong. We started that at 41/2 months. But this is an event that I was excited about. It is so much fun to pick out what he will eat and organize them in his food cabinet. Another milestone that can usually be expected around the six month marker is sitting up on their own. This will be so much fun because our play time can be more interactive, and bath time can be more than laying in a hammock while I hum the Titanic theme song. Not that I won't miss the serenity that our bath time brings; it will be different and wonderful.
Today, I guess my excitement got the best of me because even though he is not quite sitting up by himself, we practiced sitting up and practiced and practiced some more. He went for a whole minute without me even touching him. He was so focused on his new exciting toy. So, I know he can do it. And, when bath time rolled around, he had his first bath with mommy in our tub. It was the one of the BEST moments I have had with him to date. There is nothing like holding your baby close to your heart while he just lays there calmly in the water. It's 9:00 now, and he is sleeping soundly for the night.
He took a 31/2 hour nap today, which is a little unusual for him. I think all the extra activity wears him out, not to mention he's a growin. The time we were given was swell spent. We definitely watched 4 episodes of 24 Season 7. We're addicts. We do this with 24. Watch the heck out of it, and then go without anything until the next season comes on DVD. Tomorrow we are going to the Astros game with the Fash side of the family. Should be interesting considering it takes place during Ben's nap time. We shall see.