+ I'll be right by your side, come hell or water high, down any road you choose to roam +
That's from a Live song out right now I love. It makes me misty every time I hear it.

Anyway. Nice weekend, not very restful as usual. You have now eaten: rice cereal, applesauce, carrots, sweet peas, sweet potatoes and pears. Tonight it's homemade applesauce and probably in a few days we'll try green beans. I didn't mean to switch you through foods so fast, but I only bought one jar of each and you eat a lot! Last night we had 1/2 a jar of pears and a decent serving of rice cereal. Little piglet.

Mason, Chris and I bought the stuff to make your Halloween costume on Saturday. Guess what you're going to be? A purple monkey. Heh. It's basically the tiger-looking one here, only the body and tail will be lavender flannel and the ears and tummy will be royal purple. It's going to be adorable, trust me. Uncle Mason is the domestic sewing type, but he's going to show me how to do it too. Fun!

You're getting so incredibly strong. You can sit, when you don't realize you're doing it. You were sitting at Grandma's yesterday, and with me on the couch last night and this morning. The key is not drawing your attention to the fact that you're not being held. Oh, and having toys in front of you to keep you leaning slightly forward. You are also closer to crawling for me. You are almost always on your tummy now, at least doing push-ups if not on all fours. On all fours, you're mostly just rocking but that's how it starts! In push-up position, you can scoot pretty far in search of a toy.

Your sense of humor is developing more and more all the time. You love to sit with me and play fetch with "the doggie" (Princess). She jumps up on the couch with the ball, and you giggle. I throw it and you watch her run to get it, and run back. Wash, rinse, repeat. You also like to grab onto Princess's fur and beard which she is not enjoying. Oh well!

This morning you were sneezing a LOT. I really hope it's just allergies. You were rubbing your face and eyes last night too, so I hope it is environmental (i.e. pollen) allergies and not food. :-( I didn't see any real rash and your tummy seems okay, so I don't think so. By the way, poop enters a whole new realm when starting solids. I always heard that but didn't truly understand until now. I got the poopy booby prize last night. Ewwwie. It looks healthy, just very different. Sorry. TMI.

There was something else I was going to write but I can't remember. Wednesday is your (late) 6 month checkup and Friday Daddy is taking you for your orthopedic surgeon (hips) checkup. I am not worried about either, though I'm really hoping things are still okay with your hips. I think they are, but how can I really tell?