Both of my babies reached a half year mark this past weekend. On May 24th, Mari turned 6 months old and on May 25th, Jake turned 2 and one-half years old. I took these pictures earlier in May as part of a project I did for mother's day. I will post some more pictures later as we have a lot going on here at the moment.
Jake is 30lbs and 37 inches tall now. Jake is a laugh a minute as usual. I think I must have permanent damage to my tongue from all the times I have had to bite it when he does something that he is not supposed to to keep from laughing. I am amazed at the things he comes up with. First thing in the morning when he wakes up he is generally a puppy. He somehow thinks puppies are immune from following the rules that Jake must follow (i.e. puppies can climb on the furniture and dump food on the floor). When I go to get on to him, he just barks at me. When I address him as a dog, he then starts pretending to be a cow or chicken or duck or another kind of animal. Sometimes I just don't know what to do with him! Sometimes he can be very noisy and I learned a trick, by watching my mom, to get him to be quiet when Mari is trying to sleep-I just ask him to be a mouse! There is definitely never a dull minute at our house. His favorite foods are still oatmeal and vegetable soup. He eats quite healthy even when given the options of unhealthy foods. I hope that we are as lucky with Mari! He loves playing in the back yard with our dog Daisy and he is trying to teach her how to shake her head yes and no! I think he go the idea from the book, "I will teach my dog 100 words." He speaks well and I amazed at how far back he can remember. He seems to remember things from Christmas and his birthday very clearly and likes to talk about things that happened at Christmas.
At six months old Mari is 19 lbs and 28.5 inches long/tall. She is quite mobile and very keen on getting into everything. She will be crawling soon, but for now she gets along just fine by rolling and scooting. She is quite fond of Jake and her face lights up when he gets in her line of sight. She loves to grab my hair and bite me on the shoulder. She still has beautiful blue eyes and her hair has not really gotten much longer since birth although she has had more hair come in (none has fallen out) but it is a softer texture and lighter in color. She likes to 'talk' to us and she is already telling on Jake and has quite perfected her little sister scream (when she gets annoyed at Jake, even if he has done nothing to her). Unfortunately, I punished Jake two or three times for aggravating her before I realized that he wasn't always doing something to her. My favorite times with her are first thing and the morning and last thing at night. She wakes up before Jake and goes to be before Jake (James entertains Jake while I put Mari to bed) so it is our alone time together. She also goes to the store by herself with me some times (I alternate taking just him or just her-I take both if James is not home of course). I love the way she hangs on to me when she is tired and the smiles she gives me when she is first waking up. I love the happy dance she does when I pick her up or when she sees me come into the room.
