Growin' Up

Bauer and I took advantage of the clear day we were having and took a walk around the neighborhood. Bauer was excited to not have to go in his carseat for the walk, he got to ride in his stroller "big-boy" style!

Waitress...I need more!

Bauer is LOVING eating real people food...ok rice cereal and pureed veggies and fruits hardly counts as "real people" food, but don't tell him, he thinks we're good cooks!

(Notice in the picture below he is staring at his bowl on the tray- haha)
"HEY MOM, stop with the pictures and keep it coming!"
Bauer turned 6 months a week ago today-- i can't believe he's growing up so fast. His check-up went good- he dropped in his weight percentile, but he's got some quality rolls and it's typical preemie patterns so our doctor isn't worried about it at all:
14.4 lbs- 10th percentile
26 inches- 25th percentile
What does Christmas look like at the Silliman's with everyone there?
Now you know! haha. And below is me regulating the passing out of the gifts--
Christmas was sooo fun, my family is soooo fun! LOVE YOU ALL!

Here's Bauer with one of his favorite Christmas presents (of many! thanks to both grandmas!) We got him a few hand puppets from IKEA, he LOVES them and it's soooo cute. We seriously love this little guy soooo much, it's almost scary. I could just eat him with a spoon. We couldn't be more in love with him!

Christmas Fun!

We're having soo much fun with our December activities. Uncle Mike is here to celebrate the holidays with us. We have SOOOO much to be grateful for!

A little help please...

So, let me preface this by expressing my extreme gratitude that Bauer is such a good nurser! I'm so lucky that I was able to nurse him after his NICU time getting all types of food intake methods. He is gaining weight and catching up with his peers, all things I am thankful for daily! However, I've been trying to get Bauer to take a bottle once and a while. I'm not wanting to stop nursing by any means-- i love it and I think I still have a few months left in me at least, but I'm just wanting him to take one every once and a while so I can be gone longer than 2 1/2 hours, (every minute of which I spend worrying about whoever has him and whether this was going to be a freak day where he decided he wanted to grow an inch leaving him hungry an hour after I fed him) I've tried a couple different bottles, different (insert word that i hate!) sizes, a couple different formulas (thanks to the multiple complimentary diaper bags I got when leaving the NICU!) ...nothing. I haven't tried starving him yet (a suggestion of someone who said if he gets hungry enough, he'll drink it) but I haven't resorted to that yet. I'm not wanting to have him take a bottle a day even, maybe just once or twice a week so i could enjoy myself while at cheer practice, go to the temple, maybe even a nice date with my husband ;) ANY SUGGESTIONS? or am i out-of-luck for a while until I am ready ween him completely?

But really....who can resist this face??