month six

as mentioned below, max had his six month check up on my birthday. it went well {besides the fact that he had to get three shots...} but the doctor was a little disappointed with his weight. this is how he measured up:

weight: 2.71 percentile {yes, there is a period between the two and the seven}

length: 35.17 percentile

head circumference: 55.19 percentile

what i want to know is...who are the babies that they base this percentile scale around??? max seems like a decent sized baby but according to the charts, he is a little shrimp! i want to see a baby in the ninetieth percentile for weight!

the doc told me to up his feedings to twice a day instead of just once. last week we gave him mango's for the first time and let's just say he LOVED them. every single bite. after each spoonful he would follow it with "mmmmmmmm" in that cute little voice of his. i love him!

we had a little bit of a scare last week {the day after his shots} when he woke up with a fever of 103. conference weekend he just wasn't acting himself, but we just assumed it was the shots. on sunday night, when he woke up hotter than i have EVER felt {104} we decided it was time to go to the doctor. so early monday morning we took him in and found out that he had an ear infection. so sad. but luckily, they just got him on amoxicillin and he was back to his normal self within a matter of days. having a sick baby is no fun!

lately he has been fascinated with:

strings/ribbons/anything that dangles

textured surfaces

{he does the funniest little thing each time he feels something new. i'll get a video of it tomorrow and post it soon!}

cups

books

{basically he just tries to eat or attack them}

his two bottom teeth are getting bigger every day and i am almost positive that he has more coming in. he has been gnawing on just about everything in sight.

{sneek peek of our little vacay to vegas}

we love our little bubba. he is such a happy baby! every night when we lay him in his crib we say goodnight to the animals that are hanging in his mobile. he gets the bigggggest smile on his face and it is pretty much the cutest thing ever.

and is this picture not incredible?

{photo taken by dayna at our weekly mommy's lunch}

have you ever seen such cute little babes?? i love them all.