Parker Braun is going to be 6-months old on the 30th!!!!

Here is a short list of the amazing things he can do!

1. He can pull himself up, unassisted.  The first time i saw it was two weekends ago (or three, i can't remember) and I couldn't believe it.  I have seen it so many times since, and I still can't believe it.

2.  He is a super fast crawler and he can sit up.  

3.  He likes to watch football.  College, professional, video games - he doesn't discriminate.

4.  He CAN EAT.  He can dust a stage 2 container of applesauce (or sweetpotatoes, carrots, pears, or prunes with applesauce.)  Keep in mind, this is also with 2 scoops of a mixture of rice and oatmeal cereal.

5.  He can hold his own bottle.  It's easiest for him to hold the little 4-ounce bottles but he's drinking up to 6 ounces at a time.

6.  He is getting his first tastes of real food.  So far he has had mashed potatoes and various types of gravy (white, chicken, brown.)  his favorite adult food is refried beans.  

7.  He will go to sleep in his crib. He goes to bed every night at 8:30.  He's crying less every night.  He will sleep in his crib and wake up anytime between 1-3am.

8.  He LOVES watching his big brother Stewart.  It doesn't matter what he is doing, he loves it.  For some reason, Parker laughes sooo hard when he sees Stewart jumping up and down.

9.  He is most interested in non-baby toys: cords, bags of chips/magazines (things that make loud crinkling noise), Stewart's toys, and Stewart.

10.  He has a beautiful smile and a perfect giggle.  He still doesn't smile often, and its even harder to get him to laugh but when he does it's beautiful.  He has such a sweet smile.

11. Bonus!!!  He is a snuggler.  As if that is some kind of surprise for this family but Parker loves to snuggle. He just doesn't like to be alone - and I attribute that to his first week of life when he was alone a lot more than I would have liked.  Brand new babies are supposed to be with their mommy and daddy.  

12. Bonus Bonus!!!!! He has two freckles.  One on the right side of his nose and one on his chin.