Maggie's 6 Months Old!

It's been quite a while since I posted anything on The Littlest Wilson--I can't believe how time has flown by! While I was pregnant with Magnus, we counted down the days to his arrival and writing blog entries was a great way to stay occupied. Since then, we've been busy actually enjoying him! Here's a quick recap of the last three months...

Our summer in Cleveland was wonderful, and included visits from Yaya Ellen, Grandma Diana, Courtney and Eva, and Pop Len and Patty. Maggie also spends lots of time with Uncle Aaron and Toni, Aunt Dana and Paul, Yaya Mary and Papou, and his Great "Awesome" Grandma Lindsay. We've really taken advantage of living in University Circle and have made many trips to the art museum, the Natural History Museum, the Children's Garden at the botannical gardens, and most recently, we checked out the cool cars and planes at the Crawford Auto and Aviation Museum. Magnus and I took our first Kindermusik class this summer and will be starting the fall semester in a week. He loves seeing the other babies and playing and dancing to the music. At home, The Wiggles are his favorite band, followed closely by Ralph's World and Billy Jonas. This week his favorite toys include a monkey teether, jungle "gym", his bouncy entertainer, a vibrating teether, any BlackBerry he can get his hands on, and his very own remote control. Mrs. Mustard's Baby Faces, Dr. Seuss's A B C's, and Baby Signs and his favorite books. While we didn't go to the air show (to preserve his little ear drums), we nevertheless experienced the Thunderbirds as they flew in awesome formation back and forth over our apartment all Labor Day weekend long. Magnus wasn't so sure about them--the noise was pretty scary! On his 3-month birthday, he decided to roll over for the first time, and he could sit up by himself not too long after that. He's been crawling for quite a while--since about 4 1/2 months-- and just this week learned to pull himself up to standing, which means crib escape is imminent! At his 6-month check-up, Magnus tipped the scales at 19lbs and is an impressive 28 1/2 inches long, which puts him in the 80th and 90th percentiles, respectively (long and slim! Definitely not taking after his mom...). No teeth yet, but he's really gumming the heck out of some Arrowroot biscuits and loves Happy Tummies mixed grain cereal, homemade yams and frozen bananas. He is smiley and sweet and funny, and continues to be the light of our lives.

I've shared many of these pictures already, but I thought I'd put them all in one place. Click here to see the slideshow of Magnus, 3-6 Months.