It's been a long time since I've posted - about a month now I guess. This month has been so busy for the Juge family. We moved into our new house on October 30th. The move went smoothly and we are really enjoying the neighborhood and extra space. Here is a picture of the front of the house, courtesy of Anne. I promise to post some pictures of the interior once it gets set up. We are still moving everything in - no pictures are hung, there are still a few boxes left to be unpacked, etc. We also flew down to New Orleans for my cousin Guerry's wedding last weekend. We had a great time and the photographer took lots of pictures of Cullen, so hopefully I will be able to post those soon.
I can't believe our little Cullen (otherwise known as "munchkin", "Cull-Cull", "munchkey", "booger") is SIX MONTHS OLD. I can't believe how time has flown, yet I can't even begin to remember what life was like without our little baby boy. I guess I remember a lot more freedom but a lot less joy. This little guy makes Andrew and I laugh constantly. We were blessed with such a good baby - he really only cries when he's hungry, tired, or doesn't want to be in his crib (which unfortunately is happening a lot more frequently since my last blog post). At 5 months, he was doing really well and only waking up once a night. We have not been so lucky the past few weeks - maybe teething, maybe a growth spurt, maybe too many changes around him, who knows - but lately he's been getting up 2-3 times a night again. Not good for mommy!
He loves hanging out and watching football with his daddy
Milestones:
-We've tried more solids - peas (he hates them), prunes (a little better), and rice cereal. I've been slacking in this department, so I promise by the 7 month post, Cullen will be enjoying many more delicious solids.
-Cullen threw up for the first time this month. I think we overfed him rice cereal. It was so sad. I found him in his bed covered in puke, and when we bathed him to clean him up, he puked in the tub. It was so sad and I was so upset for him, but he went right back to bed and woke up fine in the morning.
-He had formula for the first time a few weeks ago. I've just been supplementing 2 ounces into his bottle of breast milk. I'm proud to say I reached my goal of breastfeeding until 6 months! But now I don't really want to stop. I think I'll just do a mixture of breast milk and formula this month and reevaluate things at 7 months (or when my supply is gone). I tried him on Enfamil Deluxe, but he was pretty fussy, so he is now eating the Enfamil soy formula called ProSoBee.
-He laughs hysterically, smiles constantly, and nothing in this world beats either of those things.
-He's in 6 month clothing and some 6-9 month clothing fits him well.
-He's in size 3 diapers.
-He can sit up on his own, sometimes for a few minutes. But he's very unsteady and will eventually topple over everytime.
-He's still putting everything he can get his hands on in his mouth and drooling a good bit, but no teeth yet.
-He's saying Ma-ma-ma constantly. Oh how I love it. We've also heard Da a few times. Ball, Ba, Ga. You get it :) He's good with his consonants.
-He flew for the third time this month. He's our little frequent flyer - all trips to Louisiana. 3 out of 4 flights were perfect this trip, but he screamed bloody murder on the 4th flight. SO embarrassing.
-He is getting good at holding things and reaches and picks up a lot of things. He constantly takes his pacifier out of his mouth and 50% of the time he can find a way to get it back in his mouth.
We go for his six month checkups and shots on the 29th, so I'll update you with measurements then. He is still very long and has a good bit of meat on his bones :)
WE LOVE YOU CULLEN, more than you'll ever know!!!!
