Oden is 6 Months Old

Oden is 6 Months old!!! We really can't believe that it has been 6 months already...... some of the things that Oden does:
- Oden is now rolling over to his left and his right side (from back to belly - the 'hard' way)
- Oden is NOT rolling over from belly to back yet..... he likes being on his belly so much that he just doesn't have any interest!
- Oden has been eating solids for a few weeks now. We just graduated him from 'beginners' rice cereal to the more advanced sweet potato and avocado. This week he will get more complex and try banana, pear, winter squash, and carrot. As you can imagine, there is a big difference in the 'output', but a welcome advance it is!
- Now that Oden is eating some solids, he is sleeping MUCH better. More often than not, Oden wakes up only once during the night to feed, sometimes sleeping 7+ hours a stretch. Mommy is very thankful. .
- Oden has had 2 haircuts already, and Daddy will be giving him his third very shortly
- Oden can hold his own bottle or sippy cup.... big boy!
- No teeth yet.... but we are pretty sure that he will sprout any day now (he has been fussy lately).
- Even though Oden is mainly breastfeeding, he will take a bottle of Mommy's milk from Dad. Daddy has even put Oden to sleep once or twice when Mommy got out for the evening..... it wasn't easy, but Dad eventually succeeded. That Oden is a momma's boy - and Patricia will try to keep it like that as long as possible.
- Oden loves being read to, and often participates by reading along with you and trying to take the book. He will also sing along while being sung to......
- We have just started introducing signs to Oden: eat, more, drink, book, and milk are the ones we are starting with.
- Oden will be taking his first international trip to Barcelona, Spain, from January 13-22. We are hoping to make it to Florida in late February for a conference that Daddy is talking at, and then California in late March to meet more Great Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and cousins.
- Oden really likes hanging out with his buddies from the Mom & Baby group - he goes to see movies, plays at Urban Toddler, and is learning to socialize with a bunch of babies his age.
-Oden keeps on getting bigger..... we visit the doctor next week to see if he is maintaining his 84 percentile in weight. He has easily tripled in weight from his 6 lb. entrance into the world on July 4 of 2006.

Happy 6 month milestone, little one!