6 months!!!

If you are friends with me on Facebook or Instagram, you know I have been hitting the pictures pretty hard lately. Oops. This kid is just so happy and smiley...how do I not share?!

Today, Karsen turns 6 months old. It seriously feels like yesterday that I was in the hospital with him telling him all about this older fur brothers, and his grandparents. Now he is talking (cooing, humming), rolling over, sitting up, starting finger foods and laughing up a storm! Below are some pictures over the last few weeks.

Over the weekend of Nov 21-23, we packed up the CRV with Karsen and the pups, and headed to Little River for another visit with Grammy and Papa! It is so hard to believe that the last time we were there, Karsen was just getting good at tummy time, and now he was sitting up and loving life! Karsen spent a lot of time hanging out on the floor and playing with his toys. He was fairly annoyed that I was bothering him to take pictures. Haha.

He loved hanging on Papa's belly for some of the trip too!

On Saturday afternoon, we made the trip over to McPherson to have dinner with Aunt Jeanie, Uncle Dave, Cousin Missy, and her son Owen. Karsen had a great time and it was clear that Owen enjoyed playing with Karsen. As you can see from the picture, Karsen has more than his fair share of toys to keep him busy. 

This last picture I HAD to take to show how exhausted Karsen was from the fun weekend! He slept the entire drive home (3.5 hours) and hardly made a peep. He had a great time from the weekend!

On Sunday, November 23, we started Karsen on solid finger foods! We decided to skip the purees and oatmeal and dive right in to solids. Of course, Karsen has no teeth, so we are starting with veggies that are steamed so they are super soft and he can gum them. So far, he has swallowed none of it, but he is having fun trying out the new textures and flavors. Below are some pictures from the first couple of sittings. We are only feeding solids in the evening, but soon we will add a breakfast sitting. We started with carrots, but now he has had sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and some turkey!

Karsen got sick about a month after the first time he came down with a bad cold. Luckily, the cold wasnt as intense as the last time, but we still had to get to the pediatrician office for some help clearly his nose and lungs. This time, we were sent home with a nebulizer to give treatments at home. Ugh. Such a pain. Luckily, we are just giving them to him as needed (which is usually right before bed) and because of the loud noise it makes, he tends to fall right to sleep. I guess it soothes him!

Now that Karsen is able to sit up on his own, we went grocery shopping and decided to leave the carseat in the car. He sat up in the cart with a little assistance from my coat. We just wanted to make sure he was good and wedged in there. The second grocery trip didnt require that kind of help! He is growing up!

This is just a picture of my happy dude! Clearly I was doing something too funny because he was just giggling and laughing so hard. I love that toothless grin!

Karsen had a blast celebrating his first Thanksgiving! He got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa playing on the floor and he was eating up all the attention! He also got to experience more than just carrots. We sat him at the table and he "ate" sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes and some turkey! Of course he swallowed none of it but he enjoyed sucking on them and getting a feel for their flavor. 

This last picture pretty much sums up the excitement of the day. He was passed out after everyone left for the day. 

Whew. Picutre overload. Maybe if I wrote a post more often than once a month, there wouldn't be SO many in one post. 

I am so excited Christmas is right around the corner! It should be a fun time with the little man. 

Finally, here is Karsen's 6 month picture! His shirt says "off to Grandma's" because he is headed to Grandma and Grandpa's for his FIRST overnight visit!! Yahoo!!!

MB