How is he 6 months old already?

I cannot believe we have had our precious baby for 6 months now; it does not feel like 6 months has passed!  He is such an incredible blessing!

Sizes?  We have our six month appointment tomorrow to find out an updated weight/length, but right now sizes are kind of hard to determine -- one brand's 3-6 months is another brand's 6 months which is another brand's 6-9 months.  Who knows?  He wears what fits.  I can definitely tell he's grown!

Eating?  Gideon is 75% formula fed and 25% breast fed.  He nurses once per day, then receives 3 other formula bottles throughout the day (6-8 oz a bottle).  He also eats two solid meals per day, with oatmeal or rice cereal mixed with some fruit around lunch time, and a veggie around dinner time.  He likes to play with baby "snacks" like Gerber puffs and yogurt drops, and we even tried out a mesh feeder today with some cut up strawberry dropped in.  He LOVED it!  Gideon is definitely an eater, and will try to eat anything that he sees you eating.  He's gone after my hot tea recently, and tried very hard to steal some Fritos off my plate at a church social today.

Favorite foods?  Banana-blueberry puree and banana-mango puree are favorites right now.

Least favorite foods?  He doesn't like green vegetables right now.  I think it's a texture issue more than a taste issue- a small downside of homemade baby food making.

Favorite toys?  Gideon still loves his crinkly giraffe; he snuggles with it at bedtime.  He also loves his activity gyms that have items hanging down, and works very hard to try to pull the items off of the gyms.  His train from grandma is always a favorite, especially once he realized that it makes noise if he pushes it off of his high chair.  He'll play with pretty much anything these days- a recent favorite is a wooden spoon.

Other favorite things?  Our labrador, Benelli.  Gideon smiles his biggest smile for Nelli dog.  He likes to put his hands on her cheeks, and Nelli responds with lots and lots of kisses.  They are so sweet together!  I'm hoping Nelli will be good crawling/walking incentive in a little while.  (Gideon also likes our other dog, Lucy, but since Lucy is not quite a year old, she's still a puppy and very clumsy.  We don't trust her as easily with Gideon, yet).

Developmental milestones?
-Learning to use a sippy cup.  He can get it to his mouth without help, but since we usually just have a small amount of water in the bottom, he needs help to get the cup angled to where he can drink.
-Some self-feeding.  He can get a "wagon wheel" snack in his mouth and feed it to himself.  He also held his mesh feeder without help.
-Sitting in a bumbo seat for extended periods
-ALMOST sitting without support.  There have been a few times recently where he's been sitting with me just using a finger or two to keep him balanced.
-Lots of different noises!  I love to hear him "talk" to his mobile/toys/dogs.
-Distance vision- I noticed today at church that while we were a half a room's length apart from each other, he found me in a group of ladies and was focused on me.

He is such a precious little boy!  I just love being a mommy!