Six months!!!

Yay for Cole, who turns six whole months today - it's his half birthday!

It's quite amazing, when I think of it, that he's six months old. On one hand it is so fresh in my mind, his birth and our first days home, all three of us. I remember feeling slightly dazed and Jamie and I looking at each other wondering what we should do next. Just watching him sleep and being amazed. Waiting to bathe him for days because we were nervous. Being extremely creeped out about the belly button stump - me especially. Thinking we could just come home and do the same stuff as we were used to, but with a baby. Lots of "is that normal?". Marvelling at his tiny little body. Having him sleep nestled in my pajamas, all warm and close to my skin. Just breathing in that baby scent.

And at the same time, I can hardly remember what it was like before he was here. He's so much a part of our family - his smile, his quirky little ways, the patterns of our lives and days now. That great baby scent still works wonders! Vaguely, I do remember sleeping a little more way back when, having a lot more personal time (which, in hindsight, I realize that I almost always squandered!) and space for a messy, creative office instead of working on the dining table! :-)

At six months Cole is really amazing us. He's sitting up on his own, creeping/crawling (I don't know where one ends and the other begins), interested in everything and cutting his first tooth. I can't get enough of this tooth business. You can only just see it peeping out of the gum, if you peer into his mouth and catch a glimpse in the right kind of light. I keep trying to look every chance I get, and being both crazily excited and slightly creeped out when I catch a glimpse. It's so cool but at the same time I am such a dental phobe.

We celebrated by starting this morning singing a little "Happy Half Birthday" to Cole while he looked at us, smiling and probably thinking we are weird. I'm sure he'll think that a lot more in the years to come... He loves singing of all sorts. Thankfully, he's not too particular, as I am not going to get any recording contracts anytime soon! We headed to Granville Island market today to meet up with our family and had a lovely time eating, visiting and letting our inner children loose in the Kids Market. On the way home Cole and I stopped to have a great time on the swings. He is crazy for the swings!

Here's to the next amazing six months Cole. I can't wait to see what wonders they bring.