6 Months

It's Noah's half birthday today!!! Does that mean you still get cake? No. Cupcakes. :) That's how we do it in the Mcmahan's house. The family took a trip to First Friday in downtown Bentonville tonight, enjoyed the festivities, and - yes - a huge, delicious cupcake in honor of Mr. Noah's fast progression through life!
Can you believe the spiky hair and huge eyes was only 24 weeks ago???


Noah looked like he was born with a suntan! True Carmack style, let me tell ya.

So what's the little man's latest antics these days? Let me tell you...

FEEDING:
- He still eats every 3 hours (6oz.), about 5 bottles/day. Though here in the past few, I'm not sure he's finished one of those...maybe we're embarking on the four hour stretch??? We'll see.
- He no longer gets fed in the middle of the night (blessing), but usually has his last bottle around 9:00pm or so, then off to bed till morning (most of the time).
- He's been eating rice cereal for the past week in the mornings - not a fan. He hasn't yet mastered the pushing it back part (he acts like I'm choking him!)

SLEEPING
- Oh sleeping...we have good nights and we have not-so-good ones. Happy to report that for the past week now, we have had GREAT ones!!! He sleeps from about 9ish pm - 7:30ish am. Some nights we never hear a peep, while others, he might jostle around some to where I go put his pacy in and he drifts back to sleep for the rest of the night. Neither deserve complaints cause I know it can be MUCH worse.
- Up until 4 days/nights ago, he was swaddled in a fancy blanket - super tight - for every nap/night time experience. This was somewhat of a hassle. He definitely came with more instructions when leaving him babysitters (aka. my parents or sister).
- But ALAS! We got stubborn and had a few forceful rests non-swaddle (some took him quite a while to fall asleep) but only 4 days later, he's a champ without the swaddle!
- He takes NAP #1 after being awake for an hour and a half (ish)...NAP #2 about 2 hours after waking from the previous (this is usually the long one - 2-3 hours sometimes)...and NAP #3 somewhere around dinner time. He's a great napper - Lincoln never was at that age.

PERSONALITY
- Noah has come alive at 6 months and it is so fun! I remember Lincoln having this turning point a few months earlier...
- He loves to be entertained by you throwing him in the air, toys, the dogs, Lincoln - pretty much everything.
- He no longer cries in his car seat or the stroller or the baby bjorn. This is huge.
- He loves his bouncy deal and has recently been introduced to his boat in the swimming pool. He even goes under water with daddy and loves it all.
- He notices our food and wants what we're eating. :)
- He doesn't cry ALL the time when Lincoln gives him kisses now.

Though no more spiky hair, he still has those huge eyes!

And is trying to be more like his big, cool brother everyday. :)


PS. His well-check apt. is in a few weeks. I'll post that soon.