Ryland turns 6 months old!

This past Monday, October 10th, Ryland celebrated his "Half-Birthday"... yep, our little guy has turned 6 months old! I still can't believe it. While the first couple of months seemed to take forever... probably because we weren't getting very much sleep at the time... the last couple of months seemed to fly by. Everyone says that children grow up so quickly and now we know firsthand that is true, so we are just trying to enjoy every day and each stage of his development. It really is amazing to watch him learn so many new skills and grow into this adorable little person. We are so blessed to have him in our lives, and we thank God for him every day!

Here are a couple of pictures that I took on Monday... I know I am biased, but he is a total cutie, isn't he?!!!

In the evening, we decided to go to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory to not only celebrate Ryland turning 6 months old but to also celebrate the fact Daniel and I survived half a year of parenthood :) The meal was delicious, but of course we saved room for dessert... we split a piece of Adam's Peanut Butter Cup Fudge Ripple cheesecake... and yes, it is as good as it sounds! As you can see, Ryland was pretty interested too, trying to grab my fork and have a bite... I guess he inherited his parents' sweet tooth!

Speaking of Ryland eating "real food," he actually had his first taste of solids the other day, a week before he turned 6 months to be exact. Of course, I took a couple of photos to remember the moment by. I gave him just a bit of rice cereal, and he actually did pretty well with it, eating several spoonfuls. Here he is sitting in his brand new high chair seat, ready to go, and he even flashed me a sweet smile!

Then, he turned and looked at the little bowl like "Wait, you want me to eat that??!"

Afterwards, the look on his face said "Well, that was interesting." And all in all, it wasn't even that messy of an event :)

I just made some homemade carrot baby food yesterday, so we will have to give that a try very soon... and eventually we will work our way up to cheesecake :) As you can see, Ryland is growing up before our very eyes, and we look forward to all the other fun milestones we have ahead! Well, thanks for stopping by and please come back again soon... until then, God bless!