Corey is 6 months old

A half a year old...half a year and he'll be a year old. It has gone by so fast and its going even faster now that falls almost here. Fall is always so busy for us with football, pumpkin festival, spoon river drive, & holidays. It seems we have something going on every week! I can't really keep up with Corey's pictures and upload them to facebook and myspace because they require lots of descriptions and dates and why i took them so I haven't uploaded any. I have lots of milestones on camera and camcorder and I can't wait to make a mini movie of it...for his birthday, yes, I'm already planning it! I'm thinking of displaying tons of pictures on a poster and having the mini movie playing! I have a method to my madness is what I tell Chris everytime I ask him to start the camcorder up:)

So now that Corey is half a year, he's not just laying around looking cute anymore. Yea, he's still cute and he gets cuter everyday but he's got a big personality now. He likes his toys and he sits on the floor and plays with all of them like they are brand new! He sits up...he's been sitting up since he was 5 months old but now he is moving his body left and right trying to get toys.

He says words...but still not 'mama'. He is getting the 'mmm' sound though so probably very soon. Dada is his favorite word still. I think before when he first started saying it, it was just a word to him but now he can look at Chris and actually say 'dada' to him. Chris is now getting the VIP treatment from him. He only used to give it to me and my mom but now whenever he sees Chris, his whole face lights up and he'll get excited. With anyone else, he will cry and get mad if anyone but us is holding him...the only 2 people he's absolutely content with is me and mom. Don't ask why its mom, maybe we look alike or something.

Corey eats a lot! I'm still nursing but he'll have cereal and fruit for breakfast. Fruit and a veggie for lunch and a meat and fruit for dinner. He's heavy!! He loves his bananas and sweet peas but he hates broccoli and chicken and chicken noodle dinner, lol. He makes a gagging noise and face when I make him eat it. I'm not letting up though he'll have to get used to it. I refuse to have a picky eater!

Chris and I let him sleep with us occasionally but sometimes he really just likes his crib, probably because we don't crowd him when he's in there. He doesn't wake up when he's in his crib but when he's with us, he'll wake up 3 times a night either because he smells his milk or we are moving around trying to get comfy with him in the middle. I like that he can sleep without us but we sometimes like him to sleep with us when the weather's bad outside or when he's sick.

He likes going over and visiting people. He likes short drives and he likes taking bites from ice cream and cookies. He likes homemade tortillas and teething biscuits. He loves gerber juice but he refuses to drink it from a bottle so we have to give it to him in a cup...not a sippy cup, a juice cup! He's worn a size 6mos. since he was 3 months and now he's in size 9mos now that he is 6 months. I get him an outfit every week...poor 2nd child...will have all hand me downs! I'm hoping for a girl for my second one but I have a feeling its going to be a boy so I'm saving everything!

Corey is rough and tumble and I'm thinking he will stay like that, he's a boy...a very mischevious and curious little boy and I can't wait to keep watching him grow up!!