50% Baby

Chasen scored a 50% on his height and weight at his 6 month checkup. Sounds bad, but it's really 50 percentile, so he is right in the middle of other babies his age. Not too big, not too small-JUST RIGHT!! He now weighs 16 lbs 14 ounce and is 26 1/2 inches tall. The doctor said everything was going well and of course he got another round of shots (ouch).

It's amazing watching this little "blank slate" develop right before your eyes. Every week he comes up with a new sound. His favorite right now is inhaling while making a screech, I think he sounds like a hawk. He has also started adding some consonants. Like tonight he was "saying" words with the "g" and "d"sound. Nothing distinguishable yet (though Justin is trying to get him to say daddy) but I think it will be soon. Justin is also trying to teach Chasen to crawl. No news there yet, but the added tummy time is really helping.

I'm still job hunting. I've picked up some hours working at Sylvan part time. But I really need to find a full time position with benefits somewhere. It breaks my heart to think that I will have to be away from the baby for so long, but we really need the money and insurance that a full time position offers. Paying out for private insurance is expensive!! (Though, cheaper than being caught without it in an emergency.) Plus, if I keep this mystery job until baby #2 we won't be paying so much out of pocket like we are now, plus maternity leave! No one was paying me to be off this round!