Friday was Gabe's 6 month check up. He now weighs in at 16 lbs and 5 oz. He is also 26 1/2 inches long! According to the charts, he is right at 50th percentile for both, so he is right on track. With the 'jowls' he has acquired, I kind of expected the weight might be higher than 50th, but not so. We discussed all of the usual check up stuff, and Dr. Voyles shook his head and smiled multiple times - he was very impressed that we really have very few delays, especially considering. The muscle tone is still a little on the low side, but has progressed so much since we have started therapy. Last week Ginger (OT) started working his upper body even more - she is having us dangle toys for him to grab and when he does, we gently give him some resistence. He's going to be the only baby with well defined pecs. Daddy is happy with all of the new muscle baby exercises - we'll just get him ripped.

Feedings are going well too. I tried a little kitchen experiment with him. They say he will like foods with more 'punch', so since I had only a quarter jar left of the sweet potatoes (he willingly took down 3/4 in one feeding!!!), I mixed it with a little apple sauce and a pinch of cinnamon (no butter, sorry Paula Dean). He made a little bit of a face at first, then he was quite excited about it. So I guess that was his first stab at second foods - just custom made!!

There are more pics below! There are also some updates on the prayer blog.