Kees Isaiah - 6 months

I am, once again, behind on the blog. I find that life with two little ones is full, tiring, wonderful ... and busy. When I have free time during the day I am inclined to sleep rather than be productive. Now that we are getting to know Kees a bit better, and since he is changing so quickly, I thought I'd do a little update on him and all his sweetness.

Kees' favorite state of being - naked, on his back. His hair is also long enough now for a faux-hawk, which I am a big fan of. 

Again, happy when naked and playing on the floor. Overall, Kees is a pretty chill little guy. He has a very sweet disposition. He is, however, pretty clingy. Which means that his "chill"-ness quickly flies out the window if he's left alone for too long ... a nice little challenge for mom and dad. Gotta love his big, beautiful blue eyes! 

This was on his six month birthday. He's really very strong. His favorite position is still back laying, or standing. He struggles with reflux and is just uncomfortable a lot of the time. This manifests itself in a lot of stiffness and back arching. We're trying some new medication for him and really crossing our fingers that something helps and/or he grows out of it soon. 

Kees and Calvin's relationship is an interesting one ... Calvin really loves his little brother and LOVES to hug and kiss and smother him. At first the challenge was keeping Calvin from harming him with his love, but now Kees seems to just love it. Funny. But Kees loves hanging out with Calvin, and Calvin seems to really love his little brother so that is an enormous blessing and something I hope continues and grows in the many years ahead. 

Kees and Daddy playing with the mirror. 

The source of those beautiful blue eyes! 

Beginning to discover some of Calvin's toys ... 

And starting to enjoy standing on those strong little legs in his exersaucer! 

Because Calvin was such a food monster from about 5 months on, we started introducing solids to Kees pretty early, like right around 4 months. I was afraid that Kees would be perpetually starving the way Calvin was, and wanted to preempt having to constantly nurse him. But Kees is not Calvin and didn't take well to it. But right around 6 months he changed his mind and is becoming a much better and more coordinated eater. Here he is chowing down on some yogurt. He loves fruit as well, but we struggle to get the veggies in him. Oh well, in time we will prevail. 

More sweet little faces during tummy time. 

And here is the new favorite - trying to grab and eat his feet. Also, Kees has started sleeping almost exclusively on his side. He seems to really like rolling half way over and shoving his feet in his mouth. Funny boy. 

Kees is super verbal, much more than Calvin ever was. He really likes to talk to Jeffrey his giraffe. 

This is sort of a classic picture of Calvin and Kees' relationship. Calvin hugging ... Kees looking a bit unsure. 

My sweet little guy all ready for bath. This was a little earlier around 5 months.  At six months Kees weighed 16 pounds and was coming in at the 50% for both height and weight. To compare to our other chubbster - at 6 months Calvin was 22 pounds and in the 99% for both height and weight. It's fun to compare, but also so nice to just enjoy Kees and get to know his unique little personality. I really like this age on - they can do so much more and it's just such a joy to start to get to know them!