The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind.� We had the Fourth of July (which was a lot of fun - Emmett almost stayed awake through all the fireworks), Gus was born and I've been super busy with work.� I finally got around to taking Emmett with me to HubSpot (the company I work for) one day, too!

Oh yeah, and it's as if because Emmett is 6 months old now (I know, half a year? SO hard to believe!), he thinks he's become Mr. Independent or something.� Our little trick of feeding Emmett with the aid of the Boppy no longer works.� Instead, he wants to try to hold the bottle and feed himself.� I guess he doesn't need me anymore ...

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Here are some picture highlights from the past couple weeks ...

[caption id="attachment_898" align="aligncenter" width="539" caption="Just another day in the life."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_899" align="aligncenter" width="545" caption="Happy baby!"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_900" align="aligncenter" width="545" caption="Kisses from mom."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_901" align="aligncenter" width="546" caption="Eskimo kisses from dad."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_902" align="aligncenter" width="545" caption="Nap with Mr. Caterpillar."][/caption]

Age Timer: 6 MONTHS!

Topics: Weekly Updates, Milestones, video, bottle, feeding, 6 months old, independence

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Or "oap-meal," as my family likes to call it.� Well, oatmeal mixed with formula, that is.� He definitely prefers it over rice cereal.� It's kind of fun that his preferences, likes and dislikes are starting to shine through.� He managed to eat most of what I prepared tonight, and then proceeded to ask for more, as shown in this video:

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What a messy lil dude.� Good thing he was wearing his Terrible Towel bib to mop him up with, courtesy of Uncle Dan and Uncle Matt.

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Age Timer: 5 months, 2 days

Topics: video, shopping, feeding, solids, oatmeal, Terrible Towel Bib

Topics: Milestones, feeding, solids, rice cereal

Topics: Milestones, video, Firsts, baby food, feeding, rice cereal, first meal