It's been a while...

Well. I had a post for 4 months half written, but didn't get it finished. Then I had a post for 5 months, but didn't get it finished. And here we are, a little more than a week from 6 months. So... here's an update.

Noah went through a brief period of rolling. He seemed to be excited about it at first, but then realized that rolling meant he ended up on his tummy. And that's unacceptable. So the rolling back-to-tummy stopped. He only rolled tummy-to-back a couple times. I put him on his tummy one time, he shrieked, rolled over, and glared at me (seriously) and hasn't rolled that way since.

Instead of rolling, he's been working on crawling. He can get up on his hands and knees for brief periods of time (and he rocks back and forth trying to move forward while he's there), but most of his tummy time he spends scooting backward. I'll put a toy just out of reach in front of him to persuade him to move forward and he ends up moving farther and farther away from it.

He sits up on his own very well. He's gone through 5-10 minute spurts of sitting up unassisted. He still topples over (which is quite funny to watch...) often.

What else...

I think he might just be the happiest baby ever. Seriously. Unless he's hungry or very very tired, he's pretty much all smiles. He loooooooooves people. When we're at the store or visiting Zach at work, people stop to look at him and comment on his supreme cuteness and Noah will almost always give them a big grin. =)

We've been going to a "rhymes and rhythms" thing at the library that's geared toward pre-walkers. We sing songs that have actions, read stories, etc, and Noah loooves it. I don't know if it's the songs and actions or the people or the babies that he enjoys... but he really, really likes it. =)

At his last appointment (4 months), he measured 27 1/2 inches long and 22.4 pounds.

Pictures!