Still my Baby. Bentley is 6 Months!

Our little Bentley Bean is 6 months old. I cannot believe it. It goes just as fast the second time around. I am cherishing Every Single Day with Bentley. He is such a Joy to be around. He makes our family so happy and we love him to pieces! Bentley is also such a smiley baby... and at 6 months old he is still just our little guy. Bentley had his 6 month check up earlier this week and he now weighs 15 pounds 15 ounces! We will find out next week when he gets his shots just how tall he is and his head circumference too. When Carter was 6 months old, he weighed 17 pounds 12 ounces.. so in turn.. Bentley is our little guy! I absolutely ADORE that Bentley is staying smaller longer. I am in NO rush for him to grow big.. I know how fast it goes. At six months old, Bentley can sit.. with a little bit of help and he is the master at tummy time! He can roll around like a champ .. rolling over and over and over all across the room but is nowhere near crawling yet. And to be honest I am kinda happy about it. I know that he will craw, walk and run eventually but for now having him take his time is perfect because I know that once he becomes mobile.. he will take "carter's trains.. he will chase George and the boys will probably start to argue.. so for now, this is good.

Six months is such a huge milestone! He is a little more independent, grabbing for toys, flipping pages in books and recently he has really found his voice! Babbling words that seriously sound like "Dada" and "mom,mom,mom" but I don't think he really quite understands that those are the sounds he is making. On Sunday, Bentley tried his first bite of solids. Rice Cereal. This was his first reaction...



Eww Yuck! what the heck is that stuff mom! But then, he gave it another shot! What a good sport!







Then he became SUPER interested in the bowl and spoon. Getting messy is what its all about isn't it!?



All in all, a few days after, he is still not really sure about the rice cereal.. or pears. BUT its coming.. and we are just going to keep trying. He doesn't cry.. I think it might actually be the spoon that he is not used to. So heres on to the next chapter.. Solid Food. Exciting and Fun and Super Messy all at the same time. Thats my kind of Chapter!



Also since the weather has been so beautiful outside I decided to take my little guys outside and take 6 month photos of my little Bentley-Bean.



He makes me so Happy!





I love his personality at 6 months, his curiosity and his toes!







And Although he is 6 months, he still is my teeny-tiny guy!





Once we came in, he had a bottle and I took 3 minutes out of my crazy.. chasing a two year old around kind of day and took Bentley upstairs and cuddled him to sleep. He loves to cuddle and so do I.. it was meant to be! Once he was fast asleep I thought that maybe I would be able to take some sleepy pictures.. which I THOUGHT would be totally impossible to do with a six month old.. but nothing is impossible I guess. I placed his precious little self on our bed and he was so peaceful.



He let me put a hat on him and move him around all while snapping shots. He was perfect.





And I am REALLY happy I got these photos.. for me. For me to remember just how sweet he is. How perfect his skin is. How kissable his cheeks and lips are. And mostly just to remember that at 6 months.. he is still just a little baby.





I took them to remember his every crease and little chub.. his sweet little arms..



His perfect little neck and ears.. the ones he hears my voice with.



He is and always will be our little baby.





And as Carter says to me now.. "Now Mommy has TWO babies" referring to him and Bentley. And he is right.. now I have two babies. They will always be my babies and I am so lucky to have them forever.



I love you Bentley Brian Reed. These past 6 months have been incredible. You make me proud to be a mother. Your mother. Carter's Mother. You will always be my baby.