six months (tomorrow)

we are one day away from having a 6 month old! of course, time is flying and we are having so much fun watching this little monkey grow.

as many know, we have been taking gerrit's picture every month in the same chair--a great idea from a friend. today was photo shoot day as we will be at pake and beppe's tomorrow (his actual six month birthday) for the thanksgiving weekend. some of the highlights from the photo shoot included the lovely and mostly constant drooling (the doctor said yesterday to expect teeth in the next few months...gee, thanks for narrowing that down for us) and the very exciting jump, head first, from the chair. mom was so skilled she caught the take off and was there to catch the little flying monkey too. see the take off photo on the right and click here for the rest of the watch me grow photos.

typically there doesn't seem to be a huge difference in these photos from one month to the next, but of course there is a huge difference from his first month to his sixth. in the first month we had to keep propping him up straight in that big chair and now we are having to hold him down to keep him in the chair! i have included a slide show with a picture from his first six months below.