Deakin is 6 months

Deakin turned 6 months old yesterday. In some ways I can't believe that it has been that long, and in other ways I can't believe that it hasn't been longer. Deakin has become a drool factory - we assume that he will be getting teeth soon. He can sit up on his own pretty well (leaning forward) and can roll really well from his back to his tummy. He still refuses to roll from his tummy to his back and often times he ends up looking like a skydiver with his hands and feet all off of the floor. I am torn as to whether I want him to start crawling soon - it will be nice when he is more independent, but we haven't baby proofed the house yet, so I don't know if I am really ready for him to be mobile.

Potential new blog

I'm thinking about starting a new blog, in which I would review just about anything having to do with babies - products, websites, books, etc. (and it would probably switch to kids as Deakin and siblings get older). Part of it would be for my own benefit - I've done so much research into things that I would like to write it down before I forget it all. However, I would also like to do it for the benefit of other people, they can learn from the mistakes I've made in purchases and also know the things I've found to be really worth the money and/or time.

Does anyone have any thoughts about this. Would it be worth my time, does anyone think that it would be useful to them? Any thoughts on how I would expand the access to the blog beyond the five or so people that follow my family blog (who are more concerned with what is happening in our lives v. what I think about baby stuff)?

Any thoughts, questions, or comments would be appreciated.

Deakin has learned kisses

It was so cute, yesterday I leaned over an gave Deakin a kiss and then he leaned towards me with his mouth wide open like he wanted to suck on my chin...but then he did it over and over - I think that he was trying to give kisses. I'm more sure of it now because almost every time I kiss him he does it. Kisses from my baby - I love it!

First Park Trip

This is actually from a while back (the beginning of March I think) but I didn't get around to putting up this picture then, and I love it so I thought I would do it now. This was Deakin's first trip to the park. We are lucky enough to have a cute little park about 3 blocks from our house. There are also several other larger parks in the neighborhood. We will have to go play at them too when Deakin gets a bit bigger. :)

Sitting up - kinda

Deakin still refuses to roll over (3 times ever) but he will sit up (although leaning very far forward) for a while before toppling over. He hates laying on his tummy for very long at a time - I wonder if he will just skip rolling and crawling and go straight to pulling up and walking. Scott's mom said that Scott skipped crawling - maybe it is in his genes.

Cherry Blossom Festival

We decided to brave the massive crowds of tourist and take Deakin to get his picture with the Cherry Blossoms.

I love this face - it is one of his new expressions and it is adorable.

Deakin's First Easter

Here are a couple of photos that Scott and I took Easter morning. We had to be quick because Deakin was in a throw-uppy type of mood and I knew that the outfit wouldn't last long.