6 Months Big

Conrad was 6 months old yesterday.  It is so hard to believe he is already half a year old.  At the same time as we are planning our summer trips and making plans I think about how old he will be then and it is not so far away really.  A year is going to go by so fast it just isn't fair.  It doesn't help that both Kris and I have been just so busy at work that the days and weeks fly by and we are too tired to do much of anything on the weekends.  Come on nicer weather so we can get outside.

We are planning ahead now for things we want to do this year in the yard and with the house.  We (Kris) need to get on the roof and put moss killer on it, need to power wash; especially the basketball court where there are pools of dark muck, need to replant the grass in the front and Kris would like to bust out the big cement porch in the front too, I mean it isn't like we sit out on the front porch watching the neighbors cars drive by.  We need new mulch for the garden beds this year again, and well we are having an ant issue maybe we need to do something about.  We have always, every summer, had ants that burrow up from under the brick part of the patio.  Right now we have ants coming into the house.  I'm not sure these are the same ants, but I am pretty sure it is a mess of burrows under the patio in the sand, I wonder it the whole structure is going to crumble down soon.

Conrad and I have a weekend trip planned now for California and I am booking our family week vacation to Hawaii today.  I am looking forward to the break and need it.  I hope flying with Conrad isn't too tough, but i guess we'll see.  I don't want to stop from going places and doing things because it might be harder, yes it will be, but that is being a parent and I think it will be fun to have our family time.  Conrad seems to like the bath so much now, we will take him for swim lessons this spring.  I hope he will really like Hawaii and the pool and beach.  He probably won't be walking then but will be a busy boy I am sure.

Conrad's 6 month appointment is Monday and we will just see where he is at in growth.  He has changed a lot and is certainly a big boy now, but I think he is right in line with where he should be, he is just a very strong little guy so has been maybe a little ahead of his peers in holding his head up and sitting on his own that sort of thing, and he is solid.  He is a weight for sure.