8 months old

We took Hobie and Kallen (mostly Hobie) up Millcreek Canyon to play in the snow!

If you follow the next 3 pictures Kallen takes Hobies toy from him, checks it out, and then Hobie ever so gently takes it back.

January 7th, the day Kallen turned 8 months he got the green light to take the helmet off for good. He now has a perfect head! He adjusted just fine to not having the helmet on.

Since Kallen has started feeding himself Hobie loves to wait and clean up all the spilled food off the floor. His nose rests perfectly on the top of the highchair. At least we never have to vacuum.

Like father, like son!

Oregon Trip December 2008

Kallen had a fun 10 days in Oregon visiting family and friends. He had fun exploring around Grandma and Grandpa's house as he gained confidence and balance crawling and standing. He loved going after the dog and cat food bowl (hence the barrier preventing him from going into the kitchen).

Christmas 2008 in Oregon

Playing with Hobie

6 Months Old

At Kallen's 6 month appointment on November 6th he was 28.25 inches long (95th percentile), weighed 19.12 lbs. (75th percentile), and had a head circumference of 44.75 cm (75th percentile). Kallen has only been in his helmet just over one month. If everything goes perfectly the doctor said he would have it off by Christmas, if not, he will get to wear it one more month. We are planning on the extra month. It doesn't bother him at all in fact sometimes I think he is uncomfortable when we take it off. He also started eating something besides milk. We started with sweet potato, yellow squash, tried pear but that didn't sit too well, went back to sweet potato and now banana. He is also getting really close to crawling, he likes to be on his hands and knees and do the butt wiggle. Eating is pretty uneventful, Kallen does great and gobbles it up. The towel bibs from great grandma are the best!