The Nalley Family: Gibson

6-Months Stats

Height: 28 1/4 inches...95th%
Weight: 17.5 lbs...50th%

Head Circumference...17.5 inches...75th%

Tall and thin with perfectly soft baby skin!

If I had to pick 3 words to describe Gibson right now, they would be:

1. Studious -

He's constantly studying (not just watching) his hands and how they move, his feet, his environment, etc. I think he is going to be like his Daddy and have his LOVE for learning.

2. SMILEY -

He will smile at anyone at anytime if they happen to make eye contact or try anything to make him smile. I LOVE this about him!!

3. Strong -

He is constantly grabbing things and if it happens to be the skin on my arm, I literally wince with pain. His hands are so strong!! His legs are pretty strong, too. He stands very easily. He eats in a bouncy seat and is constantly kicking his baby food out of my hands.

Those would be my top 3 words, but a close 4th would be "Sweet". He LOVES for someone to hold his hands and is constantly giving big, wet kisses!! He's a lover.

He's got blue eyes like his sisters and the cutest dimples I've ever season. His hair is still too short to tell the color. Although he has about 3 random hairs on different parts of his head that are kinda long...very strange. The thing that people still comment on most about him, is the perfect, round shape of his head.

New Things this month:

1. He's found his feet.

2. He's not only found his voice, but likes figuring out the different volumes and different octaves it can do.

3. He likes to watch the Baby channel on TV.

4. And can sit with some assistance. His stomach is strong enough to support himself, but his balance isn't quite there yet. If he's not holding onto something, he falls over sideways.

One of my favorite all-time things about a baby is when they sleep like this with their little bottoms up in the air!!

Gibson is still a napping champion, but still not quite sleeping thru the night...still getting up around 5 am for a feeding, then sleeping in until about 8 or 8:30.

What IS new, though, is that he wakes up happy and either coos or studies his hands for like 30 minutes after he wakes up. Often I don't even know he is awake until I glance in the video monitor to see that he's rolled onto his back and his eyes are open. And when I walk in, I get the biggest smile in the world. Can you tell I'm a little smitten with this guy? =)

Poor little guy is such a good sport. I've found him in sunglasses, tiaras, headphones and more. I usually laugh on the inside, but ask the girls not to put stuff on him for fear that he might get hurt in the process (so far he's not been injured and honestly doesn't seem to mind). This one caused me to laugh out loud, though and I had to get a pic (sending the girls mixed messages, I know...bad mom).

Gibson also got to meet his sweet cousins Henry and Olivia this month. They live in Tampa, but happened to be visiting grandmas in Arkansas this month so we took advantage of that and made a trip down to meet them. As you can see, Gibson instantly bonded with them.

Love his sweet little hand on Olivia's knee!!

How cozy does this look?!? This is a nap nanny...if you are pregnant right now and haven't registered for one of these, I highly recommend it!!

I somehow don't have a picture this month of G in his carseat, so this is the next best thing. I wanted to mention it, though, because his carseat is his favorite place on earth. I think if I kept him in it all day long, he would be perfectly content. If ever he is starting to get restless, I just strap him in and he calms right down. It's crazy. I think it makes him feel safe and secure and protected from his crazy sisters. =)

And now a few outtakes from our photo session...