6 months

Someone is 6 months old!!!  Otti has hit the halfway mark to his first birthday and to celebrate Momma bought him a super cute outfit and matching 1/2 birthday cake to celebrate:)

We had a little family gathering and celebrated our boy in true Johnson form…We are all about celebrating birthdays…a perfect reason to have cake!

Mr. Chunky Monkey is a lean 17.11 1/2 ounces (53%) and 27 1/2 inches long (74%).  I for one cannot believe it has been 6 months, and also cannot believe he has only been here 6 months!  None of the fam can imagine life without Otti.  It must have been so boring before March 18th, 2015.

As you can see in the photo below Otto is teething heavy duty these days…and his 25 minute naps and blowouts are another sign that those darn teeth need to show up pretty soon.  Even in the stroller Ot finds away to sooth those darn pre teeth.

Here are a couple pics from a  gorgeous day at the cabin

                                                  Gotta love that big smile and those cheeks

                               

As you know, plaid is all the rage for Fall 2015 and I  must say Otti is rocking it like nobodies business!

Park

What do you do with a 6 month old who doesn't want to nap?  Go to the park of course!

Library

Otto took his first field trip (library) with Momma and it was a big hit! Gram tagged along to get some photos and video to document, of course. Can't have this little nugget growing up without proof he was adored everyday;)


 Otti met his first girlfriend while carousing the Library.  She had quite a crush on him. She kept repeating "baby," "baby."   When the little girl's mom told her it was time to go, there was a resounding "no" and this adorable girly was carried off…

Otti is at the age where he finds wee ones like him fascinating, so their little visit was pretty fun to watch.

Here are some pics/vids of Ot exploring…you will be happy to know that I finally learned how to edit these, so they are short videos:)

It was a fun experience to see a window into the future.  There will definitely be more trips to the library and more disinfectant wipes in diaper bag to clean off those puzzle pieces before they go into the mouth, lol.  

Round 2

Otti and I are going on a 12 day stretch of togetherness.  I feel like one lucky Gram because over and over every day he's a smiley, happy baby! He even does his happy baby yoga pose for you in the video:)                      

This weekend we had our second overnighter.  We went to the cabin for a boat ride, ate at Cedar Creek with Great Grandma, Julius, Gpa and Auntie Sandy and then headed home.

Bath went a bit easier with a square laundry basket.  Seriously genius!  They should market them as a tub for 6 months olds.  Ot could sit and splash in the water and his toys didn't float out of reach.

He slept from 8-4, then had a bottle and snuggled the rest of the night in Gram and Gpas bed.  Honestly high cute quotient when Otti wakes up, stretches his arms and pulls out that big smile in bed to start your day:)          
                                                          
                On Friday, Ot is 6 months old…

He is creeping, scooting, sliding and rolling his way to wherever he would like to go.  I have witnessed arms stretched full out with his butt in the air once, so he's working on the next stage for sure.

Eating real food!  Ot has had avocado…(a constipator evidently) and sweet potato so far.  Sweet potatoes have the opposite effect of the avocado, so there has been a couple interesting blowouts with mid day baths;)  

Outdoors!  Truly one of Otto's great loves (besides puppies).  We take lots of walks, sit in the grass playing and walk around touching every texture possible.  So fun to see the wonder in his eyes!


Otti is growing.  I am looking forward to seeing his ht/wt ratio at his appt next week.  He is now out of his 6 months clothes and into 9 months.  I think he grew in and out of the 6 month clothes in a matter of weeks.  Time is flying and I'm so grateful I get to spend my days with our sweet little boy, Otto.