Merritt and his buddy Laine "The first play date"

I am adding a whole bunch of photos for those far away!

Teeth

Merritt had his first tooth come in Saturday-on the bottom. We also noticed last night that the one next to it is coming in! We will get a photo up as soon as we can get him to move his tongue.

Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Baker's Man....

Mark noticed yesterday that Merritt has started to clap! If we clap at him, he now claps back. It's so fun because we haven't even been trying to teach him. How do they learn these things!

Maya, our demon kitty, has really takem a liking to Merritt. She doesn't share any of her normal terms of endearment with him (hissing, moaning or general attack mode). He hits her, and tries to eat her ears and she just purrs away...weird...
p.s. Mom B-please don't faint when you see these photos!

Merritt is a champion eater! He is now eating peas, squash, garden veggies, green beans and rice crackers. He also thinks he know how to feed himself as you see in the photos. He ends up getting more air that milk!

A little help from daddy

Merritt at 6 months!

We went to the doctor for Merritt's six month appointment yesterday. He was 17.8 pounds and 28 inches long (that puts him in the 95 percentile for hight). He is of course completely healthy! Praise God. He is still sitting up on his own and trying to stand. He still does not like "tummy time." Here are a couple funny photos of him trying to stand in the crib.