Update on Joel

Joel is about five and a half months old now. We are thinking he weighs about twenty pounds. He enjoys sitting up, standing with support, reading books, trying to crawl, rolling off of the changing pad, playing peek-a-boo, jumping and bouncing, watching children and animals play, pushing from stomach to sitting, and being tossed in the air. He really dislikes being in his car seat for any extended period of time. While I'm sure cutting teeth is painful, he's being a pretty good sport. Maybe he'll get tooth #3 soon.

His one leg up crawling method

Sitting up with drool to the floor

He has tried several types of foods: avocado, white and brown rice cereal, banana, sweet potato, carrot, peas, green beans, pear, peach, and mango. I think he likes peas and green beans the most and mango the least. He now eats about the equivalent of one jar of baby food a day over two feedings.