How to explain Malcolm at six months. I think Daphne said it best when she spent the week mooning over him, wearing him in an ergo and calling him a trap baby, which is a baby that is so sweet and calm it convinces you to have a baby and then when you have your baby they are of course the complete opposite.
In just the month since we left for Greece Malcolm is a different baby. He is all of a sudden so alert, so giggly and into playing and grabbing everything. I wasn’t paying attention at dinner the other night when he was on my lap and before I knew it he had a fistful of spaghetti and sauce he was about to plop into his mouth. Although he loves to chew on anything, blankets, your finger, his toys, Adam’s toys, his shirt, he’s not picky.
He loves to laugh and be tickled and even wakes up in the middle of the night with a huge grin on his face. I would rather he not be up in the middle of the night at all but it’s pretty hard not to smile back at his infectious grin even at 4 am.
Adam is so enthralled with Malcolm these days. He’ll play peekaboo and dangle toys in his face trying to get a laugh. Adam thinks its hysterical when Malcolm grabs his shirt, hand, even his hand. Malcolm grabbed a fistful of Adam’s hair the other day and I was sure it was going to end in tears but Adam just squealed in delight and yelled again. I guess after six months of not doing much I can see why the hair grabbing would be pretty exciting. Our time in Grece seemed to really help Adam love Malcolm and become much more used to his presence. When Malcolm is crying, Adam will walk over and say in a concerned voice – ‘Malcolm, what’s wrong, you tired?’ or in a reassuring voice ‘It’s ok Malcolm, we’re almost there’ if we’re in the car. He’ll even throw in a couple of Shhhhs. And amazingly enough if you shhhh Malcolm most times he will calm down and goes to sleep, just like that! No circus tricks needed.
Malcolm’s also been rolling up a storm, ok not a storm but it’s happened at least ten times, finishing his first real rollover (I’m not counting that one rollover from 6 weeks) on the beach in Milos. He’ll lay and play with his toys for hours. When he wants to get your attention he’ll lift both his legs together and kick them down together. It’s pretty funny or if you’re near by he’ll try to kick you until you look over so he can smile at you. He is interested in EVERYTHING. Meaning if you’re talking in the room he’s watching you. It’s also pretty cute, if I’m talking to anyone in the room he thinks I’m talking to him and gets excited and starts smiling and talking back. I can tell he’s going to be a chatty one. And who wouldn’t want to talk to this guy! My friend Elilanna in Greece said he is going to be a cheeky one and I can see what she means. I have a feeling he’ll be able to smile and charm his way out of any trouble!
This baby has quadrupled in size since he was born! It’s hard to imagine he was ever this small. Every time I look at his chubby little cheeks I think about how lucky we are that he has grown to be so healthy and as Randy like to call him, stocky.
What made this half birthday even more special was that we got to celebrate it with Aunt Das and Uncle Nooj! I just wish we had a better picture with them…but it was getting late and Adam was hungry so we only got this one picture.
This would have been a nice picture but Adam was very not in the mood. Note to self, next time pack an extra tie for Adam.
To celebrate and just because we were in Greece, we headed out to an amazing dinner. We went to Tripiti, a little town on top of a hill that had some awesome restaurants and even better views.
Happy half birthday Malcolm! May you birthdays always be spent somewhere as beautiful as this!
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