The Nagels: The Cuteness Never Stops!!!

I feel like every time I turn around Zach is doing something new and exciting. He pushes himself up to his hands and knees and rocks back and forth like he is ready to go. Then instead of moving forward he moves backward. Poor little guy. He sees the toy he wants on the floor and then gets further and further away from it! I am noticing that he is starting to watch the other babies in our playgroup and tries to do what they are doing. He always seems to be a little closer to crawling after we get home from our playgroup. He also started drinking a little bit of water from both a sippy cup and a regular cup. He enjoys the regular cup much more but ends up wearing most of it. The sippy cup is more fun to play with at this point. So far he has loved all of the solid food that he has tried except avocados and he will even eat those as long as I mix them with something else. I am making all of his food and freezing it and having so much fun doing that! So far he eats rice cereal, oatmeal, bananas, apples, sweet potatoes, green beans and avocados. Tomorrow he is going to try the butternut squash that I made him tonight for the first time. His doctor suggested that we let him start to try Cherrios. We were a bit nervous about that one but he did a great job with them and they keep him busy for a long time. Andy mentioned that you think your kid can't get any cuter and then you see him eatting Cherrios. That is the truth! It is so cute to watch which is why I posted about 400 pictures of it below! The funny part about it is that ever since he was very little he has made gumming/chewing motions with his mouth to indicate that he wants to eat or wants more, so he gums the Cherrios and then keeps gumming and I am never sure if he is still eatting or asking for more. It will be great for him when he can start to communicate with some of the Sign Language signs we are teaching him. Also in this set of pictures are some of him in his new Jumperoo that Grandma gave him for his 6-month birthday. He loves loves loves the Jumperoo. He starts jumping like crazy and singing at the same time and then stops, looks at us, and starts giggling. Quite honestly it is also very nice to be able to get things done around the house while he is happy, safe, and entertained.