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6 months!
Six months has always been one of my very favorite baby stages and it is, of course, especially true with Sammy.

Now I admit fully that I am as biased as biased gets, but I find that Samuel is a particularly adorable and clever 6-month old.

For those of you who are interested in Sam's new tricks:

* He is eating like a pro now - he gets that the food is supposed to stay in his mouth (OK, for the most part he gets this), and he is even "helping" feed himself by grabbing the spoon when it gets close to his mouth. The result is perhaps a bit more messy, but it's pretty cool that he gets the concept and wants to do it himself.

* Rolly-polly baby now rolls across the floor with amazing agility and speed.

* Along the rolly-polly lines, he's also very close to figuring out how to crawl. He can get himself up on his knees, and also up on his arms, just not at the same time yet.

* Fascination with the world (and people in particular) - C took him to a 2-hour meeting at work and swears that he was looking at each person as they spoke and didn't fuss for the entire two hours. He also really loves watching the cats (and petting them from time to time).

* Fascination with the world, part 2 - we've officially reached the "the world is too interesting and if I sleep I might miss something!" stage. Very cool from one perspective, but quite sad when he cries so much when it's time for a nap or bedtime.

* Bookish? The other day C put him on the carpet and he scooted to the other side of the carpet because his books were there (yay!).

On a side note, C and I went to my sister's in Pleasanton last Sunday and my 16 year old nephew finally got to meet his most recent cousin. It was pretty funny to see J (my nephew) try to hold Sam.