6 Months

22 weeks

Ezra has turned into quite the side and tummy sleeper now, we put him on his back to sleep and he immediately swings his legs over to change positions.  Initially, quite tiresome as he got to his tummy and then got frustrated and seemly forgetting how to roll back.  After a few nights of "helping" him turn back over, we gave up when that seemed to make him mad too.  And we left him to work it out on his own.  Which he did pretty quickly.

23 weeks

We had our first flights with Ezra in tow and survived and thrived!  It went so much better than what I had expected, but I can definitely see how traveling with a baby can be so much easier than a mobile toddler!  Fun times to come.  We had a layover so Ezra got to practice take offs and landings, twice.  And did great.  I nursed him once taking off and tried again landing but he was really not interested with a full belly still.  So he played during landing and slept through his next take off and woke up in enough time to play though his last landing again.

24 weeks

This week Ezra got to meet the rest of his Indiana family!  And on the day of the open house, my Great Aunt Dort informed me there was an Ezra Douglass many generations ago in the family!  How cool is that!?  Ez is carrying on more family tradition than we even realized!  He was outstanding, meeting so many new family members and having a blast.  He was no stranger to facial hair so had no trouble playing with the beards of my dad and our friend Kyle.  His cousins in particular, Leah just seemed to soak up all the moments they had with cousin Ez.  He also got to meet so many doggies on his visit and seemed not to mind at all.  I was curious how that would go as he had only interacted with one other small doggie friend, Rosie prior to this trip of Golden Retrievers, Australian Shepherds, and few mixed breeds.  Much bigger than he has seen before, but he took them all in stride.

25 weeks

Ezra returned to good ol' Alberta after a good visit with family and friends in Indiana.  Once again he flew like a champ and even charmed airport security enough to get a little TSA sicker badge.  Ezra showed off his emerging skill of sitting up independently in the last few days before leaving so his grandparents got to see first hand!  He is also mastering the art of "coughing" for attention, which he used repeatedly on our flights home as he stood on Dad's lap and scanned the airplane crowd for susceptible prey.  A big smile from ear to ear, and *cough *cough *cough, got him lots of smiles and attention from his adoring crowds.  And he stands tall, measuring in just over 27 inches long these days.