SIx Months

As hard as it is to believe, Brogan is now six months old. (And Ayden will be 2.5 years old next month; I'm not sure which is more unbelievable.) It's kind of amazing to get to watch a child develop in the normal course, to see him figure out things on his own and without any prompting from us. He can sit up for a long time. He sounds like he's started trying to talk to us (Allison thinks he's now saying my name, but I'm not so sure). He's reaching for things. He's really becoming interactive. And he still puts everything he can get his hands on in his mouth.

Age: six months

Height: 27 inches    Percentile: 75%

Weight: 21 pounds, 7 ounces     Percentile: 95-97%

As Brogan continues to develop, I find it hard not to think about how this is what Ayden could have should have been. I know there is absolutely nothing positive that can come from such thoughts. It isn't fair to either Ayden or Brogan. But I can't help it. I look at Brogan sometimes and see the Ayden that never was. My prayer is that Ayden will soon advance to the point that there is absolutely no way for someone who meets him for the first time to know that he is different. He's really close to that in a lot of ways, but still quite far away in at least one (i.e., eating).

I'll stop with the serious talk now and just post a bunch of pictures of Brogan...

There's no picture of it yet, but I have my first tooth!