Boone Raef is 1/2 a Year...

It pains me just a tiny bit to say this...

Boone Raef is 1/2 a Year Old.

Parenting is truly the craziest time vortex in the universe.

I swear the days (and nights), particularly in those first weeks and months, are an exercise in endurance.  Will it ever end?  Will you ever get to shower again?  Will he ever sleep?

And then, BAM, he is sitting up and grinning at you like a little old soul.

Staring right into your very being with such love it bowls you right over.

Right there, looking at you with those angel eyes, is a personality that has blossomed seemingly overnight.  And he crawls, and feeds himself finger foods, and sleeps, and eats, and burps like he's been doing it his whole life... because he has.  And though the days be like marathons, the months fly by.

That baby profile is everything to me.  The lashes.  The chins.  Oh sweet Boone...

And something about being a complete and unexpected caboose makes this one light up a room like the Fourth of July.  He smiles with every molecule that makes up his being and more often than not he makes pleasant little sounds to accompany his grins.  It's almost too good to be true.

And his eyes.... Listen, I know I have mama goggles on when I look at this sweet face, but there is no denying this baby has angel eyes.  The lightest crystal blue orbs to pierce even the frostiest of personalities.  I just know he sees things the rest of us can't.

Plus tiny little dimpled fingers and peek-a-boo toes...

Plus man boobs...

Plus the best little cheeks in the biz...

Boone we adore you.  And we're so thrilled you're here.

But you know, Mama will slip you a few Benjamin's if you'd be willing to stay 6 months forever...

16 lbs

28 inches

Crawling, Eating Baby Food, Lookin' Cute & Takin' Names.