Hi! It's me, Esther.

I was looking at the books on the shelf the other day and noticed that my brothers all have a baby book.  There's not much inside Zac's, but there is one.  Mom hasn't even gotten one for me yet.  So I figured I'd better start keeping track of stuff for her before I grow up and she forgets.

Last week, I turned a half a year old.  So far, I've rolled over several times, but I don't really like laying on my tummy so I stopped doing that.  I love to sit up by myself and play with toys.  I enjoy sitting in my exersaucer and dad loves to put me in the Johnny-Jump-Up.  I get laughing pretty hard when I'm jumping around in that thing.  I recognize my daddy and mommy.  I love to smile really big when they walk in the room and hope they come and get me.  I get daddy's attention by saying "a-da" and mom swears I'm saying "hi dad".

I figured out who my brothers are, too.  Ethan takes care of me for the 10 minutes it takes mom to go get Justus from school everyday so he's a great big brother.  Justus loves to make me laugh.  Zac seems like he will be really fun to play with as soon as I can keep up with him - he's pretty fast. 

I started trying out some food on a spoon last week.  I wasn't feeling well, so mom's not sure if I threw it up as a reaction to the cereal or because of my congestion.  Now I'm trying green beans.  I hope other food tastes better than this does. 

Mom has some of the cutest clothes for me that she got from some great friends and family.  Sometimes I get bored so I overfill my pants.  Then I get a fun bath - I love to kick in there - and a new outfit!  There are times when I reach up and find that mom has put a flowery chew toy on my head, but she never lets me chew it for long.  That's one of my favorite things to do, too - chew on anything I can reach.  Mom says I'm probably teething. 

Well, it's my bedtime.  I'm pretty tired.  A couple of times I've slept for 12 hours!  I think I might try that again tonight.  It seems to make my mom and dad more pleasant people.  Good night!