6 months already!

Wow! Can you believe it has been 6 months already!?!?!? It is the weirdest thing... It seems like Koleton has been here forever yet just yesterday he was just born! lol  We had a busy day again for his half-birthday ;)  We were out apartment hunting.  While it has been a HUGE blessing to be where we are now... this house is not our "forever" home and the neighborhood is not one we really want to raise our kids in.  We are looking in the Midland, the next town over because 1. its nicer (like living in Mesa vs. Apache Junction lol) and 2. it is closer to Brad's work.  Let me tell you though... the Permian Basin is REALLY proud of their apartments! lol They are so expensive for what they actually are!  $900 for a 2 bedroom that would probably cost $750 back home!  Nothing fancy at all!  We found one that we both LOVE and it was more reasonably priced...however, I came home and checked the reviews online.  Only an 18% recommendation rate :(  From numerous reviewers.  They all seemed to say the same thing...it takes forever to get anything repaired and the staff are horribly rude.  Oh and they move in to dirty, nasty apartments with patched walls, hair on the cabinets, sinks that are clogged etc, then when they move out, they get charged all kinds of unreasonable fees and lose all their deposits.  So it is kind of back to square one lol  We just want a nice place that isn't going to cost a ridiculous amount that we would be comfortable living in, especially with Mr. Koleton!
Today we just stayed in and cleaned house!  It is so hard to clean with a 6 month old who is not about naps anymore and wants constant attention! Yes, my son is spoiled lol  He doesn't get picked up RIGHT away if he is fussing but he does eventually get held lol  Everyone keeps telling me to cherish him wanting to be held because eventually they grow out of it, so I'm not complaining!  In the next couple of months though we are going to have to work on "sleep training".  He has to have a bottle (horrible habit, I know!) and be rocked to go to sleep.  We have tried letting him cry it out, but he has gone 10 minutes without giving in one little bit.  He just gets more and more upset to the point where he cannot calm down.  I just figure he is too young still, but eventually he will get it :)  At least now he sleeps exclusively in his bed, so I can't complain too much!  Rocking him to sleep doesn't bother me, especially since he does sleep all through the night now!  Plus it gives us some more cuddle time :)
I'm gonna have to start putting up pictures on this blog too... just have to take some new ones!