Races, Check up & Sitting up

Lots has been happening in Cadel's life over the past week. But first let's talk about how cute this kid is. I mean come on look at this picture on the left. I know I'm Dad so I should think he is the cutest thing ever but he pretty much is. Just wait until you get our holiday card. Then you make the call if he is not on top of the list of super cute six month olds.

So what did Cadel get for his six month birthday? Unfortunately it was his six month doctor's visit which included four shots. Ouch! He was not happy to say the least. The good news to come out of the appointment is even though Cadel is at the very low end of the weight range, 7th percentile, he is very healthy. He is 40th percentile for height. Tallish and lean. Starting to look more and more like Dad everyday. Well except for the tall part.
He also showed off his emerging crawling skills during his appointment. He is now getting up on his hands and knees and rocking back and forth. Not long before he is crawling. He also has two teeth coming in. Both on the bottom.

This past Saturday Cadel went to the San Francisco Bike Expo held at the Cow Palace. There was a bike fair, a cyclocross race and a freestyle bike dirt jumping contest. The cyclocross course was the most difficult one I've ever seen. The freestyle dirt jumps were about 20 feet tall. It was amazing to see the guys fly over them.

As you can see from the first picture Cadel is now sitting up unassisted and with very good posture if I do say so myself. In addition to sitting up and getting up on his hands and knees Cadel has figured out that he can get from one place to another by rolling over and over. He is also reaching for what he wants. His muscle control and coordination is very impressive. The coordination must be from Mom. Sure isn't from Dad.
To sum up Cadel's traits from Dad we have: eyes, body type and (it looks like) face & head shape. From Mom we have hair color, coordination and pretty much personality. We'll have to wait to see how he develops in the future to see if these aspects of Cadel hold true.