Solid Foods

Today Alex had his first taste of solid food, rice cereal. It was a very exciting day for mom and dad. Alex, however, was not too thrilled with the foreign object we were sticking in his mouth. He gladly opened his mouth for the first bite but as soon as he figured out what was happening he got this look of disgust on his face. Every bite after that was more and more challenging until we finally gave up because he didn't dare part his lips. We tried it twice today and the second time was a bit more successful but I doubt he got more than a few baby spoonfuls. We will give it another shot tomorrow morning.

Yesterday Alex went in for his sixth month check up. We are happy to say that he grew another 2 inches and is now in the 25th percentile for height. His weight is another story. He did gain a little weight in the last few months, but he is no longer on the charts. He weighs a whopping 13 pounds. The doctor says it isn't anything to worry about right now since he is eating just fine. Other than that he is a very happy, healthy boy.

Half Year Birthday!

Alex turned 6 months old yesterday. He spent the time focusing on his two favorite activities which are razzing (which sometimes ends up just being spitting all over his face) and shaking his head back and forth. He thinks this is hilarious and therefore so do we.

We spent Memorial Day at Cannon Beach with Nana and Saba. Alex got to play in the sand for the first time. It wasn't a perfect experience as he threw a handful of sand in his mouth and then wasn't too excited about playing much longer. It was a great weekend though with eating bad for you beach food, walking on the beach, and watching Sampson and Ainsley beat each other up.

Playgroup

Last night at our weekly playgroup we decided to take a group shot. We had the idea at the end of the night (about 8 PM) so most babies were ready for bed. Seconds after taking the shot and picking everyone up, they were all happy. I think we will try this periodically in the hopes that one day we will get a shop where everyone is happy.

The group is getting more and more fun as the babies are starting to interact with each other. Last night we laid them down in a circle so they could stare at each other. There was one toy in the circle which they nicely passed around for all to drool on.

Tonight we leave for Cannon Beach. So far all of our car trips have been successful but recently Alex has been experiencing some separation anxiety and even though he is just in the back seat we might as well have abandoned him in the desert. Our hopes is he will sleep most of the trip. If he is awake, hopefully Sampson can provide enough of a distraction that he doesn't care.

Sunny Days

Alex had a great weekend hanging out with his grandparents and going to his cousin's birthday party. The party was at pump-it-up which is a large room filled with different inflatable things like a slide and obstacle course. Alex had to sit on the sidelines but Rob and I had a great time jumping around. Alex also got to hang out outside on the lawn and roll around. He is enjoying playing with his rattle, which he tries to stick in his mouth. Surprisingly a lot of it gets in. Everyday it gets easier and easier to make him laugh. Sampson is particularly funny right now and bath time always gets him going. Now if only he would sleep for more than 2 hours at a time at night, we would be in heaven.

Home sick

Alex has been sick since Saturday with a fever and hasn't been able to go to daycare all week. Luckily Rob and I have been able to work our schedules out where we each take a half day at home. I am thankful to say that Alex has been fever free for almost a day and things are looking better. Since he has been sick he has been sleeping a little more than usual (during the day, not so much at night). His favorite sleeping position is on his side. As soon as he is laid down he whips himself to his side and sometimes manages to get all the way to his stomach. It is very funny to watch because it often takes him many tries to get into the perfect position but once he is there he is blissfully happy.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's day to everyone. A quick update of the past week since I was too lazy to post anything. Alex had a good week at daycare. On Thursday he made me a wonderful mother's day frame with a picture of himself and lots of his footprints. He gave that to me this morning along with a box of caramels (my favorite). The end of the week has not been as smooth since he has had a fever off and on. Today has been the worse with the fun starting at 4:30 with Alex crying and no way to stop it. I think he finally tired himself out and fell asleep on daddy on the couch. His fever has now gone away and he has had moments of happiness.


Since it had been a while since our last post I thought I would pull together of few of my favorite pictures. Enjoy!

Sunny Sunday Outdoors

This has been one of the wettest and coldest springs that we've seen in Seattle. Today we saw that the weather report was for low 60's and sunny so we decided to spend the day outside. We took Alex on his first trip to the zoo. I'm sure he had no idea what was going on, but he seemed to like looking at all of the trees. The animals were actually pretty active and Jess got this cool picture of a Tiger (since they are usually hiding or sleeping). We then spent the afternoon in our backyard. Notice that I'm not in the picture (Rob). That's because I was off to the side weeding (Yeah!).

Rolling away

Alex has finally figured out how to get away from his mother, rolling. Today in one of my parent/baby groups he rolled over from his back to his stomach. That means if he wanted to he could roll across the room since he has already mastered rolling from his stomach to his back. The days of setting him somewhere and expecting him to be there when I return are over. He also managed to sit up unassisted for a while. All in all it has been a great day. He followed up all his morning activities with a 3 hour nap since he was too busy this morning to nap. Now we are getting the house ready for my friend and her 2 1/2 year old to visit. Sampson is very excited to have someone his size to play with.