Six months old!

Little Dude's milestones seem to be marked by unusual weather patterns. His birth was on an unseasonably cold May Sunday, and today Seattle is enjoying freezing cold temperatures and snow. Perhaps for his birthday we'll have a hurricane or something. The last few months have flown by and I find it hard to believe that we're now on the downward slope to one year old. Over the last few weeks Little Dude has really started to look and act like an older baby. He doesn't get as much floor time as he probably should, since he's kind of needy about being held and he has a little sister who likes to express her love by dropping things on him. But, when he does get down on the floor he is getting very good at rolling all over and grabbing things. Lately he's developed an obsession with grabbing anything within his reach, so I have to really be on my toes. I wore him in the snugli to a Thanksgiving potluck, and when I looked down he had grabbed a big chunk of ham off my plate and was sucking on it! Although I wouldn't let him eat the ham, Little Dude has started eating real food this month. I'm making my own baby food again, although I decided to just buy baby cereal instead of making my own this time around. Little Dude has had bananas, sweet potatoes, and pears so far, as well as oatmeal and rice cereal. He hasn't shown too much pickiness yet and seems to enjoy all food that I give him. So far he seems to be a rather jolly fellow; he loves to smile at people, and whenever his sister comes near his eyes light up and he starts cooing at her. They still don't interact a lot, but sometimes she manages to get him laughing, and then she'll laugh at him, and everyone will be having a grand old time. We're glad to have him in our family and hope he continues to give us such happy little grins.

Comments

Anonymous said…
What a big boy! Time goes too fast in the first year. Even though I found myself wishing away certain stages, it makes me nostalgic to look back at the cuteness! Also, superwoman, I need to learn about making the baby food for next time. I'm sure it's not as hard as is seems? Or is it?
11/29/2006 10:19 AM
Anonymous said…
Yeah, just when I think I'm doing good as a thrifty, inventive mommy, FoxyJ outdoes me.
11/29/2006 12:10 PM
skyeJ said…
mmm. sweet potato cubes. You could make a sweet potato slurpy.
11/30/2006 3:25 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Happy, Happy Blog-day Foxy Dear

Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of my blog. I had no idea where my life would go when I started this blog, and it's fun for me to read back through the archives and remember feelings and events that I have already forgotten. I think the most surprising thing about blogging that I have discovered is the sense of community. I have about fifty blogs that I follow somewhat regularly; many of them are people I haven't ever met in person. I still consider them to be my friends. I've been very grateful for all the virtual support I've received from so many people who don't really even "know" me. Miss Nemesis recently celebrated her blog's special day by asking lurkers to come out of the woodwork and reveal who they were and how they found her blog. She got 52 comments. If you want to make my day, see if you can top her numbers. Maybe then I can change my blognym to "Queen of the Universe".
Read more

Coming Out in Public

A little over 6 years ago I was on my mission in Madrid. I was transferred to new area at the same time as another elder. I remember asking him if was really from Hawaii, since he was so tall and blonde. We ended up serving together in the same district for nearly seven and a half months and had a lot of good times together. He was actually nice to the sisters and a hard worker, without being too zealous and overbearing. I knew he was going home just a month before me and planning on being an English major when he got back to BYU. When I was transferred out of that area, we exchanged emails and addresses and promised to get back in touch some day, like I did with a lot of other missionaries. I got home in January and started trying to contact some of the people I'd been friends with back in the mission. I emailed this particular elder and found out that he had gone to the computer lab that very day in order to email me. We started emailing each other and talked on the phone a few t...
Read more