Twenty-seven weeks old

Calvin had a great week this week visiting Storm Lake, Iowa.  He got to play in the sand for the first time and hand out with cousin Sarah.  He's trying really hard to reach for things out of reach and is getting quite frustrated that he can't get to things!  His love for books is continuing as is his love for food, but we have found something he doesn't like...watermelon.

Loving the water hitting his toes. 

He kicks his feet whenever he's in the water.  Maybe I should have signed him up for swim lessons this fall!

Reading to Sarah.

All smiles in the sunshine!

Listening at story time...no one tell him it was for three year olds!

Aunt Ashley and Uncle Chris will be so proud...he loves the football. 

Twenty-six weeks old

And just like that, our little guy is celebrating his half birthday!

Six months old!

At six months old, here is what he is into:
- eating...have yet to find a food he hasn't liked.  We've done sweet potatoes, avocado, broccoli, green beans mixed with potato and kale, fig mixed with turnip and pear, carrots mixed with cauliflower, bananas, some applesauce, lots of bits and pieces of whatever we are eating, and some baby oatmeal. So far, if it's food, he's loving it!

- sitting up.

Look at him, sitting up!  Oh and Caleb decided he needed shoes, so he wore his first pair of shoes today. 

- books.  He's decided he doesn't want to miss out on nighttime books so he won't nurse while we read with Caleb anymore.  He's also starting to chew on books and look at the pictures.

Bedtime books

Keeps the book in hand even when he falls. 

- putting things in his mouth.  If he can reach it, it's in his mouth.  He got his hands on the celery and croutons while we were at Hy-Vee and was trying to chew on both of them!

- Baths - This little man loves to kick his feet in the water

- His bed and his teddy bear/cow/elephant.  When it's bed time or nap time, if he's in his own bed with one of his stuffed animals, he will kick all around and roll about and then snuggle up and go to sleep.

- His big brother.  He loves to watch whatever Caleb is doing.  A favorite activity is when Caleb dances and Calvin watches from his exersaucer.

Twenty five weeks old

Calvin has been up to no good this week...he can sit on his own now for about 20 seconds and is getting faster at rolling. No picture of the sitting up yet...goal for this week! He's also decided he wants solids twice a day and wants a lot of them!  I've yet to let him eat until he stops eating and instead just stop when I think he should so that he still nurses and gets most of his nutrition from that.

He took his first trip to Arkansas this weekend for some time at the lake.  He wasn't a huge fan of wearing his life jacket and since there was no actual benefit to him being on the boat, he didn't spend much time there.  He did take a nap one day on the boat and kicked his feet in the water the next.  Mostly, he just enjoyed hanging out at the cabin and being entertained by his cousins.  He did great on the car ride down, but was a little restless on the car ride home.  He kept dropping his toys and was frustrated he couldn't get a good view of what Caleb was doing.  He did sleep quite a bit and was pretty happy when I would sit by him.