Travelin' Man

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Jumpsterrific!

Spencer's jumping was cracking us up yesterday.
He "sticks the landing" at the end, as we say.

Level 3 Jumping from Susan Rives Horridge on Vimeo.

Splish Splash

For those of you keeping score, Spencer is now 8, count 'em, 8 months old. His new favorite thing to do is clear everything off the bookcase in his room. He's getting tall enough to reach Level 3 now. I'm having a hard time adjusting to all the bumps and scrapes he's starting to get as part of his new-found mobility, but as my good friend Tracy always reminds me, babies are resilient.


Daddy bought Spencer a little pool for our yard and we had fun introducing him to swimming on Friday. Today we went swimming at Tracy and Jamie's house—Spencer's first time in a real pool. He acclimated quickly and had fun floating around and paddling his feet like a duck. Unfortunately most of my pictures are blurry for some reason...


I created the June photo album and uploaded a few pictures. Now I'm off to read more of my new book, The No-Cry Sleep Solution. Hopefully I'll have good things to report on that front next time!

Car Seat Upgrade

We finally upgraded Spencer from his infant car seat...



... to a new big boy car seat.



I think we were about a month overdue, but as I said last time, it's been a busy month!

Busy Month

I can't believe it's been almost a month since I posted anything. We've been so busy! Spencer is already 7.5 months old. Where is the time going?


Here's a quick recap since last time:

• Doing great with solid foods. Sweet potatoes, pears, apples, acorn squash, bananas and cereal. Learning how to drink water from a sippy cup.
  
• Second lower tooth came in not long after the first. Teething again now, but we don't feel anything coming through just yet.
• Grannie came to babysit last month while we went to an event. It was the first time someone else did his bedtime feeding and put him to bed. Grannie promises that he didn't cry too much!
• Went from sitting up in his crib, to pulling up, to "walking" around the perimeter of the crib in a matter of days. I nearly had a heart attack one night when I peeked in on him and he was leaning out of his co-sleeper looking at something on the floor. The next day we caught him leaning out of his crib to grab something on the side table. Both beds were immediately lowered.
  
• Crawling all over the place. Last week he got more comfortable crawling on his hands and knees, but he still falls back on the "commando crawl" when he needs to get somewhere fast.
  
• I had a wonderful first Mother's Day. Spencer gave me a nightgown, slippers and sweet book. Dave served my favorite pastries for breakfast, then we took a picnic lunch to Auditorium Shores and enjoyed the sunny day. I felt like a very lucky mommy!
• Spencer and I took a solo trip to Angleton for Memorial Day weekend while Dave stayed behind to paint, take care of some baby proofing projects, and buy a big ole TV. Spencer had fun playing with Grannie and Aunt Renee on Friday. He visited with both great-grandmothers, Aunt Dianne and Uncle Scott, Lolly and Don, and of course Pawpaw. He was fascinated by Pawpaw's hat and really wanted to snatch it. I was a little nervous about driving that far without backup, but we did great. We met Daddy, Geep and Pop at Pine Fork on Sunday to cap off Memorial Day. Dave survived but sure did miss his boy.
  
• Lots of new cute "motorboat" sounds. He's very vocal and loves chatting with everyone.
• 21.5 pounds at the 7-month checkup.
  

So now you're up to speed. I posted a May photo album and uploaded the last of the April photos. He's changing so much month-to-month.

Time to Baby-Proof

Time to Baby-Proof from Susan Rives Horridge on Vimeo.

Spencer has taken the "commando crawl" to a new level. Official up-on-all-fours crawling must be right around the corner. Guess what we're doing this weekend?

New Photos, Wedding, Easter, Cereal, Pears

Dave took some beautiful shots of Spencer on his half birthday last week. Here's a preview, but you'll have to come over if you want to see all of the bare booty shots. Check out the April photo album for all the latest pictures.


Even though Pop and Geep were ready to perform a full evening of babysitting duties, we decided at the last minute to take Spencer to Steve and Natasha's wedding last Saturday. After the ceremony, Dave brought Spencer home and then returned for the reception. We all went to church on Easter Sunday, followed by brunch at The Woodland. We didn't coordinate Spencer's feedings very well, and he got a little grumpy by the end of brunch. But he really was such a champ during so many new experiences!


We introduced rice cereal this week (even though I've been torn on whether that was the right move...too much info out there!), and this morning I made fresh pear puree. Thumbs up on the cereal, thumbs down on the pears. I think the pears were a little too flavorful for Spencer's delicate palate! We will try again though. We have great video of the pear feeding, but our video camera didn't come with a cable to download the videos (what?!?). We'll get a bunch of stuff posted soon.