"Mama," "Dada," and other milestones

Our vacation was a big time for Robin, he hit several milestones while we were gone.
The biggest, for me anyway, was that he started babbling "Mama!" It's so cute! He doesn't seem to be associating me with the words yet, but he said it!

He's also thrown some other consonant sounds in there, and a few days ago he managed "Dada" too! He also said what sounded like "Daddy" last night. Unfortunately, he's just as camera shy about babbling as he was about cooing, so I don't have any good videos of either. He babbles a little in this video, but the big thing to see here is him rolling over from his back to his tummy (which he does all the time now.)

Another thing he did while we were on vacation is we think he is doing the sign language for "milk." We're not 100% sure (the context isn't always correct, but usually is) but we think that's what he's doing. So he's begun to communicate!

He got to go swimming for the first time on vacation! The first day, he kept splashing himself in the face and then looking around to see who was splashing him--it was cute! We took him down the kiddie water slide too, and we went to the pool several times. He never fussed, so while he often seemed unsure of the water, he didn't hate it!

He is so close to crawling now, as you can see below. He's getting up on his hands and knees more (though it helps if he's backed up to something solid like a wall) so pretty soon he ought to be able to master the concept of moving forward. We have the baby gate up over the stairs, so at least he can't take a big tumble.

Hiking with Daddy

Creeping

We celebrated our first Mother's Day at the Zoo on Sunday. We probably tried to do too much, but we still had fun. We got a wheelchair for Virginia this time, so she didn't get worn out walking all over the place.





Robin is developing so fast! (sniff) He's rolling over easily in both directions now, and will do each several times while playing. Most of the time when I go to take him out of his crib, I find him on his stomach (and he always goes down on his back.) I'm expecting him to crawl very soon. Currently he pushes himself up on his arms and then slides backwards. I don't think he quite realizes that he could control where he goes, since he pushes himself away from his toys and then fusses about it. Pretty soon, though, he'll get those knees under him and then Look Out! We're somewhat babyproofed... although the biggest issue is keeping the living room clean (since excess stuff on the floor isn't necessarily safe.)



On my birthday we went to Cherry Creek reservior with one of my friends and her kids (ages 3 and 1.) Robin got his first taste of the beach. He kept pulling his feet out of the water when I dipped them in (I guess the water was too cold.) I was amazed at how many bugs there were. We thought they were mosquitos, but since neither Robin nor I came away with any bites, they must've been something else. It was nice to get out and spend some time with other people.

Solid Foods!!!!!

Robin began exploring the wonderful world of "solids" this past weekend.

Mommy feeding Robin

Daddy feeding Robin
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Okay, can they really be called "solids" when they're mushy and not much thicker than milk?

Rice cereal, yummy! Let the games begin! Tonight we're going to try carrots.

6 months old today!

I really can't believe he's been around for six months. It just doesn't seem possible for that much time to have passed!

It's amazing to me how fast Robin can master certain tasks. It was only a few weeks ago that he started wobbly sitting, and even yesterday he didn't stay up for very long. Yet today he still falls, but he can sit for much longer. He really is incredible.

Easter, Baby's First!

Robin enjoyed his first Easter and got lots of attention from family!

Here he is with all his loot

Here we are all together, dressed up for the holiday.

He got baby food from the Easter Bunny!

Hunting for eggs at home

Hunting for eggs and Grandma Sue and Poppa Jim's house

We visited the Easter Bunny at the mall a few days before Easter, though it was unintentional (visiting the Bunny, not going to the mall)

Robin with all the Easter eggs we decorated! Robin helped to decorate one of the Easter eggs. He're we're dipping an egg in blue dye (robin's eggs are blue, after all!)

Robin managed to get some blue on the tip of his finger (and it stained!) Thankfully, we were able to prevent him from knocking the entire container over!

Helping Daddy decorate.

He's already trying to eat the eggs!

The eggs had glow-in-the-dark paint, too!