6 months old!!!

Wow time flies! Next thing I know I'll be sending him off to school and I'll be wondering where the time went? I'm just trying to enjoy every second right now and get all the hugs and kisses I can! I told Chris one day he won't let me shower him with kisses and hugs so I have to get in all in now! lol

Xander had his 6 month well baby checkup this past Friday. We found out more details about his doctor and her baby girl (if you recall I mentioned a couple months ago she had her baby early). I guess the baby came at 29 weeks! The first couple days were touch and go, but she pulled through and has been in the hospital since, they actually were sending her home the day of our appointment. She is still on Oxygen and something else I didn't catch, but I guess Dr. Garcia is taking the next 20 weeks off to be home with her and take care of her, but she should be back in the office by Xander's 1 year. I was SO happy to hear they were doing well, she is an amazing doctor and this is her first child so I know this must be hard on her. Our prayers are definitely with her and her family!

Anyways back to Xander... He was 15lbs. 11oz. and 26 inches. The doctor said that his height, weight and head size were all perfectly in proportion and you rarely see that, she said he was just perfect! She was a wonderful doctor, really great. She told me it's time to go full force on the solids. To have him try everything, let him play with the food a bit and just enjoy eating. She got me very excited about it. Other than that she said Xander was doing wonderful in every way! Another doctor amazed at how well he sleeps at night (we really are blessed!). He had 4 shots this time, now that he is old enough for the flu shot. We skipped the oral vaccine, she said it wasn't necessary since he does not attend daycare, and I hate giving him something he doesn't need. I don't like to over do it on the vaccine's especially with all the news about it lately. So I think we made a good choice! His next appointment is at 9 months, on April 23rd! My birthday, so that should be fun! The doctor said we'll start him on meats and proteins at that point.

I also have to mention Xander is doing great with his eating! I gave him sweet potatoes for the first time today and he LOVED them. He actually helped me grab the spoon with his hand and guide it to his mouth! He ate the whole bowl! I was SO proud! He really seems to be starting to enjoy foods and when I saw him put that spoon in his mouth all by himself I knew we were on the right track!

One more note, I have about 100 pictures from last weekend on my computer, and haven't had any time to go through them, I will put up a couple every few days probably. Also I will be mailing pictures out to friends and family this week most likely, if I can find a couple free hours in a day! lol

Mmmm.... Carrots!

Xander had his first food this weekend! We decided to go with the carrots. He LOVED them! We made two attempts this weekend, first time we were snapping pictures and trying to get the look on his face and I think we overwhelmed him slightly, he only had 3 bites then closed the mouth denying further entry. But the second time he had around 10-15 bites and ate all that I had put in his bowl! With the second attempt mom convinced me we should try Bananas too, I caved but it turns out he had no interest in the bananas and really loved the carrots! We will stick to carrots and rice cereal this weekend and try sweet potatoes next week!

Also I just wanted to mention it's snowing here like crazy, looks like Xander's first Christmas might actually be a white one! Yay!!!

I love Rock'n roll!

Or maybe just twinkle twinkle little star! haha Well the past 2 days Xander has developed a fondness for music. He was not in the least bit interested in anything musical before, he just ignored it. Aunt Judy sent him this wonderful Baby Einstein toy that goes in his crib, it has a screen with fish that swim and light up. It plays baby versions of classical music like Mozart and Bach. When we recieved it I was so excited I put batteries in it right away and put it in the crib. Xander on the other hand was not at all amused, much to my disappointment. I was sad that he might not like this toy or enjoy the music at all. I guess he was just too young for it still, because yesterday I switched it on, just for the heck of it, to see what would happen, and he turned his entire body towards it and became entranced! It was amazing, he LOVED it. Then today the strangest thing... I put him in his swing at work, which I was worrying he was starting to outgrow due to the fact that every time I put him in it he cries after about a minute, so I put him in it one more time just to try it, but this time I turned on the music, for the first time in forever, and he stared and stared at the place where the music was coming out and then fell asleep! When I tried to turn the music off, after he'd been out for a while, he instantly woke up and I had to turn it back on! He is growing so fast and everyday is a new discovery for him (and me).

On another subject I just have to say, I'm itching like crazy to feed him baby foods, but his doc said to wait and we could start them after we discussed it at his next appointment on Nov. 24th. I'm trying to hold out till then. Maybe for thanksgiving he'll get to try sweet potatoes or carrots! That would be SO exciting! He already watches us so intently when we eat, I think he's very curious about it. He definitely is paying attention, which is a sign he's getting ready to eat. Hopefully he'll have his mom's taste and appetite, not his dad's! ha ha ha

Also I have to mention we are very very very excited to be expecting the arrival of Grandma and Grandpa Simpson all the way from Michigan this weekend! Xander can't wait to meet his Great-Grandparents and we are SO excited that they are able to make that LONG drive! We will share all the pictures and stories soon! So I might be slow on the blog for about a week or so.

Also here a couple new pictures one is Xander and daddy on Halloween, we didn't get many great Halloween pictures except for that morning because he didn't really like wearing the outfit for long stretches of time (good thing I didn't spend money on a costume!) Also I added a few to his photo album, note: the bunny is on his head by his choice, I tried to take it off and he put it back! What can I do?