FOOD!

Dixon loves to eat.  Here he is chomping down on some spinach, green beans and banana.  Yum!

Look at that pincher grasp!

(sorry the video is sideways- not sure how to fix that)

So busy

We have been so busy lately.

Sleep training was a trial for us all but we are now on the third night of us putting him in his crib, saying "night night" and Dixon rolling on his side and closing his eyes.  We still sometimes end up on the couch between 1-2 while he screams for a bit but he is doing so much better (knock on wood). go! now! knock some wood, seriously.

Dixon is about to crawl.  We can see it.  He gets up on both hands and one knee sometimes but the other leg is holding him back.  The daycare ladies swear he must be crawling when no one is looking because he can be across the room like a shot, but I think he is just scooting.

Luckily it looks like his weight gain has slowed down but he is getting taller.  His pants just keep getting shorter and shorter.  It is so cold outside now that we dress him and then put him in a snowsuit.  That does solve the gap between pants and socks but the snowsuit makes him look like the kid in that Christmas movie.  that falls down and can't walk.

I'm not sure what I did with all my time before.

Seven Months- ALREADY?!?!

Dixon is now SEVEN months.  I can hardly believe it.  

At seven months D has one tooth, can sit up unassisted and is trying to crawl.  He currently scooshes on his bottom and wiggles forward from the splits position.  He loves to stand and can hold all of his own weight, although his balance is not great.  One day in his crib he moved from a sitting position into a kneeling position and was trying to pull himself up on the side.  We dropped the crib floor that afternoon.  

He loves to eat solids and has tried carrots, peas, beans, squash, prunes, pears, applesauce, peaches as well as mashed potatoes, cooked squash, broccoli rabe, raw asparagus, and rice cake.

D is tracking objects and people.  He can find toys when they are hidden and can pull his blanket to get a toy to move closer to him so he can grab it.

He is also incredibly vocal and loves to laugh and talk with his caregivers and family.  We have lots of vowels and mm's plus raspberries and lots of bubbles.

We are having some issues with sleep but have started some sleep training that is very difficult on mom and dad.  We feel badly that we can look back and see mistakes we made that have added to his sleep issues but I think we are paying for it now! 

PLAYTIME

I'm the TOY NINJA!!!!!

Battling plastic rings and my new bath time blocks in one fell swoop!

A House Divided

We live in a house divided.  

Ryan is a Skins fan- now that we live in Washington DC.  

My family started off as Cowboy fans but currently are rooting more heavily for the Texans.

So right before New Year's we were a house divided.

The Skins won but were defeated by the Seahawks yesterday.  Oh well- now D needs a Texan's onesie.