Broccoli!!!!

The Five Stages of Broccoli

Hard as it is to believe, Emily and I managed to create a picky eater: our little boy is not a fan of the broccoli.  Before each spoonful he gets excited because he's expecting more sweet potatoes, and then as soon as he tastes it he gets this worried and betrayed look.

Click through the jump to see Simon learning he lives in a world where broccoli exists...

The sweet potatoes won the battle!

Snow Fun

It snowed last night! The pretty light fluffy kind of snow. We piled up a little in front of Simon and he was enjoying it at first. Then he put his hand in the pile and sadness ensued. He gave us a betrayed look that said 'Did you _know_ this stuff was cold and wet!?!' A little bouncing and all was forgiven. Jenn kindly took a family photo too.

Garage is Done!

We are completely done!! Yay! The railings are in and the garage window came and siding is finished. Just in time for Chicago's first snow.

Teeth!

If you look closely you can see two tiny teeth at the bottom of Simon's mouth. Yay Teeth!

Tooth Hurty

It is amazing how much is constantly changing and how fast things happen!

Our little guy has quite the personality. As we guessed from his newborn attitude he is a pretty chill little guy. When he started fussing last week we were so surprised! But upon reflection really shouldn't have been. His pink, pink cheeks told us he was teething. What to do? Jenn to the rescue - suggesting different a gel to sooth his painful little gums. He hums when his teeth hurt him and for a couple weeks we had a cranky spell every once in a while until we gave him the gel. Again, cranky for Simon is sad face and humming with an escalation to angry face after a while.

It all paid off when we felt Mr Sharp Tooth - front left. Then two days later front right also appeared! No wonder he hurt so much. If you look very patiently you can see them through the drool and around the tongue. You can certainly feel them if you are willing to be a human chew toy. The only teething things he really likes are his pacifier, which he holds to the side to better chew, baby fingers, which are getting chapped from all the attention, and mom fingers. That last is my least favorite now that there is a tooth. When we get a good shot of the little things I'll post it.

We also finally made the leap this past weekend into cloth diapers. Boy was that first sweet potato diaper not sweet at all. But we are getting the hang of it. We are close to settled in, just need a couple things to get it all together.

He is learning and growing at an amazing rate. Can you believe it is only five and a half months. In that time he went from a little hungry lump baby to a tiny person who is figuring out how to impact the world. Here is a clip of him trying to work the marble toy. (Side note: Look at how well he is sitting now! He can't sit himself up, but if you sit him up he hangs out there for a long time.)

I was going to do another of him playing with the marble toy, but he got distracted by the pacifier. Sometimes he can put it in himself - you look over and he's just happily sucking away! Other times there is some challenge in getting it in!