Sleeping: Butt in the air

I love Simon's "normal" sleeping pose: with his butt in the air and his arms tucked to his side. You know he is really tired when you are holding him and he puts his head against your chest and his arms by his sides and shuts his eyes - it is always really quick but so completely adorable and snuggly. He also always scoots to the top of the crib, which is also the side closest to the door. He will often wake up with bar marks on his little head or cheeks because he is so tight against the bars. It doesn't matter how low we start him at night or if we move him when he is sleeping, he just inchworms his way to the top of the crib against the bars. And he somehow usually ends up on top of his blankets.

9 Months

I took about 50 pictures this morning trying to get a good one to show off his Nine Months. 90% of the pictures are blurry, the rest you see below. He is super fast and when you call his name he crawls to you to take the phone/camera... (looks so tasty!) As a result, pictures of him not latched into a chair/stroller have become more difficult and less in focus.

Hot, Sunny, Beautiful Day

It is lovely here. 76 degrees right now, easily 80s in the sun and not a cloud in the sky. We sat in the backyard and had lunch. Simon had yogurt and greenbeans. Yum.

PS Sadly Jenn caught Simon's sickness and so stayed home today. So just me and baby.

80° in March!!

We had to fish out this outfit from the 'summer time' bin :) sooo cute!

Simon's sick week.

These are photos from last week and this week. At the park from yesterday , playing with Emily's knitted fish, sick cuddles, and the last is from this morning gently playing with my hair Haha. Sorry they are all sideways, my phone isn't the smartest.

Here he comes!

Simon is feeling so much better today. Here's a video of him crawling toward the camera/phone. He loves phones. He will come from across the room to see if he gets to play with a phone or a computer.

Foods Simon Eats (updated version)

At the request of an aunty, below you fill find a list of foods that Simon currently eats. He has also gotten the hang of the sippy cup, which has allowed him to start eating food that is a little dryer (like the bread). As you can see, he's gotten quite the repertoire now and is at about the point where we can give him most anything we think to make for him. He is happy to help us by putting anything and everything into his mouth. He hasn't had any bad reactions (knock on wood) and loves eating. We've taken him off the mid-day bottle for the most part, so he only nurses morning and night (bottles if I'm not around) and then solids the rest of the time.

For all of the things described as 'didn't like' below - we've learned that if you keep offering them to him he'll keep eating. He'll make a terrible face when he tastes it, but when you come back with another spoonful he'll open up for it again.

1. Sweet Potatoes and chicken pureed (loves it, even though it smells awful)
2. Baby Pot Roast (Doesn't really love it, needs extra carrots. It is a pure of beef, parsnips, carrots, potatoes, leeks)
3. Applesauce - home made and delicious. Good mixer too.
4. Pureed Pears - home made and delicious. Good mixer too. 
5. Baby oatmeal - usually mixed with pears or applesauce.
6. Grapes - halved, spits out the skins sometimes
7. Pineapple - frozen, mixed with apples and pears
8. Corn - just thawed out on their own
9. Peas - just thawed out on their own
10. Peaches - fresh and sliced small
11. Blueberries - fresh and sliced in half
12. Spinach, potato, tomato pure - New recipe made by Jenn yesterday and he Loves it!
13. Broccoli, apple, quinoa - didn't mind it
14. Butternut squash and apples pureed - best thing ever
15. Puffs, Puffs, Puffs, Puffs - best thing ever and have honed his hand-mouth coordination.
16. Banana Applesauce bread - I made it without sugar so he could have bread to sop up the medicine he's taking. He really enjoys smashing it, I think he likes eating it too. I hope so, I made a lot.
17. Tomato - little bit of raw, it was ok
18. Apricots pureed - too much work for us, he thought it was ok
19. Zucchini pureed - didn't love and reduced down to nothing
20. Scrambled egg - didn't love, but I think we'll try this again. Last time we tried it was early February.
21. Banana/Cantaloupe - yum.
22. Cauliflower - he loves this. I can no longer handle the awful smelling pee. It seeps into everything around. I think it causes him to pee three times as much too. Ugh. Shudder. It's been banned from the house.
23. Broccoli - he also enjoys this, but though it's not as pervasive as cauliflower it is still pretty bad. Also been banned.
24. Strawberry - whole. He gnawed on it a bit, mostly he just liked squishing it.
25. Banana - fresh pieces. He loves them, especially smashing into little bits. If he can get them into his hair and ears, all the better.
26. Chili - I made a pot of chili for us and gave Simon a few bites of it. He didn't seem to hate it but also did not love it. 
27. Yogurt - all kinds of flavors - he is a huge fan of anything remotely sweet. Doesn't love plain greek yogurt though, but that's an acquired taste for many adults.
28. A few to-go packages of organic baby food for traveling. There are tons of flavors he's tried and he seems to love every one of them.

Previously, on Foods Simon Eats - and still does... (after the jump in an attempt to make this not the longest post ever)