up on the knees

Simon's getting closer to actually crawling. He's really perfected the "slide forward on the belly" move, and can get to where he wants to go pretty fast. But this past week we've seen him really up on his hands and knees a lot more. Very seldom is there forward progress, and he always reverts back to the sliding, but he's starting to figure the crawling thing out.

Today as we were packing, he was pulling himself up on to his knees to get inside one of the containers I was putting things in!


Nope, it definitely won't be long now. :)

more fun gifts

Simon got another wonderful gift recently - a bib with his name on it! Susana brought it all the way from Spain, where it came from a store in Barcelona that sells only bibs with baby names on them.


I think he likes it very much!

Mommy and Simon weekend 2

Troy went to Milwaukee again this past weekend, to scope out houses. Simon and I were supposed to go with him, but then Simon got kind of sniffly and snorty on Thursday and it turned in to a full-blown cold on Friday, so we stayed home. Fortunately Friday was the worst of it and he was significantly better on Saturday, and even better on Sunday.

He and I had a lot of fun together over the weekend, helped by the fact that it was BEAUTIFUL out on Saturday (low 70s!) We got out for a walk, which included an iced treat for Mommy:



(I tried to get him to smile for that photo, but he was very focused on his rings.)

We also worked more on drinking from a sippy cup, which he's getting better at!


He took a nice nap covered in a blanket his Great-Grandma Peggy knitted for him (and his Grandma Karen embroidered his name on):


And to demonstrate how nice and long his hair is getting, I put it in a mohawk :)


All in all, we had lots of fun!

Messy dinner

Last night Simon enjoyed making a big mess of his dinner!

Messy dinner from Anne Reynolds on Vimeo.

The best part

Simon recently got a gift in the mail from his Tennessee cousins. We all really enjoyed the contents of the gift! (A bib with an "r" on it, and a small blanket.) But Simon's favorite part, hands down, was the ribbon.

A fun day out

Last weekend, while Troy was in Milwaukee scoping out houses, Simon and I had a fun day out in Boston with my friend Susana. It was a beautiful day out, so we wandered down Newbury Street. Simon was happily chewing on his bear teether toy, and then fell asleep:


He stayed asleep throughout our lunch:


But then woke up for an ice cream stop at JP Licks. And REALLY wanted my ice cream. (Sorry for the poor quality here!)


I'd brought him a lunch of squash, which he ate instead. I made sure to enjoy the fact that he doesn't know the difference between vegetables and ice cream yet...

Simon's new favorite game

Throw things on the floor, and wait for Mommy or Daddy to pick them up!

Our favorite game from Anne Reynolds on Vimeo.

Laundry help

Simon found it quite entertaining to sit in the laundry basket this past weekend while I put clothes from the washer in to the dryer!

Sippy cups!

We bought a few sippy cups for Simon and have been starting to teach him how to use them. He mostly uses them as toys, for now, but apparently that's normal.


At one point he did actually get it in his mouth properly!


But he didn't get anything out of it, and soon resorted to playing again.


The handles are apparently quite delicious!

Future Bell Ringer!

Last Sunday, I played handbells with the Old South Ringers during the regular church service. I couldn't help it - I had to let Simon play the littlest bell! (C8, for those of you who are bell-savvy.)


He looks like a natural, don't you think???