Simon babbling

Testing out this site for uploading audio to the blog. We caught some fun audio of Simon babbling this past week. He tends to fixate on one consonant and stick with it for a while. This clip is thus brought to you by the letter "D" (which makes daddy very happy!)

(Facebookers - you'll have to click on "view original post" below to get this to work!)

On the move

Simon is not yet crawling, but he's getting a lot more mobile. He's figured out how to roll over repeatedly to get from one place to another. The video is long, but watch how much ground he covers by the end!

On the move from Anne Reynolds on Vimeo.

Swimmer outfit!

Simon is now very comfortably in 6-month clothes and starting to also wear the 6-9 month ones! So he can now wear this adorable outfit that the Biegler/Brown/Benson/Kroells group gave me at the baby shower in MN. Too cute!

Smirk

Simon has been working on an adorable new smirk, which melts my heart every time I see it. As Troy says, it's the kind of smile that will make us think, "What on earth did you do..." in a few years. But for now it's just super-cute.

This photo doesn't quite do it justice, but it's the right idea. Hopefully we'll get a photo of it in all its glory soon.

You be the judge

It's been interesting to hear people's takes on which one of us Simon looks more like. People who know me better say that he looks like me, while people who know Troy better say he looks like him. People who know both of us, though, say he's a pretty good mix but lately have been falling more on one side. So to settle the matter once and for all, I present to you the following.

Exhibit A, Master Simon:

Exhibit B, baby photo of me:

Exhibit C, baby photo of Troy (with his siblings):

I think it's pretty much no contest after viewing the evidence, but I leave it to the internets to chime in. :)

(Actually, I think if you take ONE feature from one of our baby photos and superimpose it on the other, you pretty much have it.)

6 months!

Simon is 6 months old today! We're truly amazed at how our lives have changed, and wouldn't have it any other way. Here's a brief recap in pictures:

A few minutes old:

1 month:

2 months:

3 months:

4 months:

5 months:

6 months:

Can't wait to see what the next six months will bring!

Missing Grandma and Grandpa

Simon has such a fun week last week with his Grandma Karen and Grandpa Tom. He misses them already!

Today I stayed home with Simon, and tomorrow Troy will do the same. Then on Wednesday we'll all be back to our normal schedule. Here are a few photos of my fun with Simon!

There is no need for toys when we have Rubbermaid:

The Exersaucer is still great fun - the giraffe is Simon's favorite, hands down.

And he is still doing really well at sitting up!