Tooth #2

This past week was a busy one for Ansel... shots started up again. He got both synagis (for RSV) and another flu shot this week. To top that off, his second tooth (also on the bottom) popped up. Needless to say he was a little fussier than usual, but not as bad as I expected he'd be. He's also getting more excited about food which is great.. mostly just finger foods. We actually did find one thing he didn't mind eating off of a spoon... he saw us eating icecream and and kept going after it! At 11 months old this past week, he weighed 16 lbs. 7oz. This next week should be lots of fun getting to see a lot of his cousins again! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!




Hmm... I don't know about this one








Baby Mozart?


The simplest things can be so much fun

Who said you have to be a teenager to start driving?

Superbaby

We had our ward Halloween party at church this past weekend.









Practicing flying






Trick or Treat...





Ansel even found a cute little chick to snuggle up to

Things I like to eat

First tooth!

Ansel's first tooth popped up just over a week ago! (You can barely see it if you click on the picture to enlarge it)



He sometimes will eat little bites of some types of food. He loves the little baby puffs that look like dry cereal.

I'm beginning to think he's going to skip the whole pureed baby food and rice cereal from a spoon phase. We keep trying it, but he just hasn't taken to it. We tried again the other day, and as the spoonful of green beans sat on his tongue (accompanied by a look of disgust) he began frantically making the sign for milk.

We began showing him some signs, so far he knows milk and will sometimes do light. (He's getting pretty good at signing milk when he's ready for it!)

He's been sitting up really well for a month or so now, but still hasn't really scooted or crawled yet. He still LOVES bath time. He splashes and kicks so much the floor, mirrors, and mom are usually soaked. He also still loves to drink out of a glass.






Trying to be like Daddy

My Shadow!

Ansel's new discovery this past week....his shadow. He loves it. He tries to grab it off the wall, he talks to it, laughs at it, and just gets really excited to see it.

Our Nine Month Old

Ansel turned 9 months Wednesday and had his doctor check up yesterday. He weighed 15 lbs. 7 oz. and is now 26 inches long.





He also decided to roll from his back to tummy earlier this week and is having fun with his new found ability to move more. He used to practice by grasping one of our fingers to help him roll off of his back. Then, when he started to do it on his own, we caught him grabbing on to his own finger in order to make the move!





Check out my new ride!






There's more than one way to use this thing!




They even sleep the same!









*P.S. Happy Birthday tomorrow Daddy!

Rolling over

Ansel has officially found out how to escape his dreaded tummy time. Sunday he started rolling over (from tummy to back). Now ANY time he gets put on his tummy, he pushes up, then throws his head back (he can get some pretty good momentum into that head throw!) and rolls over. I don't think he has the same incentive to learn how to roll the other way yet. It's fun watching him try to figure things out.

He's also progressed with cameras. It used to be that he'd be smiling and then, upon seeing a camera, he'd stop and stare at it. Now he can be crying pretty hard, but as soon as he sees the camera he flashes that adorable grin.

He's tried a few baby food veggies.. sweet potatoes, green beans, etc. but he's still not into the whole idea of spoons and doesn't eat more than a few spoonfuls at a time. He does, however, LOVE to drink water from a glass. He gets excited to watch the glass fill up with ice and water from the fridge door, and once it's done he reaches for it and wants to keep drinking it for awhile.







Enjoying bath time








I got you Daddy!




Balancing act




Where's Ansel?