This winter has been LONG and snowy, or at least it seems that way to me (I have no idea what the actual averages are...this could have been a mild year for all I know, but it seemed brutal). Anyhow we had one sunny day in February so we decided to bundle Andrew up and take him out for his first snow adventure. He did not seem impressed with the white stuff, but I imagine that he will be singing a different tune next year when he is mobile and can sit in a sled! The Johnson family is ready for springtime - golf, sun and pool! Bring it on.
In one of my previous posts I discussed the fact that baby cereal tasted like cardboard, and I thought Andrew was starting to embrace it...I was wrong. He never embraced it. A few weeks after we started the oatmeal cereal we tried out some veggies, sweet potatoes to be specific. He was a little skeptical at first and I think the vast majority of the sweet potatoes landed on his bib, hands and clothes, but I believe some made the journey to his little tummy. After sweet potatoes, we tried carrots and then green beans. He did not love any of them; however, he tolerated them and got better at eating off of the spoon. We hit the jackpot when we tried the veggie and fruit blends (thank you to Aunt Lizzie for that suggestion). Now he eats like a champ, and I have tasted each one, and I have to say that they taste pretty good. I never would have thought to mix butternut squash, carrots, apples and prunes or sweet potatoes, pumpkin, apples, and blueberries, but he loves it all! Sometime during this period, he moved from the bumbo seat to the highchair for meals, and that helped as he was able to sit up straighter and wasn't so distracted.
He hit the five (and six month) mark during this sabbatical from blogging. I would say that over last month (probably two) there is always at least one person in our house who is sick. Mostly this is Andrew, but Chris and I have had our fair share of the bug too. We have all visited Dr. McCarthy more than we would like to in a two month time span, so again we say, bring on the warm weather!!
With the sickness, sleeping through the night went out the window. The typical night now goe a little something like this: Andrew sleeps soundly until between 2-3, then he starts coughing, then he gets mad that he is coughing so he starts babbling and fussing. Chris and I lay there for 20 minutes, listening to him babble and hoping that he will go back to sleep when ultimately one of us ends up having to get up and rock him for 15 minutes to calm him down so that he will go back to sleep. Then we wish we had just gotten up when he first started babbling and maybe we could have gotten back to bed 20 minutes earlier (even though we know you are supposed to let them try to get themselves back to sleep!!). He usually wakes up one more time coughing and we repeat the process all over again except this time the other parent gets up with him :)
Just after he hit five months, his first tooth popped through (Feb 23) and his second shortly thereafter. He now has two bottom teeth and usually drools like a faucet. Teething was not pleasant for any of us, but it could have been worse, and he looks pretty cute with those two little teeth popping through! I don't have any pictures of that...have you ever tried to take a picture of tiny baby teeth? It isn't easy!
We bought him a jumperoo recently because he loves the one at daycare, and his exersaucer just wasn't doing the trick for him anymore! He loves the jumperoo, and sometimes I think he is going to bounce right out of it. He will jump for 30 minutes and wear himself out. Mom and Dad love it too!!
On March 14, he hit the six month mark. It is hard to believe he has been in our lives for six months (well outside of my belly...he was in our lives long before that!). We are having more fun with him every day, and I am so excited to watch him grow up into a young man.
