6 months old

Xander is 6 months old!!! He is getting so big so fast. So what is our 6 month old up to you may ask. Well.... He is getting close to crawling. He managed to squirm across the dining room floor today and is almost getting his knees under him. His favorite toys are cups, his little ball, remotes, anything electronic really, and anything he can shake and fling around. He puts everything in his mouth and is really good and quick at grabbing everything that comes near his little fingers. His favorite food is Orange color, well carrots and sweet potatoes in particular. He ate a whole jar of sweet potatoes today and was making little nummy noises after each bite. We think he is teething, although, we don't' see any chompers yet, as he has been really fussy. He is constantly drooling and gnawing on everything. He has been pretty fussy too and hasn't been sleeping all that great at nap or night. I sure hope they pop through soon. He has developed a really loud and blood curdling scream as well. It is so loud and piercing, sounds kind of like a jet engine, dentist drill and Nazgul all at an ear popping volume. Aisling usually gets really upset when he cries like that and then she starts crying. It can be pretty painful when they are both going at the same time, especially when it is in the car.

Here are some pics from our recent events (in no particular order).

Brian and Xander with Sienna at her Big 3-0 birthday party.

Here is Ais checking out her big gun. She had so much fun playing Skeeball with Sienna, Whitney. Arianwen and Ais played skeeball for a long time. Ais also liked the air hockey and was pretty much beside herself with excitement the entire night.
The games continued the next day when Uncle Allen came for a visit. Ais had fun playing guitar hero with him.

Last Saturday we drove to Irvine to visit with Eric, Jen and Sabrina. Ais loved Sabrina and had so much fun playing with her at the park and in her room too. Ais is still talking about 'Brina and how much fun she had. She also now wants a Scooter for Christmas... "Like Brina"...

Here we are with Bolt at the Lot event last Friday. Ais really liked the walk around character Bolt and even went to see the movie with Daddy on Sunday. She only made it about half way through, but she said she liked it. If nothing else she had fun eating "poc-corn" and having a fun outing with Daddy.

Ais and Grandma made Turkey's out of construction paper last week. Ais really loves doing projects and was very proud of her Turkey. Grandma also taught her a Turkey song that she sang nearly the whole way home from Riverside. I still have the darn tune stuck in my head.

Yay, a messy baby face. I just love messy baby face. Xander chowed down his carrots and was just so cute in the aftermath.