Fun with Food. And tears too!

Holden tried something other than breastmilk last night! Sweet potatoes! At first he seemed intrigued by the whole thing, but by the end of it, it was tears. I think he needs some time to get used to it. Most of it ended up on his face and clothes, and not much went down his throat, and there were a couple of gags in there *ha*.

This morning we tried again, and it wasn't much better.

Hopefully he'll get the hang of it and start enjoying it soon.




Here's a video before he started getting upset:

6 months already!

Holden turned 6 months May 19. Time sure does fly!! 6 months ended up being quite a milestone... Holden has started sleeping well during the day (2 naps a day over an hour long each! And a third "cat nap"), he is showing signs of starting to crawl (pulling in his knees and balancing for a couple of seconds on his hands and knees), and he got his first cold! Thankfully it was a teeny tiny cold.

Holden likes:

• sucking on his fingers (ALL the time!!!!!)
  
• being carried is his sling, which I love as well!!
• naked time!
• being tickled
• being bounced
• rolling around on his playmat with his toys
• jumping in his jolly jumper
  
• his carseat
• sucking on tags
• big hugs
• raspberry zerberts
• when we sing
  

Holden doesn't like:

• getting his clothes on after naked time
• getting his nose aspirated when he's stuffed up
• being tired
• being hungry
  
• ... that's about it! He is generally very very happy!

Tulip Festival

Monday Holden and I went for a fabulous walk around the Tulip Festival with our playgroup. Here are some pics from it.

Weekend visit

My old friend Miko and her new husband Michael came for a little visit over the weekend. They are from Toronto and came to Ottawa to visit family and dropped by to meet Holden for the first time. Holden really liked them, he loves being the center of attention!!

Playdate

We went to an awesome playdate today. I got to hang out with lots of friends and all the babies were cute and happy. Holden saw his usual friends as well, and met some new friends too. Here are some pics.

Quel beau weekend!

What a great weekend. My mom and my aunt came to visit, and we had a fabulous time. Holden LOVES his grandmaman and he LOVES my aunt. He was showing off, smiling and flirting all weekend. On top of that, he slept 10 hours STRAIGHT Saturday night!!!

The weather was fabulous so we went for a couple of walks. Holden was born in November, so I'm used to always dressing him warmly before leaving the house. It's a very odd feeling to go outside without bundling him up! These pictures were taken after the morning walk, when it was still a bit chilly, but the afternoons have been crazy hot the last couple of days! We've gone from putting winter jackets on him to needing a sun hat in the course of 2 weeks! This country is so weird.

John wasn't here for the weekend, he was in Montreal at the UFC event. George St-Pierre won in his hometown! Wooohooo!! He was very excited to be there.

Photos from the weekend:

Holden has a giggle with daddy