Six Months Old!

Yesterday, Lucian officially turned six months old. He's getting so big! I Miss him being so tiny, but watching him grow is exciting.

For his 6 months we celebrated with some butternut squash. He made the ewww face and spit it out everywhere. At least he got to smash it into everything. So Silly.

Easter Weekend

Today was Lucian's first Easter Egg Hunt. Of course, it had to rain. We walked from the apartment to the courthouse downtown in sprinkling rain; at least it wasn't very cold out. He fell asleep along the way; we thought he might sleep through the whole event. Luckily, a little kid screamed and it woke him up about 10 minutes prior to the hunt. That gave us a chance to take some pictures. Then the countdown began... here we come eggs! We took him out into the middle of a bunch of eggs and he picked one up. Yay! We were so proud of him. I wasn't sure if he would be able to or not, especially since they were wet. But he managed. Then he wouldn't put it into his bag to collect others, as expected. We showed him that there were others and he snatched up a total of 4! He also got a cookie (not that he could eat it). After all that excitement we wondered around town and he eventually took a nappy. It was a tough morning learning how to pick up eggs from the wet grass. He did so well :)

There is another one tomorrow, but I'm not sure if we will be going. We will see.

Banana Stealing Jumping Bean

So today was the first day to try out the new doorway jumper (thanks dad and kenette). I found out that it only fits into one doorway inside the apartment. It'll fit in more at the house though. So I put it together and managed to get it onto the door frame (not meant for short people apparently). Then I stuck Lucian in it. He was curiously watching me assemble it beforehand. I'm not really sure how much he liked it. He had a series of mixed reactions from "ahh" to "what's that thing" to "wow I can stand and touch the wall". I figure I'll give it a few different tries and see if it grows on him. Otherwise, I'll have to return it and get either a walker or an outdoor swing that I can hang along the porch at the house. I'm hoping he likes it though. It'll give him something different to be in - rather than the front pack, which gets a lot of use.

We also started some yams. I thought the vibrant orange color might be appealing. He mostly smashes food between his hands and enjoys playing with the cutlery/plates. At least he enjoys it. He did stick my finger in his mouth 2-3 times with a bit of yam on it. So he did get to taste it this time. Not sure if he liked it very much. He also enjoys stealing and breaking my bananas in half in the mornings. I don't think he tried to taste it yet.

In other regards...
New discoveries: food, pots and pans are easy to pull out of cabinet, water from faucets, plants can be ripped and tasted, holding himself up at computer with less support from mama

New milestone: smiling and recognizing daddy :)
He also likes strangers because he's such a little ham and they smile at him.

Rolling Over

I'm not sure when infants typically do this, but Lucian has been getting really close. He tends to go onto his side or really get his butt up into the air. Two days ago (Sunday 4-10-11) Joe said he turned over while having his diaper changed. I didn't get to witness it :( He hasn't done it since, therefore, I can't believe it until I see it ;-) Though, he has been very close with me watching. Yay.

Avacado Splattado

Little Lucian is going to be 6 months at the end of this month. He is so big :(

He has shown interest in food for the last several weeks, but I have been holding off for several reasons:
1. So Joe can be involved
2. Wait as close to 6 months as possible for better digestive flow
3. Not really necessary for breastfed babies until after 6 months old

Well, he has been trying to grab mama's food and utensils even more lately. He makes me feel guilty for eating in front of him without sharing. Therefore, yesterday with dinner Lucian had his own small bowl of avocado. Yes, he had his first solid food (April 7th, 2011). The first thing he did was pick the plate up and dump it on the blanket (expected). He made quite the mess and he had fun. He and the blanket were covered in smashed avocado. I wasn't sure if he even got any in his mouth! He did take a nibble off the piece i was holding; he pulled it into his mouth I was just holding it. We, of course, followed everything with a bath. It was a necessity at that point. I'm very proud of him; I know it was hard to grasp. Not sure if we will try again tonight or wait a bit. Pooping today was definitely a dreadful task for him. Lesson of the day for Lucian and mama: Solid food = solid poop.

First Flight

I know we have been here for a bit but I didn't get a chance to talk about his first airplane ride. He did pretty good. We even had a connection so we had two flights. The first flight he fell asleep before take off (I had my timing wrong apparently for feeding him). It didn't matter though because he was fine. About 5 minutes after we were in the air he woke up. He was observing everything and trying to wake up (morning flight) the two ladies that were on each side of us. We were in a middle seat - usually people avoid babies. He was cracking me up at least and the one guy sitting across the aisle that kept smiling at him. about 15 minutes after he woke up he gave me a big ole smile, and proceeded to take a giant poop. This was a 4-5 pusher; pretty big. I was sitting there thinking "hmm, how am I going to get up and take care of this? Especially with the bathroom continuously being full". Well, the sweet little Asian girl in the aisle seat woke up shortly, realized I needed out, and accommodated us. Thank goodness because he was stinky! So we made our way to the front of the plane, and, of course, the bathroom was occupied. That was the only one with a changing table. The flight attendant had us sit in a front seat that was empty - that lady was the one in the bathroom. It was a window seat. Lucian stood on my lap and gazed out the window in amazement. It was so neat. After dealing with the changing table monstrosity, I decided to get a window seat next time around. I snuck my way back into the center seat without waking anyone (go me), enjoyed some water, and let Lucian crawl all over me before he passed back out again right before landing. He was very good.

Even better for the short second flight, which I thought he would get all grumpy on. We sat in the window seat, and scared other passengers away from sitting next to us. One lady sat at the aisle seat; she was nice and chatted a bit. Lucian was awake this time and watched the plane take off out the window. He just stared in awe. Then he got tired and passed out. It was a pretty decent trip. We were exhausted.