Anderson on the Move!

Anderson is officially a baby on the move.  He started crawling this past week.  It is more of an army crawl right now, but he is really quick and all over the place!

Here is a video of the action and a picture after his workout.

Happy Halloween!

This was Anderson's first Halloween!  He sported a pirate costume and had his stroller decked out to resemble a pirate ship.  Huntwick had a neighborhood party, and we made a few trick or treat stops at some of our neighbor's homes.  It was a great time! Here are some of his pictures from the night!

   

7 Months Old!

Anderson turned 7 months old last week!  We are now officially past the first half year mark and everyone is still smiling!  

Here are some pictures from the month:

Pumpkin Patch: This will be Anderson's first Halloween!  We took a trip to the pumpkin patch at Lakewood UMC down the street.  They had a great selection of pumpkins.

Trip to the Zoo: Hines hosted a family day at the zoo.  The weather was wonderful and the zoo is always a blast.  I think Anderson may have been a little young for the zoo.  He seemed to have very little interest in the zoo dwellers, but we still all had a great time!

Anderson & Cheerios: Anderson has been introduced to more solid foods this months.  We have given him puffs and Cheerios, but he has shown very little interest in actually eating them. He prefers to have the Cheerios on his head.

The Worm: Anderson is on the verge of mobility.  He does a lot of scooting around, but he really rocks at the worm.  He could easily have been an 80's breakdance star.

Anderson is 6 Months Old!

Anderson is now a happy and very active 6-month old!  He is not really mobile, but he does a lot of scooting and amazes us at how far he can go without actually getting his belly off the ground! Anderson is sitting up, eating Level 2 foods, and on the verge of being mobile.  He is smiling and laughing a lot and keeping us very busy and entertained.  Here are some pictures from the month.

These are pictures of Anderson hanging out and enjoying his exersaucer.  He is now tall enough for his feet to touch the bottom.  This gives him some serious jump ability, and he loves it!  He can spend a while, well about 10 minutes, entertained by his exersaucer.

Here is a picture of Anderson in his hot pants.  Mike is not a fan of these pants at all, but I absolutely love them. I think he just looks adorable in them! 

Ike Survivors

Anderson survived Hurricane Ike!  Ike hit Houston early in the morning on September 13, 2008.  Anderson and Mike managed to sleep through the storm, but woke it time to see one our trees in the backyard come down on our garage.  We lost power for about 36 hours and had minimal damage.  We were lucky!  Anderson did great during the storm and during our power outage.  Uncle Bubs and Abby hung out with us through the storm and helped keep Anderson entertained. Hopefully, we will not have another hurricane anytime soon. 

Anderson is 5 Months Old!

Anderson turned 5-months old on the 16th and is continuing to grow and develop.  We are having a ball! This month he started to eat more solids.  We have tried sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas, apples, pears, peas and green beans.  He has not turned any of them away!  I don't think we have to worry about eating problems with this kid.  Developmentally, Anderson is rolling over and rolling all over the place.  He is starting to sit up on his own.  

Here are some of the highlights of the month:

New Bathtime Fun! Anderson has advanced from the infant bathtub to the inflatable duck bathtub.  He just loves to kick around in the duck and loves to hear him quack!  We get lots of splashing and giggling out of our bathtime.

Trip to Dallas: We took a road trip to Dallas to visit Nana and Grandy.  We got to see their new house--which is wonderful--hang out and catch up.  This was Anderson's first road trip.  On the way up he slept almost the entire way.  The way back was not so smooth.  We took lots of stop breaks.  Here is a picture of Anderson on one of our stops.  No worries, he's not really driving--just sitting in the front seat at our stopping point.

Eating! Anderson has been eating up a storm.  He is really enjoying everything we put in front of him.  He obviously did not inherit my pickiness and distaste for vegetables.  Anderson usually is able to get most of the food in his mouth, but every now and then he ends up with more on him than in him!

Fun at the Table: Now that Anderson is sitting up, he is able to sit in his seat at the table and actually have dinner with us...sort of.  He has also started to grab anything in the span of his arms.  Recently at dinner Anderson got a hold of Mike's drink.  He was not so interested in what was inside the can, but sure did like the can.  Anderson is definitely a Fitzgerald!

Exersaucing! We got Anderson an exersaucer a couple of months ago, but he hasn't really been able to use it until the last month.  He is now long enough to have both of his feet touch the bottom.  Needless to say, he just loves this thing and can spend a solid 10 minutes entertaining himself with it, which for a 5 month old is a long time.  

Hungry Man

  


  
Anderson is officially a solid food eating man!  We got the go ahead from Dr. Killinger to start Anderson on solid foods.  So today, Anderson got his first serving of rice cereal...yum, yum!  The first attempt, Anderson was not having it.  Five minutes later, he couldn't get enough of it.