Xander--6 MONTHS

It's so crazy that Xander will be 1 year old in just 6 months, and that 6 months has already passed. Time just keeps going faster and faster. So the other day I took some pictures. It's so hard to choose which pictures to put up. He's just so cute! I wish I was a professional or at least had a professional camera. It would be so fun, and these pictures would look so much better!

Xander is really becoming so fun! He's starting to interact so much more now. It's like each day he's doing more and watching more. It's so funny to watch him and Michael. Michael absolutely adores Xander. It's so fun to see him play with Xander every chance he gets. Of course, sometimes Michael is a bit too intense for Xander, but we're trying to teach Michael to be aware of the signs Xander is giving to say he's had enough. Slowly Michael is catching on. But Michael loves to jump around and do "tricks" and Xander will laugh and laugh at him! It's pretty fun. And there have been times when Xander has actually leaned forward to be closer to Michael.Xander has started to blow raspberries/bubbles. He loves to do it when he's mad or sitting up playing. But mainly when he's mad.Xander is now in 9-12 months clothes, and has been for a few weeks now!! I had him in an outfit today that Michael wore when he was 16 months old!! I love that he's so chunky! Xander is now a perfect sitter-upper. He will sit up without falling down for at least 15-20 minutes now! And when he's done sitting up, he will graciously fall down to be on his back.
Another new thing he's doing while he's on his tummy is starting to go in circles. He kicks his legs and moves his arms and body up and down, and before long he's facing a different direction than he was just 10 minutes before. Nathan is convinced he'll be crawling soon.
Xander and Mom
Xander has now outgrown his bathtub. Next bath will be in the big boy tub. I think Michael is pretty excited.

5 MONTHS?!?

Xander at 5 months old: 17 pounds, 6 ounces

I'm about to sound like a broken record, here, but I can't believe another month has passed us by and that Xander is 5 months old! I really love this age. In the past 2-3 weeks he's really taken off developmentally. He has started rolling over, playing with his feet, sitting up, and occasionally giving us little "talking to's", AKA babbling. He's just keeps getting funner and funner. I think we're going to start introducing solids soon, which is always fun!

Michael was "helping" with pictures. He was putting his teddy bear on Xander's head...don't ask why...we have no idea. Also, any position that we put Xander in, Michael would put his bear in that position too. He kept telling the bear to roll over or sit up. And then would pretend to take pictures of it. Too cute.

Another funny thing about Xander is that he gets very annoyed if something gets taken away from him. If he's playing with a toy or something and someone takes it from him (usually, but not always, it's Michael), he'll watch it leave with sad eyes and then start screaming until he can find something else to play with. It's a bit sad, but funny to see his personality shining through.
I could NOT get a picture of Xander without his fingers being in his mouth! This kid L-O-V-E-S his fingers!!!!! And he's a drooler! It's getting worse, and we're beginning to wonder if he could be teething soon. Michael was such an easy teether and I'm really hoping that Xander will be too.

Okay, I LOVE this video!!! It makes me laugh everytime I watch it. And Michael? Well, he watched it 9 times in a ROW! And everytime he would bust up laughing! I also think it's funny that you can hear him laughing at the end of it, too. Michael really is sympathetic to Xander, really!

10 Months! Double Digits

Michael's 9 Month Pictures

Well, I took Michael's 9 month pictures today. I know it's about a week late, but oh well. He's getting soooo big!! It's really sad. Enjoy!





He's tired of taking pictures and trying to get away. Can you tell?