9 months old!

Our little monkey is 9 months old today!

Ella Sleeping and Felix Signing

Last week, Ella came home from school and seemed a little sleepy, so she just leaned her head on the couch and dozed off. She slept there for awhile before we coaxed her into bed.

The other day Ella said she wanted the "Heigh-ho" movie. That puzzled us, but then we figured out that she had had seen "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" at school. She told us that Snow White had been woken up from her eternal slumber by the "Heigh-hos".

Felix has been signing more signs - last time I mentioned how he's signing "more", and now he's doing it all the time. He does "more" when he wants more food, "more" when he wants something to happen more (such as Ella jumping on the bed, which makes him laugh hysterically), and "more" cats walking in front of him. He also does more along with blowing a raspberry with his mouth when he wants me to blow raspberries on his stomach. He also does "milk" when he wants to nurse, squeezing his hand like milking a cow. Yesterday he slapped the top of his leg, the sign for "diaper", and sure enough his diaper was wet.

Felix is also starting to say a few words. He says "da da da da" sometimes when he sees me, he "Aaay" for Ella, and says "Kee" when he sees a cat (specifically Toots) for kitty.

Felix can pick up Cheerios with his hand put them in his mouth. We think he's left handed, since he does nearly everything with that hand.

A couple of weeks ago, Felix accompanied Nicki to work because his school was closed, and he was quite popular with the ladies. And his mama, of course.

Felix's Talents

Couple more things to add of what our clever little boy can do. He is now sitting up by himself unassisted for short periods of time. And he plays Peekaboo - takes whatever is handy - a towel, wash cloth, article of clothing and covers his face up with it. Then he pulls it away with a big smile! He also likes it when we cover our faces up and he pulls the item off. He had the giggles in the car today when Ella was making him laugh. Wish I could post the sound of that but I did record it on my cell phone so I can hear it again.

Stretch and Bounce

Ella takes advantage of her small size and toddler's flexiblity to do something like this, which looks painful and probably would be for you and I. For her, it's a way to relax believe it or not. She was doing this while she was lounging in front of the TV.

Ella seems to be learning a lot at her new school. She can count from 1 to 20, but always skips the number 15. We thought it was just unique mistake to her as she masters her numbers, but apparently it's very common for toddlers to skip this number. How did we find this out? On Sesame Street the number of the day was 15, and they had song about "the number 15, don't forget me," so it's common enough that the millions of kids who watch the program can relate. It's very curious, and I've been trying to do some research into why this is, but have so far have had no luck.

Felix is bouncing in his chair he got from his Oma lala. He loves it.



Felix just turned 8 months today. We think he has started to sign a bit - this morning I was holding him and feeding him O's cereal, and when he had finished one he clapped his hands together until I put another one in his mouth, close to the sign for "more". Usually the sign is either pointing one finger to the palm of your hand, or putting the thumb and fingers together on both hands, then touching the ends of the fingers, but he's got it pretty close. We've caught him doing it a few times, especially when he's eating. If he really is signing, that would be pretty advanced. Most kids don't start until between 10 and 14 months.

Guess the food

Felix just started eating, so he's been wearing a lot of it. Now it's time to play GUESS THAT FOOD. Let's see if you can figure it out.




And here's just a nice picture of my wife and children, just so you know what I'm thankful for on this day, our wedding anniversary.

7 months

Well as you can see by the picture below posted last month, Felix is now eating food. He started on sweet potato then moved on to yogurt. Then he got pureed fruits - prunes, peaches, pears and apple. All were a big hit. Since it is his 7 month birthday today, he got some mashed egg yolk in his creamy yogurt with flax seed oil mixture (Ella eats the white, doesn't like the yolk which she calls the seed). Also very delicious. Jim will post the pictures of Felix with various foods all over his face. He ALMOST has a tooth! He can roll onto his side and all the way over onto his tummy too.