6 Months!

Big boy sitting up tall

Squash face

There's just nothing cuter than a sleeping baby!

It's hard to believe but Alex is now over 6 months old!! He had another check up this week and is now 14 and 3/4# and 26" long. He's getting better at sitting up on his own and has recently discovered the fun game of "I chuck something on the floor and Mom picks it up." He also has 2 pearly whites coming in on the bottom which luckily haven't seem to bother him too much. We've also been trying new foods and juice. Here are Alex's ratings so far...

Rice cereal-no thanks (unless you mix in banana- then I might be convinced)

Apple juice- yuck

Green beans-gag me (literally)

Squash- yes please

Sweet peas- best thing since breastmilk!

Memorial Day Weekend

Como Zoo

"Let me get that booger for you, cuz."

The cute cousins

Alex's first carousel ride

This is what Alex thinks about rice cereal. It's a bit

blurry but I think you get the idea.

It's been a busy couple of weeks around the Ausman household lately. We had several days without our regular daycare and were fortunate enough to have family fill in for us. Thank you to all of our wonderful babysitters- Jeff, Krista, Sara, and Mary!! We have also been dealing with trying to find a new car and were finally able to purchase one last weekend. So far we are very happy with the Highlander and are most thankful just to have a car with 4 doors. No more tossing Alex in and out of the backseat of a 2 door car! Alex has been busy learning new tricks. He is now able to sit up on his own for a short period of time and can also suck his own feet (a great life long skill!). We have started giving him rice cereal at night but so far he is not much of a fan. We all had a great Memorial Day weekend complete with a trip to the como zoo, a weekend at the farm, a graduation party for Andy's cousin, and the chance to visit with Sam, Rachel, and Greta. Alex enjoyed getting to see his aunt, uncle, and cousin again and is excited to see them again in July for Greta's first birthday!

It took a little while for Greta to warm up to Rosco but by the end of the weekend they were best friends.

1st Mother's Day

Making friends with the goat

I think Alex was more intrigued by Andy's face
than the dolphin swimming behind him.

Mother's Day smooches

Thanks to my boys I had a wonderful first Mother's Day. The day started with a homemade breakfast and was followed by a trip to the Minnesota zoo. Alex was a trooper and made it about 2/3 of the way through before he sacked out for a nap. It was a perfect way to spend the day and I think we all had fun. Here is a video of Alex recapping the day's events.

5 Months

As I'm sure everyone knows, April was "OT Month" so we went out to celebrate ourselves and Alex got to be our mascot. It's hard to see in the picture but he's wearing his "My mom is an OT" shirt.

Ready for summer!

Rolling over

Alex is checking out his new boots he got from Jeff and Krista for Easter. They are pretty cool but it will take him a little while to grow into them- perhaps a few years.

It's hard to believe but Alex is 5 months old now. He is doing great and brings us joy every single day. Mom and Alex are just counting down these last 5 weeks until summer vacation!

Happy Easter!

Alex's first Easter wasn't quite what we had hoped for. I was sick with some type of stomach bug so we ended up staying home rather than going to Andy's parents' house for the weekend. At least Alex still looked cute and got to play with his Easter bunny that Grandma brought him last weekend. I couldn't decide which picture to put up so I just put up all three.

It seems like Alex has really changed quite a bit in the last couple of weeks. He is much more interactive now and really reaches out for things in front of him. He also watches people more now and has come to realize that Rosco is something different than a human. Alex was able to get a hold of Rosco's ear for the first time this week. He also made a big step last week by rolling over for the first time. We've only witnessed him going from back to front but he's reportedly also rolled from front to back at daycare as well.

Beth's Birthday

Chilling with Grandma

Bath time!

Alex with Aunt Jill

The shelf we found for Alex's room

at the arts and crafts fair

Last weekend I got celebrate my birthday with a visit from my mom and sister. We went to a local arts and crafts fair, went out to eat, and of course played with Alex. It was a great weekend.

Basketball Game

Alex got to go to his first basketball game last week. We went to the Timberwolves-Mavericks game on Tuesday and we all had a fun time. Alex was entertained by the jumbotron and all of the excitement and was well behaved the whole time.