Spencer's 6 month stats!

I guess I need to get a thing on the side of this blog to track Spencer's growth like I have on Brendan's blog.   But until I do, here are his 6 month stats...

Weight: 16.5 pounds, 32nd percentile
Height: 26.1 inches, 38th percentile
Head circumference: 17.4 inches, 60th percentile

He is slowing down on growth (he was born  in the 93rd percentile for length and 66th percentile for weight), but his noggin is growing by leaps and bounds.  Another boy genius!

6 months old!!!

Hey Everyone!  My baby is 6 months old today!  When did that happen!?!?!  For real... I think that I have really entered a sleep deprived time warp as it was not a half a year ago that Spencer entered our world!  What a busy family we have here in Minnesota.  Spencer is currently protesting his move from the bassinet to the pack and play for sleep at night.  Daddy is snuggling him and I am taking a moment to blog!
So what has Spencer been up to? 
Spencer can now sit up by himself.
He can roll from belly to back.
He might know how to roll from back to belly but won't show us.
He can grab things (big and small) and pass them from hand to hand.
He says ma-ma-ma-ma, ba-ba-ba-ba and a yell/growl that I don't know how to spell. He is very vocal when he doesn't have his paci in his mouth.
On that note, he does like his pacifier, which is new to us.

We tried our first attempt at food.  He has only had milky rice cereal thus far and I'm not sure I can say that he has had it as I'm pretty sure it all comes back out.  But he gets excited and acts like he wants it.  Here are some photos of the first few spoonfuls.

 

 

Now, Mommy and Daddy, I shall get what I really want.  Hmmm which of big brother's candy do I want? 

This will do!

Spencer is not a huge fan of tummy time, but does much better than Brendan ever did.  I have seen him roll from his belly to his back twice now.  But on the whole he doesn't appear to want to roll around.  He is much more interested in sitting up (see later photos). 

 

Spencer can sit up by himself now.  He LOVES his big brother and watches him all the time!  This has actually become a problem when it's time to eat.  If big brother is close by, Spencer loses his concentration and would rather watch Brendan than eat. This leads to smaller, more frequent meals, which are less convenient for Mommy!  Anyways, they play well together.  Not surprisingly, Brendan wants whatever Spencer has.  So we are working on a "you can't take things from Spencer.  You need to bring him a different toy and see if he will trade" approach to playing for Brendan.

 

And best of all, Spencer is such a HAPPY BABY BOY!!!

 

Baptism Day

Spencer Richard Anderson was baptized on March 18th! Spencer is one special boy because so many of his family came for the event.  I have become a not so good photographer as I did not capture photos of all the people who took the time and effort to drive 400 miles to be here!  It was a whirlwind weekend with big brother's birthday party on Saturday and baptism on Sunday.  All of this made even better by the fact that Spencer got Hand Foot and Mouth disease and was pretty miserable for the weekend with a fever and spots.  But despite all of this, he was a trooper and only cried when the priest got holy water in his eyes.