Another beach trip

Southern had an excellent weekend at the beach. He loved hanging out with all of his family who he hasn't seen in awhile. He was good with everyone and only cried once - when my Grandpa talked to him in Spanish. haha! He loves Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go on TV... go figure.

We started out our trip with a short detour through Yoakum. We got to see my grandfather, dad, and Dustin's granny for a little bit. When we made it to the island, we headed straight to the beach. Dustin, Southern, and I got to walk up and down the shoreline as the sun set. We then unloaded the car and made our way up to our condo. We hosted supper that night in our condo so everyone came over and got to see Southern. He had a meal of pears that evening. He loves pears and will eat them with no problem. (He still doesn't care for rice cereal though but he does enjoy peas. His first meal of those was on Monday.)

The next day was spent sleeping, playing, souvenir shopping in town (my mom bought Southern a really cute Port Aransas onesie), and eating. Dustin spent time fishing. Then, right before sunset again, we took Southern out to the beach. This time to get dirty. Dustin walked him out into the ocean and let him get his legs wet. Then I held him in the shallow water so that he could bury his feet in the sand. He enjoyed wiggling his toes and making a mess. I then held him in the water so that he could feel the waves slap up against his back. You could tell he didn't really care for that part, but he didn't dislike it either. So we walked around some more then headed inside to get cleaned up for supper.

We had supper at my grandparents' condo this night followed by our annual poker game. I was the only girl playing this year and am quite proud to say that I ended up winning $4.40 (after I paid Dustin back for my starting money). Not too shabby considering the entire amount we played with was around 30 bucks. Southern slept during most of the game.

The next morning as we were getting dressed and packing up to leave, my mom was going to change Southern's diaper. She had him sitting up on the bed and asked if he would stay like that if she took her hands away for a bit to reach the diaper. I said no as she was doing it, but low and behold my son was sitting on his own! Albeit in a saggy bed that probably helped prop him up a bit, but sitting none the less!! Since then I have had him sit on his own once at home for a little while. Another new skill! Yay, Southern!!

Southern is mobile!

Over the past few days, Southern has been perfecting his scooting skills...



You can't turn your back on him for a second now!

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Southern's First Solids

We started Southern on solids this week! He had his first taste of rice cereal this past Sunday. I mixed a little bit into a bowl of breastmilk, making it really liquid in the hopes that he would take it well. He hated it!! He spit more out than he swallowed. I don't know if it's the taste or texture or a combinnation of both, but he is definately not a fan... you can tell by the expression on his face! haha
My mom came over to help out because Southern and I were both sick this week. She fed him his second meal of rice cereal on Thursday. He didn't take it much better. He acted like it was just awful! Pooy baby!! lol

We'll keep trying with the cereal and in a few weeks can introduce fruits and vegetables.