Willem's 1st Snow

Last week, we traveled to Billings, Montana for work. It is a beautiful town and we arrived to 70 degree weather. The next day the temperature dropped and it began snowing at night. Willem bundled up to head out to dinner. We pointed out the snow but he paid no attention to it.

Willem is 6 months old!

Last Friday Willem had his 6 month birthday! We can't believe how time is flying by. Willem is loving eating his solid foods, especially applesauce. He sits up very well now in his tripod position. If he is on his back he usually rolls right over to his stomach.

The latest development is that he's getting into the crawling position. He'll get up on his knees, especially if he's frustrated and is just starting to scoot in the last day or so.

We went to his 6 month well check appointment on Thursday and passed with flying colors. He's up to 27.25" and 15lbs 6oz.

Willem's hand, eye coordination is also improving, he can now bring the pacifier to his mouth and everytime he gets it in he glows with pride:)

Besides that, we are settling into our new life in St. Louis. Willem and Jason went to the Parkway South Homecoming Parade today, it was Willem's first parade. He enjoys people watching. Whenever he sees something new he studies it before engaging, so he was rather pensive.

Pumpkin Picking

This weekend was filled with new experiences for Willem. He is so active now and wants to move, move, move. He loves joining us at the dinner table and tried oatmeal, applesauce, bananas and carrots. He didn't love the carrots but he likes everything else so far.

Willem is sitting up pretty well now so he was able to sit in the grocery cart for the first time. He loved looking around and watching us do the shopping.

Then on Sunday we went to the Kirkwood Farmer's Market with Grandma to pick out our pumpkins. He enjoyed playing with the hay and tolerated posing for some pictures.

(Jason stayed home while we went to the market so he'd like to comment that we found the ugliest pumpkins to pose Willem with)

Willem is eating bananas!!

On Tuesday, Willem tried bananas for the first time! He was so excited, for weeks he's been showing interest in the food we are eating and has been grabbing at silverware and this week he's joined us at the dinner table.

The first day we gave him banana he made funny faces but ate quite a bit and kept asking for more. Today there were no funny faces and he ate twice as much and was grabbing for other food. Tomorrow we're onto oatmeal:)

We have settled into our new home

This past weekend, our family relocated to St. Louis! Our friends in Iowa helped us load up the Uhaul and away we went down to St. Louis. Willem has settled in very well and is loving his time with his grandma. His new home is like a giant playhouse for him as there are so many new things for him to look at.