I just love this face!!

I never knew a kid could enjoy swinging so much. I like it for a few minutes and then I start to feel sick. Gotta love that smile;)

Sleeping

Isn't he just so cute! I thought I'd have to go turn him over every time he rolled to his tummy in the night. Well, we officially have a tummy sleeper now. He almost always rolls right to his tummy when I put him down for naps or night time.

Uh-Oh

What's that in your mouth Denzil?

OH, 2 teeth! That explains a lot!

Primates at the Zoo

Greenville Zoo

We ventured down to Greenville, SC last weekend to meet up with friends from Atlanta. We decided that the zoo would be a fun pick. It was a nice sunny day and fun to see a few animals. It's a small zoo so there were just a few animals but they didn't disappoint. This zoo had quite a few animals from Madagascar which was cool for me. They had a couple types of lemurs, the hissing cockroaches, some type of snake, and a turtle I think. Anyway, Denzil and I had a great time so here a few pics from the trip.

Denzil's second word??

Sorry that the video is of the back of his head but I didn't want him to stop talking when he saw me bring out the camera.

Swinging

On Saturday a group of us met at the park. I put Denzil in the swing there and he loved it! He was giggling the whole time and of course I didn't have the camera so Kris and I took advantage of the beautiful weather yesterday and walked to the park by us. Denzil was pleased as punch.

Except the slide was kind of lame. I basically had to push us down the whole way. Maybe I need to send this photo to the parks and rec department and they can see that even an infant thinks this slide needs improvement.

6 Months - Already??!

Well, time sure flies when you're having fun. Now that Denzil is 6 months old I'm amazed at how much he has grown in such a short time. He is such a cute kid and he can bring a smile to your face whenever he smiles and giggles. We are having so much fun watching him grow and learn new things. He is getting pretty darn good at sitting up by himself and he's getting better and better at rolling back and forth although last night he rolled onto his tummy and was not happy about it but quickly went back to sleep after I put him back on his back. He also did a 180 in his bed last night which also lead to him waking up. Maybe he gets that from me. I use to wake up quite often with my feet where my head was supposed to be and I know my siblings really liked that;). We are excited to see what the next few months, even weeks, have in store. It's amazing how quickly a child develops new skills.

1st "solid food" meal

In honor of Denzil's 6 month birthday we decided to start "solids." In one of the books I have it gave the measurements of how much rice cereal and milk to put together, but their description of "the consistency of cream of wheat" and what we had today were not the same. He seemed to enjoy it though. I think he'll be a great eater. He was a bit messy but he kept opening up for more. He really only gave us a funny look on the first 2 bites then he pretty much couldn't get enough.

Denzil's 1st word??

Valentine's Day

For our Valentine's date Kris made this delicious pizza and we watched the olympics until we could barely keep our eyes open. Probably about 10:30.

Sleep time

Since Denzil was born I have swaddled him for naps and bedtime because he sleeps longer and better. Over the past couple of weeks he has been getting his arms out more and more. This is how I found him a few mornings in a row after waking up repeatedly in the night to put his arms back in.

So yesterday I went to the movies with my friend and Kris was babysitting. He decided to try a nap without the wrap and Denzil seemed to do okay so we tried it for the night too. He did great! He woke up when Kris and I were going to bed, he had turned himself sideways in bed, and then I didn't hear him again until 6:30 when the same thing happened. So, I guess Denzil won't be in the straight jacket anymore.
Denzil is such a great snuggler. After he wakes up from his naps and in the morning he likes to snuggle for a few minutes. What a sweetheart.

Play time

Denzil really likes to play in his exersaucer. Everyday he figures out how to play with something else on it. Today I tried to get a video of him hitting the lion on the round thing in the lower right corner of the picture with his head to make the noise but of course when I pulled out the camera he just wanted to look at the camera instead. Then he all of a sudden got grumpy so I bent over to pick him up and what do you know, code brown...big time. At least he goes sometimes I guess but it sure is a mess when he waits a few days in between. At least the kitchen sink was clean so we were able to spray him down instead of using 10+ wipes to clean him up.

So I bought this cute little workbench that plays songs and makes different noises and I think I like it more than Denzil at this point. But, he has figured out how to make lots of the noises and songs play with his feet. It's pretty cute. The other day while playing on the play mat we have an Elmo toy that plays songs hanging on there and Denzil was making it play with his feet too. He's pretty good with his toes.

We have been practicing sitting up. He does pretty good for a little bit but he's a leaner and he really likes to kick his feet out and straighten his body so he slides to his back on the floor.
A few weeks back he discovered his toes and he has been loving them. It makes diaper changes a challenge sometimes. He's got some strong legs too. He wraps them around my arm while I'm changing him.

Look alike??

So the other day I was going through some of our pictures and taking out the red eyes and when Kris and I saw this picture of Denzil we both thought that it looked a lot like my nephew Carver. What do you think?

I found my voice!

This is just a little taste of what Denzil sounds like these days. He can be very loud but oh so cute!