6 Months

When did my little Spencer get this big?!  It blows me away how fast time goes by.  He is six months old yesterday and just so much fun.  He's doing lots of new things all the time.  He's trying all kinds of new foods and has yet to encounter anything he won't eat.  I don't think he's in love with the turkey baby food I gave him, but he totally ate it today on the third try.  Bill and I were a bit worried that he wasn't really an Ashman if he didn't like meat, but he calmed our fears this evening. lol.  He has decided recently that he wants to help with the feeding process, so his face is usually covered with food by the time we're done.

He's scooting along like crazy.  He puts his head into the floor and pushes with all his might and actually can move pretty far.  He's a pretty content kid though.  While he can roll and scoot now, he only does it to get to something that interests him, then he's content to hang out there for a while.  He loves his high chair.  Thanks Aunt Debbie!  I can stick him in it with a few toys and he's good for quite a while.  

He's starting to express opinions about things and not just reacting.  He is teething and he has had a bit of a hard time going to sleep lately and he will straight up refuse his pacifier if we try to give it to him.  He clamps his mouth shut, starts kicking his legs into the bed and throws a little temper tantrum.  It's pretty hilarious.  He also will dissolve into tears if he thinks we took away his spoon when he's eating and will refuse to eat anything else.  Also somewhat amusing, but I'd rather he just ate. 

He's started to discover his deep voice.  He is starting to kind of growl at us.  He's also kind of hoarse from the bedtime temper tantrums, so mix that in and he sounds a bit like a smoker.  Pretty much he just makes us laugh all the time with his talking.

He is still a cuddle bug.  I'm a huge fan of that.  He does everything he can to get my hair.  He's about to push his first tooth through and is subsequently chewing on everything from his dad's big toe to my shoulder to anything else he can find. 

That's about it for the update.  This adorable little guy has pretty much changed our lives.  I never realized how smitten I could be by such a little person.  Cliche I know, but it's pretty awesome.