Spring is here!

I am happy to say that spring has finally arrived in Minnesota! It certainly took long enough! We have some exciting visitors coming next week (Simon gets to meet his cousins!), and I know we'll have lots of cute photos to post then, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to catch up on the past week or two of photos, before we're flooded with adorable Ellie-Ben-Simon photos.

You may recall that Simon's in utero nickname was Pickle...well, Andy found the Gedney pickle hat we got at the state fair last August, and decided that Simon needed to try it on--stunning look, isn't it?

Simon still doesn't really enjoy tummy time...and he's still not rolling over (those early 4-week roll-overs haven't been repeated in at least a month). Generally, tummy time consists of his little feet and legs working hard to get his rear end in the air, while he is face-planted into the floor, arms doing nothing at his sides. Here we have a rare glimpse into the possibility that he might, someday, learn that those arms can be useful--like for propping himself up to make tummy time more pleasant, and rolling over a possibility!


We recently got to see our friends Adam & Jen, with their little one, Zoe. Zoe is about 7 weeks old, and is busy looking all over the place--we were happy to give her some different toys to look at while she visited our house :).

Simon & Zoe--their first both-awake-at-the-same-time encounter! I think Simon is thinking "hey, who's that? Look at me!" and Zoe is thinking "lalalalala! I don't hear you..."

Though he isn't rolling over yet, Simon does have a new trick--grabbing his toes! So he's traveling further along the road of figuring out what is "me" vs "not-me"...hands are me, feet are me...