May has been a busy month for baby Nick. We took our second trip to Texas, which meant Nick took his third and fourth plane trips. I was a little nervous that Nick would be difficult on the plane, now that he's a little older and able to crawl. Additionally, he cut his very first tooth the day before we left (naturally). All things considered, the flight ended up being fine. Nick slept for half of it, then C and I took turns walking and bouncing the baby up and down the aisle of the plane.
As always, we spent as much time on the trip as possible visiting with Texas family and friends. Nick was able to spend time with his maternal great-grandparents, mom's family and dad's family, including his two paternal aunts and his newest baby cousin who is 7 weeks old. We drove out to the country to celebrate Mother's Day, and even made it to Houston to see some of our friends. The drive to Houston is very different with a baby in the car!
Now that he is eight months old, Nick has been eating a variety of solids - now we've added sweet potatoes, avocado, peas, squash, bananas (which he seems to hate), and he's even gotten to gum bread and celery sticks. His one tooth grew throughout the trip home, and now it is poking out over the gums. Nick likes to saw everything with his new tooth - especially plastic toys and our fingers.
One of his new favorite things to do is SPLASH in the bathtub. We're looking forward to bringing Nick to the beach for his first experience with the ocean and sand. Considering how much he loves the tub, we think that the ocean will be fun for him.
His other favorite thing is climbing - Nick can now pull up on boxes and tables and couches... anything within reach. At the end of May he started pulling up and 'cruising' from one side of the couch to the other. He also has gotten better at dropping from standing to a sitting position, and pulling back up again.
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