Reese is busy busy growing up!

Reese has been working on trying to sit up alone:

He still needs pillows for support

Oh, tippy turtle!

But still so cute!

And a nice opportunity to capture those adorable little feet

He also seems to be thinking about crawling! When on his tummy he often gets up on his knees and elbows and tries to push forward. Maybe he will be a little ahead of his brother and not wait 3 more months to go somewhere!

He had been having quite the conversation with Clifford here!

It's hard to capture his pre-crawl attempts on film!

Also, something I haven't blogged about him yet is his first foods! I gave him some rice cereal for the first time on June 21st, but he didn't really seem ready (like none of it was swallowed, all spit out!) so I waited to try again for about another week. The second attempt was slightly more successful and he has been eating a little baby rice pretty much every night since then. He has also had some bananas, either mashed with a fork and mixed in his baby oatmeal or a chunk of banana in a mesh feeder bag and he can just suck it through the mesh. It's so messy but he is basically making his own baby food! He has also had some pureed pears that I made for him. I think some of the problem at first is that I was mixing the cereal too thin; he seems to prefer a much thicker texture right now.

Here is his very first try with cereal and a spoon from June 21st: