Spencer trying out various labial fricatives and trills
Spencer has been making some pretty cool sounds for awhile now, but for some reason he was particularly talkative Tuesday evening, and I was lucky enough to catch a bit on video. He seems to be very interested in bilabial and linguolabial trills and fricatives. For those non-phoneticians, bilabial means “with both lips”, and linguolabial [...]
Spencer likes chewing on the sun at the Feltys
Spencer turned 6 months old last Friday, which meant he was due for his 6-month checkup, which we did today. He was his usual playful self. He didn’t want to lie on his back, and he only cried a little when he got his vaccinations. He continues to be pretty big for his age as [...]
Spencer standing up by himself
Yesterday I was playing bongos with Spencer on my lap when all the sudden he started standing up, leaning on the bongos for support. I tried it again this morning to show Clare and he did it again. This afternoon I finally captured it on video. He is pretty impressive. The most impressive is that [...]
Clare, Rob, and Spencer at Mount Goliath nature center
On Sunday, we followed pretty much the same pattern as Saturday. Clare made crepes for breakfast. After we were all cleaned up, we headed out to Mt. Evans, which is only a 45 minute trip, instead of the 90 minute trip to Rocky Mountain National Park. On the way there we stopped for another basket [...]
Spencer sticking his tongue out as usual
On Saturday we took Melanie, Christine, and Ian to Rocky Mountain National Park. It was actually the first time that we had gone as well. We have contemplated it several times, but decided against it, because it is about a 90-120 minute drive. Having visitors inspired us to make the trip though, and it was [...]
