Weekend Visit pics

Crab!

Sweet.

Hey Mommy!

We love visits. Thanks for coming up to see us Uncle Harry and Aunt Suzette! We had fun at IKEA and getting sushi (Shepard's not eating the sushi just yet) and generally hanging out. The weather was perfect and it's just good to be together.

Aunt Suzette likes me and the aquarium very much.

Uncle Harry joins us...Shepard is fascinated with his hands.

Aunt Suzi and Uncle Harry are coming!

Last Friday, I was able to be off to get some housework done and might have enjoyed my time with my little man too. :) He found his FEET on this day and started grabbing them mightily. Just a few weeks after I finally found the PERFECT SOCKS that don't come off. Sigh. I will likely spend a lot of time figuring out ways around his new discoveries. Uncle Harry and Aunt Suzi were on their way. Pics of them to come.

The Sun'll come out tomorrow!

OK. This is really indulgent on mom's part. This is basically just five minutes' worth of hanging out with the kid. The only interesting thing is when Barley enters late in the game. And by interesting, I mean there's something to look at besides Shepard's face. And we practiced a tune from "Annie" near the end.

So, this is new.

Hey look! I'm learning how to use a spoon to eat cereal!

JUMP!

It's the jumperoo! Like an exersaucer with bungees. Here's our first go at it...

I'm tall. By Shepard

Modeling my new beanie from Nicole

Today I went to see the doctor. He's a big guy who always pokes at me and puts the cold tubey thing on my chest. He also looks in my ears. I guess he's making sure I still have a brain or something.
He says I look very good. Then the short blond lady comes in and I don't know what she was doing on my leg 'cause I was looking at mommy but it pinched and made me cry. Mommy said that it would keep me healthy. Mommy thought she was making me think about something else with that bug toy but it still hurt but only for a minute then I was better.
In the folder with all of my stuff the doctor wrote on the tall chart, "Father 6'10"." That must mean something about Daddy being as tall as the doorway. I wonder if I will be tall like a doorway. I am taller than 95% of other baby boys my age. Mommy knew this must be happening because every time she puts a new outfit on me it doesn't seem to fit right. I thought maybe she would cry this morning when those brown overalls were too short. She called them highwaters and showed Daddy and said it's all your fault. And my ankles got cold. So she took them off and was talking about how she would have to learn how to sew more than just german outfits so she could make clothes that would fit me. I hope she works something out because I don't just want for my ankles to be cold a lot.

Smiling boy with cow and pig

Everything else is going just fine. I already weigh 15 and a half pounds so the doctor said I could eat some cereal. I wonder if that tastes like what Mommy and Daddy eat, because sometimes their food is stinky like that curry stuff Daddy eats. I'm not sure about all that. I will let you know what I decide.  I like being four months old because I get to sit in my bumbo seat and I think they are going to put together my exersaucer. I think I will like to exersauce. I have seen my friends exersauce at school and it looks like fun especially because there are things I can put in my mouth and press on.

Mmmm...pork.

I like school pretty good. I get to see other babies there and play with them and nap. Speaking of nap...see you later!

Election Day and such

I had the great pleasure of having Election Day off today and got to spend some QT with my little man. He's just as sweet as can be. Every day I marvel at how perfect he is...how blue his eyes are (crazy genetics!)...how his smile sort of lights up the universe...you know...usual mommy stuff.
We are in that period before he gets mobile and too curious. I'll admit that it's still nice to be able to lay him on a blanket and go to the next room for a minute without worrying if he'll eat something or take all the DVDs out of the drawer. I keep bracing myself for the day when I find him playing in the toilet water or something.
He fit into a six-month outfit today just fine. YIKES! I guess I'll need to pull that stash of 6-month stuff out of the attic one day soon and continue packing up those littlest clothes. October was a chock-full month of milestones, some sad and some fun. I find myself looking forward to the holidays and already wishing I could find more time in each day to pour into my home and family. It seems so difficult to do the smallest tasks like dishes...I am struggling to figure out how to make the holidays a time of peace and wonder as they should be. I have long-since given up on any sort of Rockwellian perfection and will just go with what we can do in the time we have.

We'll go in for his four-month check-up this week, and I expect to start figuring out other kinds of foods besides just mom's milk.  This is all happening so fast. As everyone has said, one day you turn around and they're in school...sigh. I do want to be sure I'm remembering the little moments well. That's another reason for this blog/site. I don't want his first year to have passed in a blur of seasons changing and not remember his toothless grin at four months.
Oh...and we voted today. Shepard and I. I think it was his first election. Of course, he just perched in his little pouch and fought off being drowsy. The insanity of the campaign was lost on him this time. Thank God.
Now, I need to go check in on those election results and do one more bottle...and dry my hair...and fall in bed.
~The Mommy