Photo Dump

Not a themed post...just a bunch of photos I don't want to lose track of!

Our friend LJ from California stopped by for a visit!

Our first trip to the park

Hey dad!

Hey mom!

Introduction to fine brews

Morning of his first sleep through the night night!  14 weeks to the day.

He moves the rattle so fast you can't see it!

Right after rolling over the first time

Then spitting up.  He's learning from Nanaa that it's best to do on the hard floor instead of blankets or carpet.

A happy morning feeding

His eyebrows in this one kill me.

Hasn't outgrown the milk coma

Haven't gotten a cuddle like this in awhile!

Thought it might be my last one so I made sure to document it

Napping, or disco dancing?  Also, he's perpendicular to how we put him in the crib

Practicing sitting

Slash yum mom, your hand is tasty!

A couple more videos

Man, did dad ever get him laughing the other day.  He didn't want me to take a video because he'd just gotten back from a run, but I couldn't resist.

He has finally gotten rolling over down.  Or at least, he had the evening that I took the next video.  But by the time I was taping, he'd probably done it 10 times and apparently had gotten a little tired.  But he made it.

Video Dump

Giggles.

Talking to his mobile from Aunt Wanda

Talking to his mobile and trying to roll over at the same time.

Phantom pacifier

Actually holding on to toys

Hero in a Half Shell

A friend of mine sent A a TMNT outfit as a gift.  We took advantage of the cooler weather to put him in it.  It's a very large 3-6 month outfit; if anyone wants to have it for Halloween, please let me know!  It's a cozy sweatsuit.  Don't worry, the nun chucks were padded.

4 Months Old

How did this happen?  Our happy baby has been with us for a third of a year already!  Between three and four months, he started sleeping through the night.  He went from drinking 4 oz bottles to now SEVEN ounce bottles.  He started daycare.  He rolled over back to front.  He started really unleashing his giggles (video to come soon!)  He got to spend time with both his Grandma and his great aunt who both gave up time at home to help us until daycare was able to fit him in.  He really got going with his talking/babbling.  He has started to figure out that if he makes pathetic noises, we'll pay attention to him and then he can flash a smile at us.  He grabs EVERYTHING with the goal of putting it in his mouth.  He's working on sitting up but isn't there yet.  We are absolutely smitten.

Pre-photo shoot lighting check

Mothers Day

What a difference a year can make.  Last year on Mothers Day, B and I drove home from a weekend of camping and hiking in Sequoia National Park and called our moms on the way home.  I had had a lot more trouble than usual hiking, and struggled to catch my breath.  I had concluded that I must be pregnant, B thought I was just out of shape.  When we got home, I took a pregnancy test, and even though it's supposed to take 3 minutes to turn positive, it turned positive by the time I walked down the hallway to the kitchen where B was standing. I think that I thought at the time that it was the best Mothers Day present I could ever get.

But then I got to spend a day with our almost 4 month old and his dad.  Nothing better.  We went out to brunch this morning and also went on a walk later in the afternoon.  On a typical Colorado May day, it snowed quite a bit last night, but is all gone already.  I got a good bath in, too.  Mercifully, there are no photos of that.

The hat I made while on bedrest got one day's wear!

"I'll never let go dad, I'll never let go."

Mission Accomplished

This morning as we were getting ready to leave for day 2 of daycare, we put A in his gym.  He's been working on rolling over for a few days now, and we're not sure when it happened, but all of a sudden B looked at him and he had accomplished his goal.

Today after work, he did it 3 times!  Twice before dad came home, and then once after.  I didn't video until then, and at that point he was a bit fussy and tired, so he did it with a pacifier in his mouth to boot.  He currently can only do it in that one spot, and there's a slight drop off where the blankets we're using for padding taper off, but he's really close on the other surfaces as well.  It's so fun to watch him figure this all out!

His other  new favorite activity is talking.  Yesterday morning before daycare, he decided to talk it up while stuck in his not-quite-turned position.