What's New

Blogging seems like such a major task these days... so please forgive me.

Did I tell you Milo's sitting now? His balance is not perfect and he hasn't figured out how to keep from falling over. But... he can for several seconds at a time sit straight up on his own. The problem is... that's pretty much how he wants to be all the time now. When he was happy to be laying on the floor either on his back or tummy... I could get a couple things done during the day. But... that's Ok. I'm happy to give up a couple chores to help my baby boy sit.

He has found his voice in a big way. He'll start out at a ear piercing scream... then all in one breathe go down to a gentle "ooooh" sound. Its so funny. We are enjoying seeing Milo's personality developing.

We gave Milo his first sitting up bath in the sink this evening. I still take him in the shower with me, but that's more of a rinse. Its hard to really get him clean like that now that he's bigger. And occasionally I'll get in the bathtub with him for a swim-bath. So I think the kitchen sink will be the bathtub for a while. I hated the baby bath tub and baby sling seat I tried. Both made it impossible to keep him warm. It just wasn't conducive to a nice, relaxing bath.

Milo is given up the infant car seat. Still rear facing of course, but he is now in a convertible car seat I had been using with Anya. It sits him much more up right. And he can actually look out the windows. Its actually quite adorable. He looks like such a big boy in his car seat now. And he hasn't cried in it once yet (with the exception of the first evening we took him out in it... he was tired and was just generally fussy.) We had to move him from the back middle, to the back side seat because his seat and Anya's new seat just wouldn't sit side by side. I don't love having him that close to the side of the car, but its OK. We'll move him to the middle for any out of town trips.

I finished his Halloween costume. I just hope it holds up through our newborn party and for Halloween day. I'll be sure to post pictures.

Sleeping is still OK. I haven't been exhausted the last few nights, so I think that's progress.

What else has been going on in our lives?? Hmmm... I guess that's about all I can think of at the moment. Baby food making is still going very well. I made prunes yesterday. And I'm still working on the yogurt making. The first batch didn't turn out... it just tasted and looked like warm milk?! But... I'll try again.

Mom and Dad are coming up on Thursday. I cannot wait for them to see Milo and his amazing little personality. And they are bringing a Chicco high chair I found on Craigslist in BG. Its about 4 years old and was listed for $40... we got it for $20. Not bad, huh?!

Wow. I managed to get a full blog post written without Milo waking up. Go us! :)