The clips are a little dark, but you can get an idea of what he's up to these days. Sometimes he works on his squatting.
Sometimes he does a little dance.
His crawling continues to improve. He's started exploring the house by himself, just heading down the hall or around the couch to see what's going on. We keep an eye on him, of course, but he's not afraid to check things out on his own.
Because of that, this was our latest purchase.
Lovely, huh? But at least we know where he is.
He's started doing this thing where he stands in front of me while I hold his hands and he leans in with an open mouth, like he's giving me kisses. It's the sweetest thing. I guess he can't help but copy what he experiences so often.
And the chatter! No full words yet--though he says "mmmmm" and "ymmmmm" when he eats--but it's not for lack of trying!~
He's got teeth right under the gum. We can feel them, and on the rare occasion that he lets us look, we can see them, too. Drooling has resumed in force. He doesn't seem too bothered by it, though he rubs his tongue over them a lot. Hopefully they'll pop out soon.
And he continues to help out in the kitchen.
"Mom! I
told you--not so much oregano"
Actually, he was just being whiny and clingy, and this allowed me to make dinner.
"You didn't tell me there'd be paper and boxes at Christmas!!! I'm so there! "
It bought me about 45 minutes, time enough to finish his splat mat (polka dotted thing in the background) and mostly finish his Christmas stocking. And he was happy as a clam.
That little pile of carpet samples? That's Zack's. More on that later.
You can see the Christmas tree in the corner. Zack is sort of interested in it and goes over and bats branches every now and then.
"What?! I didn't do anything!"
But he got bored and turned to the pile of carpet samples, which, apparently, are infinitely more interesting.
He's teething up a storm. There are two bottom teeth just below the gum and he's been chewing on everything lately. And crawls around with stuff in his mouth. Like this:
We've told him that's the wrong end of the binky on a rope but he won't listen.
This one reminds me of that old Greek statue of the discus thrower.
And some pictures of the boy who won't sleep in his crib, but will sleep here...
...and here.
I suspect there's going to be a day we'll find him hanging from our track lighting.
Zack has discovered how to flip the pages of books and is really quite pleased with the achievement.
"Isn't that the coolest?"
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Lovely, huh? But at least we know where he is.
Actually, he was just being whiny and clingy, and this allowed me to make dinner.
