laupäev, september 04, 2004
For Pete's Sake!
Today is Peter's six month birthday! I thought I'd celebrate by sharing about how he's doing since we've come here.
He is still an incredible joy to us all. He is generous with his smiles, especially when a stranger in a store or on the street tries to get his attention. It is hard to imagine life without him.
He is a big boy. I'm not sure of his exact weight because we don't have a scale, but he is wearing 9-12 month clothes. He has been healthy, except for a little cold he had a few weeks ago. He still has remnants of the reddish hair he was born with, but only around the lower part of his head; the rest has gone blonde, so he looks like a bald guy with just a little hair wrapping around the back of his head! His eyes have stayed blue, so it looks like he and I will be two against the three brown eyes in our family.
He is getting more and more mobile. If we lay him on a flat surface, he will roll from front to back with no problem. He loves to grab things and put them in his mouth, and in the past month has really mastered the use of his hands so that he can now very intentionally grab for things. He has a play blanket with toys attached to it, and he loves chomping on a soft carrot until it is drenched with drool! He doesn't crawl yet, but we had him on the floor tonight and he used his arms to turn his body and get closer to the things he is interested in. He has a range of a good foot or two. He can also sit up on his own for a few seconds at at time, or longer if we support his legs.
He has a special relationship with each of us, and definitely lets us know if there is one person he wants over the other. It is especially cool to watch how Chris and Elizabeth fawn over him. Chris can often walk with him and calm him if he is upset; often he will put Peter on his shoulder and hum to him until he falls asleep. Another thing Peter loves is to go on Chris's shoulders; he will yank on Chris's hair, and Chris goes in whatever direction Peter pulls.
Elizabeth is Peter's personal court jester. No one can bring him to full belly laughs the way she does. She often doesn't even have to do too much, and he will just break out in a giggle. When she walks into the room, he usually brightens right up. He has an incredible knack for grabbing her hair, which she is trying to grow longer. Even if I am holding him and walking past Elizabeth, Peter will find a way to snag an handful of her locks!
Now that he is six months, we set up a high chair for him in the kitchen. It is the same one that my sister Susan's twins used, and Elizabeth after that, so it has lots of special memories. The kids are dying to give him solid food, which he hasn't had except for the bit our landlady gave to him. Probably soon he will have some mashed potatoes, applesauce or banana. We'll let you know :-)
Peter has had an incredible impact on our lives. He has reminded us to slow down (because you can't do anything fast with a baby in tow!), enjoy the little things in life and take things as they come. We needed that in this time of transition.
I'll try to get some pictures of him soon and post them so that you can share our joy.
--Tim
He is still an incredible joy to us all. He is generous with his smiles, especially when a stranger in a store or on the street tries to get his attention. It is hard to imagine life without him.
He is a big boy. I'm not sure of his exact weight because we don't have a scale, but he is wearing 9-12 month clothes. He has been healthy, except for a little cold he had a few weeks ago. He still has remnants of the reddish hair he was born with, but only around the lower part of his head; the rest has gone blonde, so he looks like a bald guy with just a little hair wrapping around the back of his head! His eyes have stayed blue, so it looks like he and I will be two against the three brown eyes in our family.
He is getting more and more mobile. If we lay him on a flat surface, he will roll from front to back with no problem. He loves to grab things and put them in his mouth, and in the past month has really mastered the use of his hands so that he can now very intentionally grab for things. He has a play blanket with toys attached to it, and he loves chomping on a soft carrot until it is drenched with drool! He doesn't crawl yet, but we had him on the floor tonight and he used his arms to turn his body and get closer to the things he is interested in. He has a range of a good foot or two. He can also sit up on his own for a few seconds at at time, or longer if we support his legs.
He has a special relationship with each of us, and definitely lets us know if there is one person he wants over the other. It is especially cool to watch how Chris and Elizabeth fawn over him. Chris can often walk with him and calm him if he is upset; often he will put Peter on his shoulder and hum to him until he falls asleep. Another thing Peter loves is to go on Chris's shoulders; he will yank on Chris's hair, and Chris goes in whatever direction Peter pulls.
Elizabeth is Peter's personal court jester. No one can bring him to full belly laughs the way she does. She often doesn't even have to do too much, and he will just break out in a giggle. When she walks into the room, he usually brightens right up. He has an incredible knack for grabbing her hair, which she is trying to grow longer. Even if I am holding him and walking past Elizabeth, Peter will find a way to snag an handful of her locks!
Now that he is six months, we set up a high chair for him in the kitchen. It is the same one that my sister Susan's twins used, and Elizabeth after that, so it has lots of special memories. The kids are dying to give him solid food, which he hasn't had except for the bit our landlady gave to him. Probably soon he will have some mashed potatoes, applesauce or banana. We'll let you know :-)
Peter has had an incredible impact on our lives. He has reminded us to slow down (because you can't do anything fast with a baby in tow!), enjoy the little things in life and take things as they come. We needed that in this time of transition.
I'll try to get some pictures of him soon and post them so that you can share our joy.
--Tim
