And....we're off!

Crawling is a skill that took JT several months to master. As with getting his toes in his mouth, he took his sweet time figuring out how to motor about on his own. One of the girls from my book club said that she remembers never putting her first born down long enough for him to learn how to crawl. Perhaps, I am guilty of this a little, too. He "officially" started crawling shortly after Halloween. Now that he is crawling around on his own, it is so fun to watch him explore. I feel blessed to watch him develop each and every day. Here are a few shots of him in "training" over the past few months. Enjoy!

Love at First Bite

My baby and I took a big step this month.  Let me clarify, we took a big bite.  His was rice cereal; mine was little tears over the loss of my little bitty, teeny weeny newborn baby.  As I write these words, my bottom lip sticks out and I feel sad.  Cry with me.  I am sad because with Food my baby is telling me "I'm growing up Mom, I'm going to be walking soon, I'll have teeth soon!"  I'm sad because I am saying goodbye to a very sweet chapter in my son's life.  I look at his Michelin Man body now and try to remember when he was only seven pounds.  As they say, "they grow up so quickly." 

As you can tell from the picture above, JT was not quite as sad to reach his new milestone.  He LOVED rice cereal.  You can tell it rocked his world.  He would reach out for every spoonful like a baby bird reaching to his mama for his morning grub, neck extended, lips up in the air waiting for the next bite.  We decided to keep feeding him food (our pediatrician would be happy), and last night fed him green beans.  He swallowed approvingly.  I'm scared of his next poopy diaper.  Will it be Incredible Hulk - like?

What was your baby's first food and did you weep like me?

Ode to the toes

If baby milestones could have ringtones, the 80's song "You're My Obsession" would be JT's discovery of his feet.  He has been spying his piggy toes since the first week of June.  He finally got these bad boys into his mouth recently.  He was sucking on his big toe so hard that when it came out it made a loud popping noise.

I wonder how long this song will be stuck in my head now....

I will have you, yes I will have you

I will find a way and I will have you

Like a butterfly, a wild butterfly

I will collect you and capture you