We kicked off the week with play group, but then we had a few new adventures.
Wednesday we went to the new baby story time at our local library. Matt is a little younger than the recommended age, but I want to support the program, the librarian (who is very good) was fine with us giving it a try, and he does enjoy his books.
Technically I got the library card, but it'll be in heavy use for him until he can write his name well enough to get his own.
Thursday I took Matt into the city to my places of work. The weather cooperated; the chance of rain didn't materialize, and the temperatures were in the 50s, making it actually feel like spring could be around the corner. We enjoyed the nicer weather even more when, on our way home, we stopped to go for a walk with some other moms and their kids.
Friday Matt started showing signs of teething again, so we stayed home rather than go for a walk at the state park. Matt woke up with a stuffy nose Saturday, so we stayed home all weekend, too, although Matt did enjoy helping to move some things from the garage to the garden shed and checking out Jon's work in organizing both.
Matt continues to be obsessed with picking things up, which he's getting better and better at. In fact, I may not be able to do laundry while he rides in the carrier much longer, because he is reaching out and grabbing everything, not just clothes and towels but also hangers and clothes racks. By Tuesday he took his skills at picking things up to its next logical step: deliberately dropping them. Fortunately he still likes retrieving what he's just dropped, which is why this new game is so fun for him. By the end of the week he was showing another new development related to all of this: when he wants to pick something up while standing, he now squats down rather than folds at the waist (all still with some help from us). And he also started realizing there are things just beyond his reach that he can't yet grab but has started to want to have. The stage for further movement has been set...
I'll close with a few more cute photos.
Happy baby lounging in pajamas
Forgive the blurriness, but this is one of the biggest grins I've been able to capture on camera.
Getting ready for his big outing
Still having a good time on his "jungle gym"
Wednesday we went to the new baby story time at our local library. Matt is a little younger than the recommended age, but I want to support the program, the librarian (who is very good) was fine with us giving it a try, and he does enjoy his books.
Technically I got the library card, but it'll be in heavy use for him until he can write his name well enough to get his own.
Thursday I took Matt into the city to my places of work. The weather cooperated; the chance of rain didn't materialize, and the temperatures were in the 50s, making it actually feel like spring could be around the corner. We enjoyed the nicer weather even more when, on our way home, we stopped to go for a walk with some other moms and their kids.
Friday Matt started showing signs of teething again, so we stayed home rather than go for a walk at the state park. Matt woke up with a stuffy nose Saturday, so we stayed home all weekend, too, although Matt did enjoy helping to move some things from the garage to the garden shed and checking out Jon's work in organizing both.
Matt continues to be obsessed with picking things up, which he's getting better and better at. In fact, I may not be able to do laundry while he rides in the carrier much longer, because he is reaching out and grabbing everything, not just clothes and towels but also hangers and clothes racks. By Tuesday he took his skills at picking things up to its next logical step: deliberately dropping them. Fortunately he still likes retrieving what he's just dropped, which is why this new game is so fun for him. By the end of the week he was showing another new development related to all of this: when he wants to pick something up while standing, he now squats down rather than folds at the waist (all still with some help from us). And he also started realizing there are things just beyond his reach that he can't yet grab but has started to want to have. The stage for further movement has been set...
I'll close with a few more cute photos.
Happy baby lounging in pajamas
Forgive the blurriness, but this is one of the biggest grins I've been able to capture on camera.
Getting ready for his big outing
Still having a good time on his "jungle gym"
