Week 10 (Feb 7)

We started playing the "Ready" game this week. I had Miles laying along my legs (which were angled, my feet on a footstool) and he kept trying to sit up. I would take his hands to help pull him up to a sitting position, saying "ready?" each time. He started reacting to the word and sitting up whenever I said it. Now we joke that we have to be careful with the word ready, sometimes using the word "prepared" or spelling r-e-a-d-y instead, otherwise Miles tries sitting up!

Week 10 pictures...

Sitting in our new highchair!

Sleeping on Gramma Sue

Tummy time with Daddy.

In our "going home" outfit from Aunt Ali.

As a reminder... here he was when he went home in it!! What a big boy!!

Week 9 (Jan 31)

This week has been exciting so far. First, Miles and Maren started attending Early Childhood Family Education classes on Wednesdays. M&G joke that it is so Miles can learn how to be a baby, but really we sang, played with toys, watched the other babies (Miles was especially interested in the other babies) and the mommies talked about baby issues. We both had a very good time. There were 6 other babies there - a 10-week-old, 3 3-month-olds, a 5-month-old, and a 6-month-old - and Miles was the youngest but was (unofficially) bigger than all but the 6-monther. He appeared to be about tied in size with the 5-monther. He is definitely a big boy!

The other exciting news is that we have had three accidental roll-overs during tummy time. Earlier today, I put him down and he leaned his head over sideways, which rolled his upper body over. So I helped him push his legs over. Then, this afternoon, I again put him on his tummy and he leaned his head to the side. This time, there was enough momentum to bring him all the way to his back. He was really excited (mainly because he merely tolerates tummy time and would much prefer being on his side or back) so I tried putting him on his tummy another two times with the same result. However, on the fourth time, he got stuck and then got really frustrated and mad, so tummy time was over. I call them "accidental" roll overs because I have to place him with his arms under his chest for the whole thing to work, like this...

Once he can bring his own arms under his chest and roll over, it will be an official one, if that makes sense. I was hoping to catch some pictures of the roll overs, but they happened so fast I couldn't get the camera to my face in time. Some other time!

Other exciting news is that Miles seems to be tracking faces and objects better this week. I'm still not convinced that his eyesight is good, but he is at least adapting.

Today's series of pictures is Miles looking at his fuzzy block mobile... enjoy!!

8 Weeks, continued

Just a few more pictures from week 8...

Henry snuggling with the baby.

Sitting up so tall!