Bathtime is Fun time, we Like Bathtime! (7m2w)

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Kieran loves his baths, splashing and playing in the water (usually soaking Mama in the process.)  We sit him on a towel in the tub so he can sit up without slipping.   The “bath seat” that I searched high and low for goes unused because we all can’t stand it.  But Kieran sits up so well now that we don’t think it’s really necessary.  We’ve come a long way from outside baths during the summer, that’s for sure!

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Swingin’ (7m2w)

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I'm gonna get you Mama!!Today after my (early) birthday brunch at Hash House a Go Go, we took Kieran to the park on the way home.  He had a ball on the swings.  (Turns out what we thought was just a very tired baby after playing for a little too long was a sick kid – 3 hours later Kieran would be registering a 102.6 fever.  Poor little man.)

But he enjoyed himself immensely on the swings!  Click the pic to see more Swinging Kieran!

Thankful Heart (7m2w)

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I’m starting my weekend with a thankful heart.

  • Thankful for my beautiful son who does an impressively loud pterodactyl impression.
  • Thankful for my husband whose face lights up as much as my son’s when they see each other.
  • Thankful that my husband and I are both gainfully employed.
  • Thankful for my Aunt Nita, best friend Lisa and her husband Mike for gifting us with the crib, mattress and sheets that Kieran sleeps on every night.  He’s filling that crib so much more – it seems to be shrinking now!
  • Thankful for my brother Oin, his wonderful girlfriend Cynthia, our friends Sibyana & Cheri, and my co-worker Kate for all of the bits and pieces that make up Kieran’s bathtime.  He sits up in the tub and splashes while laughing his little head off now!
  • Thankful for Kieran’s Great Grandmother Nonny for his stroller, in which we took a walk around the neighborhood this evening because it was just too lovely an evening to go directly inside.  Kieran loves to sit in the fully reclined stroller and watch the world go by.
  • Thankful for my Philadelphia friend Kelly for all the care packages of baby stuff, including the (currently in use) baby food freezing trays and the baby food cookbook so I have some idea of what I’m doing as I make the fresh baby food Kieran is enjoying these days.
  • Thankful for another weekend to spend with my boys.

Sixes and Sevens (7m)

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This last month has just FLOWN by!!  I can’t believe that Christmas was just over a month ago.  (I’m still trying to get my thank you cards done!!  ack!)  But so much has happened in the last month too:

  • This. Every time we change his diaper. Roly Poly kid.Kieran continues to do wonderfully at Daycare.  (We call it School.)  His teachers are really getting to know him, and he has made friends in his class.  Most mornings, he barely notices when Paul kisses him goodbye because he’s already engrossed in playing!  He’s still the biggest diva in the class, but he’s slowly learning to be patient and to entertain himself.  (He just really really likes company – he doesn’t like to feel like he’s alone.)  Watching the other kids is really helping Kieran grow and learn – he wanted to get up in the high chairs at lunch time, which lead to him having his biggest solid meal each day at school.  He’s starting with Cheerios this week after watching the other kids with theirs.  (His teachers are great about helping him try these things in a very safe way.  Paul and I trust them completely.)
  • Kieran is rolling over from front to back and back to front.  He can log-roll around if he wants to.  He doesn’t seem to want to do that very much yet though, mostly because it would mean rolling away from whoever is on the floor with him.  When he topples over on his play mat, we don’t rush to help him up anymore.  And he’s all over the place in his crib.  We’ve had to move all his stuffed animals out from the far end because he’s actually moving around in there now!
  • Kieran likes to play on his belly now too.  He’ll push himself up on his arms while on his playmat and laugh and laugh.  He does a flippy/spin thing on the changing table that would be amazing if it weren’t quite so annoying during a diaper change.  He’s always trying to roll over during a diaper change, so keeping a hand on him is vital these days.  (No, we don’t think his cloth diapers make it any harder at this point really – he’s be just as squirmy with disposables too.  But we are all the more glad that we don’t have to deal with sharp diaper pins though.)
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Christmas, Continued (a month later…)

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Hooray, another big present to open!He was fascinated by the tree, whcihw as decorated with his hand and foot prints.Kieran gets a jump start on opening presents the day after Christmas.I finally found some time to go through the rest of the Christmas pictures, including the day after Christmas when we finally opened presents.  Kieran had a great time ripping open presents from Kate Osti and her family, Auntie Lisa & Uncle Mikey and from Auntie Kelly, Uncle Peter and Ms. Kara.  He was a little unsure at first, but with a little help from Mama and Daddy, he had a good time unveiling his gifts from friends.

We had a really great First Christmas with our little man.  So much to be thankful for, so much to celebrate.  If you want to see the newest pictures in the Christmas Gallery, click HERE, otherwise you can just check out the whole thing from the beginning.