Mr. Big Stuff

It's 11PM on a week night. We're on Fall Break, so there's no school tomorrow. Ajay's out for guy's night. Jaideep's sleeping. I'm, well, I'm regretting coffee at 3PM, but being thankful for some productivity.

Baby's keeping us busy -- he's not that into being a baby, you see, so he's working on being more like a big kid all the time. No, we're not toilet trained yet, but we are watching our little friend do his own version of crawling, standing up when given something to hold onto, and teething up a storm.

There are newer pictures on Picassa:
http://picasaweb.google.com/britta.watters/JRCMonths4And502?authkey=Gv1sRgCMT-waalmMzJugE#
but the real highlights are in the everyday world. We get a few things on video from time to time, but most of the excitement takes place out of view of the lens.

Some memorable moments... well, there are my continued attempts at nursing peppered with his continual attempts to 'help' by grabbing at the non-feeding breast ... with his hand closing into a tight fist that has a lobster grip I can't loosen around the feeding part. That's always fun. Or, let's see, there's his new language that falls somewhere between what I imagine coming from an excited screech owl and an angry lion. It's not unhappy, it's just screechy and at a volume of somewhere around 11 on the dial. Yes, 11. But, overall, it's all good. He loves being outside, so I'm hoping we can stretch some more Fall out of TN this year. He loves bathtime, likes being up on his dad's shoulders, enjoys being around people. He travels well and is starting to eat various very soupy foods.

I'm hoping that teething gets better or goes faster -- still no teeth, just a lot of drool, desperate screaming at random times, and gnawing on anything that's near the mouth. I'm also hoping he'll be able to get the sitting thing figured out (he goes from tummy to all fours to sitting for a minute, ... then topples over). Until then, we just keep on keeping on.

And childproofing.