This video was taken when Dragonfly was exactly 9 months old (last Saturday), so it can double as his 9-month photograph 🙂 An extra tidbit: Sunday marked the “anniversary” of him being as old as his gestational age at birth – 39 weeks, 2 days.
Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
The big boys worked together to make this Iron Mask for Small Fry. He’s taken to wearing it everywhere he goes. My favorite part is the way he says “Iron Man.” He says it with a short i sound (like in “it”). ir-on man. Love it!
Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans!
I hope everyone, regardless of where you live, has a great weekend!
Blessings,
I have more than just a picture of the week for you today… Baby Dragonfly is officially crawling. Up on all fours crawling. Eeeek! And he’s beginning to pull himself up to standing on things, too, which means we had to lower his mattress in his crib. It’s kind of bittersweet for me. It’s good that he’s growing, developing, and thriving. But it’s sad that he’s not my tiny baby who wants to be held all the time anymore.
Blessings,
Baby Dragonfly is 6 months old today. I’m always amazed at how quickly the time goes, especially the first year of a baby’s life. They change so rapidly that it seems like the time is gone in the blink of an eye. I think back to my birth experience often (always fondly), and I long for the days when he was tiny enough that I just wanted to hold him all day long. Now he’s heavy (over 17 pounds!), he’s grown 7 inches since his birth, and he’s a wiggle worm. He doesn’t crawl up on all fours yet, but he inchworms his way around the living room. He hasn’t figured out that he can go around walls, but I know that’s coming.
In honor of Dragonfly’s half-birthday, I want to share a picture of him at birth (technically, he’s two days old in the picture; he was born on Friday, and the photographer came by on Sunday) and a current picture.
A hospital picture
As a side note, I find it coincidentally appropriate that he was born on Friday the 13th, and his very first half-birthday also falls on Friday the 13th. How neat 🙂
Blessings,
Dragonfly is at that magical age when he can start to think about eating more than just breastmilk. I’ve read a lot about “baby led weaning” recently, which basically is a way of introducing solids to babies as whole foods from the very beginning and skipping the purees altogether. I’m not sure I’m mentally prepared to skip baby food with him, but all my research has told me that it’s okay to give him whole pieces of fruit and vegetables; purees aren’t strictly necessary. So long as I’m right there with him to make sure he doesn’t choke, I’ve been allowing him to practice gumming some vegetables, especially at mealtimes. Here you can see him with a piece of broccoli. Fun times!
Blessings,
From my Instagram feed…
(The kids are called by their birth order there rather than their blog nicknames.)
Have a great weekend!
Blessings,
For my first knitting project (not counting practice swatches), I decided to make Dragonfly a pair of baby booties. The first pattern I tried worked out really well – the booties were super cute – but ended up being a bit too small for him, despite me having made the 6 month size. So I found another one to try, and they seem to fit better 🙂 I gained enough confidence in having successfully completed two pairs of booties that I’m trying my hand at a baby cardigan now. I’ll let you know how it goes!
Blessings,
We took the kids for a walk the other day. Outside the Community Center in a nearby town (we drove there and then walked around) is this statue of Abraham Lincoln. It’s a fun one to pose with! They also have Benjamin Franklin in their downtown district.
Blessings,
To go along with Monday’s post, today’s picture of the week is Munchkin putting on a record to listen to.
Have a great weekend!
We spent an evening this week decorating our Christmas tree. Going out to one of the fundraiser sites where they sell real trees (for a bargain, usually) and then coming home to decorate it has become one of our favorite Christmas traditions. For a long time, we used an artificial tree, but two years ago we switched to a real one and haven’t looked back. There’s something special about having a real tree for Christmas – and oh, the scent! It’s absolutely lovely.
This year’s tree is quite a bit larger than any we’ve had before, including our old artificial ones, so we combined both our rustic ornaments (an old tree branch that we found outside, sliced, and drilled holes in as well as some of those cinnamon scented pinecones from the store) with the “glass” (really plastic) balls. We also have a few non-conforming ornaments – some angels, each of the children’s “baby’s first Christmas” ornaments, and a few that the kids have made over the years. Overall, we’re thrilled with this year’s tree. It’s perfect!
(Dragonfly isn’t in this picture because he was happily snoozing in his baby swing while we did the decorating. He was right near us this way, but everyone who could help, did, without having to hold the baby.)
Blessings,