But first one more picture from 2009...
Heading to church the Sunday after Christmas
New Year's Eve we made the long trip to West Virginia to visit Edward's family. To break up the hours in the car (and to drop off Piper), we drove to my parent's house Wednesday night. It took about 9 1/2 hours to go from NJ to WV with two stops. Nate slept several hours in his new, comfy car seat. I sat with him in the back seat and entertained him with toys and a flashlight during his awake time. The ride went better than anticipated (I envisioned hours of screaming) but was not exactly fun.
(Here Nate is clutching his favorite fish toy from Great G and G)
Jim and Nate playing a little catch.
And back in the car to go home! We left WV at 11:45am and arrived back in CT at 11:45pm, with only three short stops. Too much time in the car.
Monday and back to our usual routine
Nate is not crawling (at all) but he is quite skilled at standing. He uses the couch for support but can lifts both hands for many seconds before leaning back on the couch. The longest he balanced on his own was about 7-8 seconds.
Nate is doing very well with solids. So far he has eaten oatmeal, apples, bananas, mangoes, peaches, pears, prunes, grapes, blueberries, avocado, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and peas. The only one of those foods that he (strongly) disliked was peas. Can you blame him?
He also enjoys peach flavored puffs. I first gave them to him on Monday and he had a very difficult time picking them up, but his pincer grip is much improved even by today and he popped in five or six all by himself.
Success!
Here he is eating a mum mum (rice rusk). I don't think he likes these as much but they are easier to eat.
Such a big boy!
Lots of finger chewing these day
Along with ear pulling/scratching
Nate's second top tooth popped through a few days ago so now he's up to five teeth.
And in case you've lost track, Nate turned 8 months old on Sunday.
Here we are driving through wild, wonderful WV. Join us for a minute of our car ride...
