Adventures with Rice Cereal

Our voracious eater now has something new on his menu...Rice Cereal. Yippee! We gave Owen his first taste of something w/ a spoon last Saturday and it went well. He gobbled it right up. He wanted to hold the spoon himself but that only made it more difficult. A+ for effort. You can't see it, but his bib says "drool" and that was very appropriate.



In other news (still about Owen, surprised?), I feel like I can't keep up with all the new things he does on a weekly basis (so forgive me if I repeat myself)...Here are some "what he's doing now" updates:

He's really into sighing a lot these days. Still squeals when he's happy or we're playing, but now he also has these really mellow sighs when he's just hanging out (say, in his swing, or in bed in the morning after he wakes up but before I come in and get him). Surprisingly, he'll lay there in the morning for quite some time just "talking" (sighing) to himself. It's really sweet.

He's also started loving to play with our faces. If you stand him up on your lap he can't help but put his hands all over your face (beware if you have glasses--they're coming off). It's good motivation for me to keep his nails trimmed!

Also, he's getting closer and closer to sitting up unassisted. His "tripodding" is getting steadier and he really likes to sit in between our legs and play.

He has started playing with his duck in the bath and actually splashing about a bit (in an attempt to grab the duck, which he can't because it's wet and it moves around when he goes for it).

And he has another fun toy...we borrowed a bouncer/"johnny jump-up" that goes in the door. He hasn't quite figured out he can bounce it himself (he sort of just spins/slides around w/ a little bounce here and there) but he really likes it when we help him. Oh, for the moments when he plays unassisted!

He spent his first Sunday in the church nursery and the sweet lady who kept him said he did great. He was asleep when I went to pick him up. Somehow, I don't believe her (that he didn't cry), but it will make it easier to leave him there next week. (To clarify, I'm not worried about him as much as whoever has to deal with him if he has a melt down!)

Whew, that's it. We're hoping to take an actual little hike w/ him tomorrow (if the weather is nice and Kyle has an easy call night)...we'll let you know how it goes.