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Baby Life - Week 21

Posted on March 28, 2007 - Filed Under Baby Life, General, News | 2 Comments

The 5 month old mark has come and gone!
Alex started a new series of solid food this week — carrots!  Actually, it’s more like carrot mush but it is one more step away from bottles of formula and breast milk.
Alex finally discovered that we have two dogs and is amused by their behavior.  He “talks” [...]

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Baby Life - Week 20

Posted on March 20, 2007 - Filed Under Baby Life, Life | Leave a Comment

A week full of laughter.
Alex is amused by the dogs now.  He laughs when they jump or chase their tails and it is funny to see his reaction to them.
Alex is also starting to reach for mom or dad when he wants something or wants to be picked up.  All of this happens so fast [...]

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Baby Life - Week 19

Posted on March 14, 2007 - Filed Under Baby Life, General | Leave a Comment

Welcome to week 19 which we will refer to as “sick child” week.  WARNING:  This post talks about puke and poop.  You have been warned.
Travis came down with something viral which knocked him off his feet for the pst two days.  Vomit and diarrhea for 12 hours solid, then a day or two of feeling [...]

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Rolling, Teething and Solid Food

Posted on March 7, 2007 - Filed Under Baby Life, Life | Leave a Comment

Looks like Alexander is not done for this week when it comes to milestones.  Earlier this week he learned to roll from his stomach to his back which is a big deal for babies.  I had no idea that it was such an important step for a baby, after all, even dogs can be taught [...]

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Baby Life - Week 19

Posted on March 5, 2007 - Filed Under Baby Life, Life | Leave a Comment

This was an interesting, and cold week.
Our oil furnace is probably 400 years old, and it had not been serviced in a long time.  We lost heat Wednesday of last week and our house turned into a freezer.   It didn’t help that temperatures outside were in the 30 degree range.
We “stopped freakin and called Beacon” [...]

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