Becoming a pro at the pincer grasp/feeding himself and getting into a crawling position from sitting

New ride for the little man

I switched out Joel's car seat in my car today from his Graco Safeseat to his Evenflo Triumph Advance Deluxe. It was very bittersweet! I know I could've kept him in it longer as he is just under 20 pounds now and around 28 inches long and the Safeseat goes to 30 pounds and 32 inches long, but he just seemed so jammed in it and he's been riding in his Britax convertible seats in Daddy's car and Grammy and Grampy's van for a while now. I no longer took his infant seat out of the car anyway as he sits well in the front off the shopping carts with his cart cover or in his stroller.
Anyway, he seemed to like his ride in it. We went walking the mall this morning. The material on the seat is so soft, when I put him in it after the mall, he was rubbing the side of the carseat up by his head with his little hand and looking at it like awww! I said "it's so soft and comfy isn't it?" and he gave me a big ole smile, LOL!

Beach pictures from 8-8-09

 

 

 

 

Update to Mr. Fussy~Clingy...now Mr. Normal, LOL!

I broke down and took JB to the DR's yesterday to check his ears. They are of course, fine! He is however getting his top front R tooth, so maybe that was part of the problem. He was back to his normal self yesterday so thinking he was just over tired and really thirsty Sunday, maybe from his busy day at the beach Saturday. Who knows! He weighed 19 pounds 8 oz.
Little Monkey slept in today, he is just waking up. He's going to have apples, cherries and plums with oatmeal for breakfast today, mmm!

Mr fussy~clingy today, hmmm?

Not like our happy go lucky little man at all! Wondering if he has a tooth coming in or an ear infection or something. Joel hardly cries and if he does it is just a whine, but today he was full out crying for no reason, you'd look at him and he'd cry, touch him, he'd cry, try and feed him, he'd cry...you get the picture...very strange behavior for him. He was only content to be held by Mommy with his head on my shoulder and just lay there (again, if you know Joel you know he is not like this, unfortunately not a cuddler). He however took all his bottles fine, but not interested in napping much today and just so fussy. He'd cry like couldn't catch his breath, pain cry so we are wondering if something may be bothering him. He guzzled 10 oz before going to bed. We've never given him that much before...he started with 6 oz, sucked that down (sometimes he takes 8 oz before bed). I was folding laundry and I hear Daddy who's feeding him say, his bottles empty and he wants more so we said hmmm should we give him more and so we did, 2 more oz and he sucked that down and was actually quite content and even a bit smiley after...so was he starrrvvvving?? LOL! Not sure!! He fell asleep shortly after. I'll see how he is tomorrow whether he needs to see the DR or not. He also had a temp of 100.2 this afternoon (the other times I checked it today, it was all normal) and with feeling so off, we gave him Tylenol. I also gave him some teething tablets before bed to see if that would help him. Hopefully he sleeps well tonight and is back to himself tomorrow. Maybe he was just over tired today.

Joel's 1st trip to the beach

Josh, Joel and I packed up and headed to the beach yesterday morning (will post pics as soon as I take them off the camera). It was a beautiful day in the 80's and the water was about 60 degrees. Joel loved playing in the sand and rolling around/scooting backwards and sideways in the cabana we brought for him. He however wasn't too fond of the water, whether it was the fact it was really cold or the loud roaring waves...not sure, but he clung to me the whole time we stood in the water (up to our waists). Daddy would try and hold him and oh no, he wanted Mama, LOL! Again though, he lovvveeddd the sand, typical boy was practically buried in it playing with his shovel and bucket and trying to eat it :o) We had lunch their and went out to dinner after where Joel had his very first own scoop of vanilla ice cream which he ate only a few bites of, but he loved the spoon, silly boy! He was soooo tired by the ride home and crashed in bed shortly after getting home. We all had a great time. The beach was packed, but it was a beautiful day and we have lots of fun!

Went to Maine Saturday to visit Joel's Great Aunt Anne & we had a great time!