Yesterday, Dylan figured out how to get up on his hands and knees and push with his feet, although he wasn't getting anywhere. Just now, when he woke up from his nap, he got up on his hands and knees and started rocking back and forth. I can't believe it - four and a half months, and he's almost crawling! Yay!! :)
Today, the town of Blacksburg is holding their first annual Summer Solstice Festival, from midday to midnight. There will be midway games, a sustainable energy parade, several contests for charity, even a flea circus! Since it looks like the weather is going to hold up, it should be a great time. More on that when we return!
Saturday, June 21
Thursday, June 19
Jesus Camp
So I'm sitting here with my husband and a friend, watching Jesus Camp, and I swear, I want to move as far away from America as possible. These people make me physically ill. I can't even speak...I'll have to try and formulate words to fit my feelings once this experience is over.
Four-month checkup
Dylan has started doing one of the cutest things I've ever seen him do - when he sees me, he will reach out for me, and when I come close enough, he will grab my face (sometimes pretty hard, lol), pull me in, and give me a great big open-mouth kiss! Sometimes, if he's in a particularly good mood when he does it, I can kiss him under the chin and make him giggle!
He's rolled over both front to back and back to front, although neither Chris nor I have actually witnessed it happen yet. We've put him down to play, on the floor or in his crib, and when we come back, he's flipped over. When I put him down on his back, he has started rocking back and forth and pushing with his feet - he isn't crawling yet, but I think he probably will soon.
At four months old, he's learned the sign for "eat". He doesn't give it consistently yet, but he knows what the word means and will give the sign to me about half the time. He also knows what "up" means - When I say it and hold out my thumbs, he will grab them both and pull himself into a sitting position almost entirely by himself! We're also giving him "diaper" and "more", but he doesn't seem to have figured them out yet.
He loves to bounce! He's very strong, and his legs are HUGE, so bouncing seems to come naturally to him now. We were home visiting our families two weeks ago, and my mom pulled out the Johnny Jump-Up I (and my sister, and my brother) used when we were babies:
He's burbling, mostly open vowel sounds, although since about two months old he's consistently made one that sounds awfully close to "oh, good". He's also learned how to blow raspberries! Those are always fun in public, lemme tell you :)
Stats: as of two weeks ago, he is 27 inches long, 17 lbs and 4 oz. His length is off the charts, and his weight is in the 95th percentile. Some people don't believe me when I tell them he's only four months old! He's gotten heavy enough that I can no longer carry him to the store, although I still carry him around the house and if we take the bus downtown.
And, of course, he just keeps getting cuter every day!
He's rolled over both front to back and back to front, although neither Chris nor I have actually witnessed it happen yet. We've put him down to play, on the floor or in his crib, and when we come back, he's flipped over. When I put him down on his back, he has started rocking back and forth and pushing with his feet - he isn't crawling yet, but I think he probably will soon.
At four months old, he's learned the sign for "eat". He doesn't give it consistently yet, but he knows what the word means and will give the sign to me about half the time. He also knows what "up" means - When I say it and hold out my thumbs, he will grab them both and pull himself into a sitting position almost entirely by himself! We're also giving him "diaper" and "more", but he doesn't seem to have figured them out yet.
He loves to bounce! He's very strong, and his legs are HUGE, so bouncing seems to come naturally to him now. We were home visiting our families two weeks ago, and my mom pulled out the Johnny Jump-Up I (and my sister, and my brother) used when we were babies:
He's burbling, mostly open vowel sounds, although since about two months old he's consistently made one that sounds awfully close to "oh, good". He's also learned how to blow raspberries! Those are always fun in public, lemme tell you :)
Stats: as of two weeks ago, he is 27 inches long, 17 lbs and 4 oz. His length is off the charts, and his weight is in the 95th percentile. Some people don't believe me when I tell them he's only four months old! He's gotten heavy enough that I can no longer carry him to the store, although I still carry him around the house and if we take the bus downtown.
And, of course, he just keeps getting cuter every day!
Sunday, June 8
New kid in town
My sister, who is a practicing Pagan, has started an online journal to discuss the state of religion in America. It's fairly new (there are only two entries so far), but worth a look, and I know she welcomes comments from all viewpoints. Check it out!
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