My parents came bearing gifts this weekend. Included in Micah's stuff was a duck costume. He is so cute in it and it fits perfectly. We put him in it and took pictures. My personal favorite is the duck tail, if he were older he would be able to waddle when he walks!! He isn't adjusting to the new time yet, he was up at 4:45am this morning. It was way to early for me!
Micah is not feeling well again, his cold is rearing it's ugly head again. I really think he & I are just passing a cold back and forth between us. He is like me though, he sneezes like crazy to get his congestion out, I think he sneezed 15 times in the hour after he woke up. Lucky me, I get to constantly wipe his nose and he HATES it. He's been a little whiney today, but mostly he's just sat with me on the couch and cuddled or slept. We went to the park to swing for a little while this afternoon. He likes the swing but wasn't up to showing much of a reaction today. He sat on the counter while I made dinner tonight and played with his toes. They are really his new favorite toy and probably the reason he can't sit up yet. Every time he sits up, he grabs for his toes or a toy and goes face down to the floor. It's funny to watch, but I wish he could sit up, he'd have so much more fun with his toys. Well, his time will come soon!
Here's him helping me cook. Doesn't he look like a big boy? He's sleeping now, while we watch the World Series!
Micah was a huge help today with laundry...here is what he did while I folded clothes. He was in his exersaucer and started fussing so I put him in there thinking that something new would keep him quiet. It worked and he started making funny faces as always.
There is also a new video of him "dancing" in front of the mirror. Zac thinks he is stepping, like he's walking, but that didn't really look obvious in the video.
We had our first day when we didn't go outside at all. It was too cold today and Micah wore his jammies all day. I think he might have been a little crazy from no fresh air, but hopefully the wind will die down and we can at least sit outside again soon. Here are a few other shots I took that I think are really cute.
Micah's hair is growing longer now. We can finally spike it into a mohawk! Here he is after his bath tonight and of course like always he manages to make a funny face at just the right time. We took him to the park again tonight, he had so much fun on the swing.
We took Micah to the park in our neighborhood today. It was his first visit to the park. We put him in the baby swing and pushed him. He loved it. He never made any sounds, just put his hands out and grinned at us. Now that the weather is getting better here, we'll keep taking him and letting him swing. Here are a few pictures of his big adventure.
Micah is learning to crawl. He can get up on his knees and get his entire tummy of the ground. The funniest part of it is that he grunts while he is doing it. He hasn't learned to pick up his face so it gets very red and dry as it drags across the carpet. Yesterday we went to Daddy's work to show Micah off and then out to lunch. He was very friendly at Daddy's office and a great boy while we ate lunch. He sat in a high chair at a restaurant for the very first time and he lasted longer than we thought he would. I do need to buy one of those covers for the public high chairs because he kept trying to eat the chair and chew on the table. We are spending a lot of time on the floor practing how to crawl. I put extra lotion on his forearms & knees to keep the dry patches from becoming calluses.
This picture was taken on Vacation. Micah loved the beach and is getting to be such a big boy. He now loves standing with our help of course. This outfit is his "big boy" outfit, I was very excited for him to wear it. He had lots of fun on vacation playing with his cousin Matthew and in the water & sand. We will take him back to the beach next year and he can run in the water and hopefully he won't be afraid of the ocean. The boys both played in the water, we covered them with sand which was more like mud. We did not expect the boys to eat the dirt, but they both did. Luckily I did not see any dirt in the diapers later that week. I guess he didn't eat too much. Here they are covered in dirt :
