Nothing like beautiful weather to make one happy (and gay....? Not in the "orientation" sense! In it's original state.) It was supposed to be kinda thunderstormy, but only a few puffy white clouds in the sky as far as I can tell! Jeremiah and I made a trip to Vienna to visit our friend Yoon at Starbucks (good for the hookups, if ya know what I mean! Saves me about $4/day-everyotherday!) There, Jeremiah attempted to 1) Knock over Mommy's latte (I didn't think he had it in him... boy was I wrong. Thankfully, they put covers on these drinks of there's.); 2)Eat a napkin; 3) Attempt to eat John's finger; 4) Flirt with all the ladies; 5) Drool all over his Bjorn; and 6) Just be one of the happiest/most smiley babies I've ever seen!
I tell ya, this kid, he's such a blessing. Even though I can't get anything done anymore (he's napping right now), and my sleep is always interrupted (thankfully, though, only once a night or so...) and I have 3-4 extra loads of laundry a week (but, thankfully, again, we never have to worry about having to run to the store for diapers!), but oh my Lord, I love it! Jeremiah is just the most awesome baby! My prayer every night is that we would be able to raise him up in the ways of the Lord, and that we would have an even awesomer Godly man for a son. I think it'll happen. ;-)
Speaking of Jeremiah, he's so funny. He's always slept on his stomach (can't get him to sleep very long otherwise...), and he's always scooched around his crib. So when you put him down for the night, you'll hear him moving around for about 20-30 min, and then he'll stop. Why?? Because he's all the way up in the upper corner of the crib, with his head firmly in the bumper (and usually his face, too). This used to make me nervous (well, still kinda does), but if he can't breathe well, he can turn his head (which he does). In the few occasions we've moved him away from it, he always finds a way back. It's like he can't sleep comfortably until his head is hittin' bumper. I'm thinkin' about getting one of those "
breathable" bumpers, which is basically just mesh, but he's been okay so far. I do have a gift card leftover, so we'll see... I think it will only become less of a concern as the days go by, since he's becoming more and more mobile. And we have the Angel Care Monitor, which alerts us if he's not moving (i.e. Not breathing). Of course, I'm pretty sure that has to be hooked up in order to be effective... Ah, details, schmetails!
His hair is in a funny state now, as well. It's getting longer, but it doesn't all grow at the same rate. Right now, the hair on the top sides of his head stick STRAIGHT UP! no matter what ya do to it. But it lays flat in between, so I'm not sure what that looks like (as in, what to compare it to) but it's cute. I'll try to snap a pic for ya'z.
What else is new with Jeremiah... Hmm... Well, he's really developing his motor skills. If he sees something he wants, he can grab it with a good amount of accuracy. He won't just swat at it--you can kinda see this in the video (though that's about 2 weeks old, so he's better at it now.) Lesson here: if you have something you don't want HIM to have, keep it outta his range, because if he sees it, he can get it! I wouldn't recommend holding him with your $200 shades on for this very reason. :-)
Oh yeah, back to today! So I'm getting a
new cell phone. It's pretty cool. I've had my current phone for two years almost, and it works fine, but it's startin' to act funky. Doesn't always let me text message peeps the way I want to. Hopefully, this new phone will remedy that. Also, it has a better camera on it than my current phone, which means better pics on the blog! And I can now send video messages, which is very nice. Hopefully FedEx shows up soon! I'm not a patient person! :-)
Also, my chourico came in today! It's a portuguese sausage that I grew up on. Had to "import" it from Fall River, MA, because no one really sells it around here. There's a Portuguese store in Arlington that sells it, but it's not as good. And tomorrow is Thursday, which means said Portuguese store will have fresh paposicos (Portuguese Rolls). Yum yum yum!
Well, it sounds like Jeremiah is waking up, so I'd better go get him. Hopefully he's in a good mood (I'm sure he is... he usually is!) Time for lunch! Mmmm... rice cereal. If that isn't gourmet eatin', I dunno what is! ;-)
