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Happy Spooky Day 2007

Posted on October 31, 2007 9:52 am by TheAngelForever

Happy Halloween

Just wanted to wish everyone a sweet, safe and fun Halloween. Last night JL and JSL got our pumpkin ready for the big day. We bought a Mr. Pumpkinhead like kit to make it. Here are some shots of NHL making the Clown Pumpkin.

Deciding where to put the hat on Mr. Pumpkin:

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Making sure his arms are on straight:

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Posing with all of the pumpkins:

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A close up of Mr. Pumpkin and his two naked friends:

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Not too shabby for a cute kit that we bought at Target.

This morning I was getting JSL dressed. Darn monkey spit up all over his cute 1st Halloween onesie. So much for photos of that today. Then I squished him into the outfit that NHL wore for his first Halloween. Difference. JSL is busting out of it (he’s much older) and NHL was SO tiny in it. Here is JSL from the front and back:

JSL Halloween 2007

Looking back – NHL on Halloween 2003:

Boo-Hoo NHL

More photos later of the boys dressed up.

C’est Moi

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The feeding debate is over – perhaps

Posted on October 30, 2007 10:29 pm by TheAngelForever

No more need to wonder when to try solid food for the firs time with JSL.

At dinner tonight JSL was not happy. Usually he will sit in his highchair and play with toys and be happy. Sure he will watch and talk with us, but no fussing unless he wants to be held. This was not what happened tonight. JSL was antsy and kept making fish faces at us.

I went and got a bowl of water and one of the baby spoons. I spoon fed him some water (he’s only had water two other times – so that was also new). He really loved it and wanted more. I looked at JL and asked if I should break open the rice cereal. He said sure give it a shot since he was making even more sucking noises and fish face.

Here’s his first reaction:

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More slop goes in:

Which means that some must come back out:

Note he’s grabbing my hand to try to stop me:

And now here’s a video taken soon after:

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As you can see, JSL was not too thrilled with eating food. Personally I think he was upset he didn’t have what we were eating. That slop didn’t look good, but it’s the thing to start with. We will try it again tomorrow and go from there. Who knows we just may not be ready. Thanks to everyone for the input after my last blog entry about making this decision.

Before all of this fun and excitement (while I was preparing the rice cereal) NHL was having fun entertaining JSL. Here is JSL laughing at crazy NHL:

Here’s another video of JSL in hysterics thanks to his funny big brother:

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C’est Moi

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My Lil Penguin

Posted on October 29, 2007 11:20 pm by TheAngelForever

We were not going to get a costume for JSL, but finally felt the need when Laura told me about one at Old Navy. When JSL is getting his diaper changed or just sitting around he sings a little baby coo-ing song and his feet move a mile a minute. He also smiles his big baby grin. I had started to call him Happy Feet! Well, here is the costume so you understand why I could not pass the amazing 50% off price on the costume.

Here’s Happy Feet JSL in his costume:

My serious penguin:

Check out the penguin’s big blue eyes:

Trying to hide his smile behind his hand:

Do penguin have teeth? This one sure does!

More photos of both boys together after Halloween.

C’est Moi

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To feed or not to feed?

Posted on October 28, 2007 8:22 pm by TheAngelForever

JSL will be 6 months old on November 14. To date he has been exclusively breastfed. When we went for his 4 month well baby visit about a month ago our doctor told me that we could start rice cereal or any solids. I explained to her that I was in no rush since he did not seem interested and was content with mommy milk. She said that was refreshing to hear and said that was fine.

Fast forward to now. JSL is still sleeping 6-10 hour stretches at night and goes 2-4 hours during the day between feedings. Some people are starting to put some pressure about starting solids now. I am in no big rush.

Does he show interest in food? Um, I guess so. He’s interested in anything and everything that is near him and he can grab and try to stick in his mouth. He is now at the dinner table eating meals with us. He is not at all upset just sitting there watching/talking with us while we eat. Does he look at the food? Yes. Does he try to grap it? Sometimes, but he isn’t agitated about it any more than not getting a toy to chew on.

At this point I think we are going to keep holding out until we see he’s really interested. Most likely we will start when he’s 6 months old. Most things say wait until 6 months, but more lately are saying it is even better to hold out longer. Selfishly I want to hold out as long as I can. I like the bonding time with him and the perk of no monthly visitor while he is not eating solids. In addition to this, it complicates life more than just nursing. You have to make sure you have a bowl, spoon, food and everything else ready. Then you need bibs and ugh the mess. We all know more in the early days end up all over the kid and not in them.

I know we will start in the not too distant future, but at this time if he’s content why rush?

Here’s a photo sequence of NHL when he started solids. He was just a little over 5 months old when he started and looking back I think it was a little too early. I guess with first children you are anxious to see milestones accomplished, but savoring the moments with the next and most likely last baby.

NHL's 1st solid food

C’est Moi

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5 Month Comparison

Posted on October 28, 2007 7:55 pm by TheAngelForever

This month I wanted to try for shots of the boys to show that NHL was also a chunky monkey at this point. Here are photo of each of the boys at about 5 months old. One was taken 1-4-2004 and the other today, 10-28-2007.

~5 month boy comparison