genuine human food

We're still taking it pretty easy around here, boring I know, but starting in a few weeks we over a month of family visiting.  Excitement levels should jump pretty soon.  In the meantime we've been laughing at along with Cal as he tries to figure out how to crawl and how to eat like a real person.

Sam distracting him from how tired he is to try and make him sleep longer into the morning.

Growing frustrated by not moving anywhere, but developing some mighty triceps.

Risotto*: not popular**.

 

Calvin-sized pancakes....

...much more appreciated.

Calvin-sized pizza was still a bit much, even though we microwaved it to make the crust all gross and soggy.  When I googled 'baby pizza' all I got was a book called 'Babies Don't Eat Pizza' and an article about some Australians who fed their babies pulverized pizza and pork cracklings and almost killed them.  But we boldly pressed on.

*British pronunciation of Italian words is a pet peeve of mine.

** if you had to guess what this lady did for a living

would you guess Author of Baby Cookbooks?  All the pictures in the book are her showing cleavage (like buttons popping open) feeding a (clean) baby.  It's kind of hilarious.  Anyway, the unpopular risotto was her recipe.

nick turns 30 & other news

Nick turned the big 3-0 last Monday (the 11th) and to celebrate, Calvin grew his third tooth.  It's an upper side one so he looks a bit lop-sided.  I've tried to capture a picture of it but no luck so far.  And I'm not sticking my fingers in his mouth for too long now since his three teeth can do quite a number on me.  In fact, we had a comedic situation the other day where Cal bit down on my fingers, I yanked them out in shock and hit Nick in the eye.  It may be before my time but it sounds like the 3 Stooges to me.  Calvin would be Moe.

In other news, Calvin had a check-up with the neonatologist's again and the doctor was extremely pleased with his progress.  We don't have to go back for another 4 months!  In case you were wondering, he still gets extra check-ups until he is 2 years old.  He is currently just shy of 20 lbs and still very tall for his age.  Any bets on when he will outgrow his mother?  I'm guessing by 5 years old.

Chilling with Dad on his birthday and fashionably supporting the Gophers

 Cal isn't crawling yet but he can really get his bum in the air.  

("Downward dog" for the yogies out there)

 

Eating cheesy toast and tomatoes all by himself.

jet lag and erupting teeth

With only a limited grasp of time zones, making the adjustment back to GMT has involved lots of screaming between about 9 and 12 at night.  If it's this hard for me to handle I have no idea how Cal is dealing with it.  He's got some teeth coming in to keep him occupied, so we started giving him some biscuits and rice cakes to chew on.  About 95 percent of the food ends up on the floor, but it's all part of the circle of life.  Hakuna matata.  The country remains shut down because of near-freezing temps and a couple inches of snow, so life has been pretty relaxed while we wait for spring.

chomping away on a biscuit

 

not screaming

 

closeup of the teeth (and some drool).  the tooth eruption process is more interesting than I thought.  check it out on wikipedia if you're bored.

christmas in MN and the end of the noughties.

We're at the end of our two week trip to Minnesota for the whole holiday thing.  It's been really nice, if not totally relaxing.  Cal explored wrapping paper and time zones, Sam discovered that she's 30, I wrestled with the competing forces of exercise and staying inside and having a beer, and none of us made it 'til midnight on new year's.  We get back on a plane tonight (hopefully a plane free of underpants bombers) and then we'll see what 2010 is all about.  It's predicted to be pretty awesome.  Here are a few pictures of MN, there are a bunch more here.

Opening presents, chewing on the paper.

 Hanging out with Nan on Christmas morning.

Galloping on Grandad's knee

 He's got some chompers coming in, so he chews on giraffes a lot.

Cruising around Shoreview on a sled from Nick's babyhood.

All is calm no longer- Grandpa Rick injects some adrenaline to the season.

Working out a new acrobatic routine for 2010.