Happy 100th Post!

I cannot believe that I've already written 100 posts, or maybe I can't believe that it has taken me this long to write 100 posts. I'm not sure which one is true. Either way, I thought I would do something special to celebrate this milestone. Originally, I was going to go back over the weekly wisdom from my pregnancy polls, but is seems that I repeated myself a lot. (Hey, it's hard coming up with 35 different things.) So I figured that I would just pick out a few posts with the best advice, as well as a few of my favorites.

6 Weeks - No one will notice that you aren't drinking if you don't make a big deal out of it (Unless, apparently, you are me, and you turn down a glass of champagne while you are trying to get ready for a wedding that you are in. Yeah, that's how my friends figured it out.)

13 Weeks - It's better to eat lots of little meals than fewer large meals and letting yourself get too hungry

18 Weeks - Names will be a hot topic, start thinking early and don't share if you don't want to hear negative responses

23 Weeks - When registering near the new year, make sure to ask if the patterns you like will be continued (Or, even better, wait until after the new year to register for big items if you can. We were told that our stroller/car seat wouldn't be discontinued, but then they were.)

26 Weeks - Baby Bargains is a great book, and you should look into it before you even start thinking about the registry and what you will need to buy (I wish that I had) (I referenced Baby Bargains long after Peter was born, one of the best purchases I made.)

31 Weeks - Don't put off major purchases like furniture for too long, you never know when something will be out of stock and will take 8 to 12 weeks to arrive (We lucked out and our glider came long before it was supposed to, it was originally supposed to arrive in May...)

36 Weeks - Pack your hospital bag since (as everyone keeps pointing out to me) you can go at ANYTIME now

39 Weeks - Take your car seat to be inspected, just to make sure it is installed correctly, and they give you a lot of other useful information

Welcome Peter Joseph! - I don't think that I need to explain why this one is here

One More Video - I love this sound

In Just One Year

No Shoelaces Are Safe

Here is a picture of Peter, since he is the reason that we are here.

And finally, I'm compiled a slideshow showing how Peter grew over these past 100 posts. Let's see what I come up with after the next hundred.

All I got for Christmas were my two front (bottom) teeth

The morning after Thanksgiving, Geoff and I noticed that a second tooth was about to come through. Sure enough, Saturday morning Peter had a new tooth next to the first one. I got a picture, although it is hard to see the second tooth. It will probably be easier in a week or two, but who knows how many teeth he'll have by then!

No Shoelaces are Safe

Due to Peter's new found mobility, Geoff and I have implemented babyjail. Most of the time when we are home, Peter and I spend it playing in the middle of the floor, but every once in a while, I need to leave the room. That is where babyjail comes in, and I am so glad that Peter doesn't seem to mind it at all. (At least in small doses.)

In fact, sometimes he tries to break into babyjail.

He has also been working on the crawling, and is getting much better at it. When he sees something that he wants, he makes a beeline right towards it. Right now, he wants to untie my shoes. He even tried to untie PopPop's sneakers when they were visiting. Here is a video from this afternoon, showing off his new moves.

Another of his new skills is going from laying down to sitting up. Often, I find him sitting up in his crib when he is supposed to be napping. I think it is his way of saying that he doesn't want to sleep.

Nap FAIL

In other news, Peter has been great with the eating. We have added green beans and carrots to our meal options. We are looking forward to Thanksgiving next week, especially since we now have a list of fall foods to enjoy with the family.

Yummy green beans

I also have gotten a better picture of the tooth! It helps that it keeps coming out more and more. He still only has the one, but it looks like the tooth next to it is going to sprout any time now.

Off He Goes!

This weekend, Peter crawled for the first time. He was playing with Daddy when he did it. He's still a bit wobbly, and doesn't make it too far before he goes back to his stomach, but he is on the move. He's also a bit camera shy, so I don't have any real good shots of him crawling. He tends to sit back up and pose when he sees the camera. I'm sure that he'll get over that soon. Here is a not so great shot from this afternoon.

Can You See It?

Try as I might, I have not been able to get a good picture of the tooth. My problem is two fold, one is that it is small and hard to focus with my camera, the other is that Peter is still trying to eat the camera. I think that there may be more teeth coming soon, as he is furiously gnawing on stuff now. Much more so than when the first one came in. I am going to keep trying to get a good picture, but here is a slightly blurry one. At least you can get an idea of where the tooth is, even if it is next to impossible to see!

Happy Seven Months!

I sound like a broken record, but I cannot believe that another month has gone by. It cannot have been only a month ago that Peter started eating rice cereal (more like wearing it). Now he's eating oat, banana, apple, pear, sweet potato, squash and pumpkin! Later this week he's going to try green beans. Peter didn't get measured by the doctor this month, so I'm estimating that he is about 18 1/2 pounds (based on weighing myself with and without him). It also appears that he's about 28 1/2 inches (also a rough estimate).

Peter is fully up on his hands and knees now, but not quite yet crawling. He gets about one step before he flops back down on the floor. That doesn't mean that he isn't mobile. He spent a great amount of time this weekend showing Geoff just how mobile he is by rolling to where he wants to go. He also loves to stand up, and can support himself by holding on to either furniture or someone's hands. He is starting to try to pull himself up, so we had to lower the mattress on his crib again.

We are having a rough time adjusting to daylight savings, which is too be expected. Other than that, sleep has been much better recently. He is back to sleeping through the night, and now he even takes two or three naps in his crib during the day.

Still nothing on the "dada" front. I think that Geoff is getting frustrated.

I also haven't been able to get a picture of the tooth yet. Every time I try, Peter seems to think that I'm trying to feed him the camera. Eventually, I'll get a non-blurry picture where you can see the tooth poking through.

Here are some pictures from the November album, which I will continue updating through the month. Again I had a hard time taking as many as I used to, he really wanted to be moving the entire time.

Playtime Surprise

Today, as I was playing with Peter, I noticed something in his mouth. Taking a closer look, I saw that his first tooth has come through on his lower gum! We knew that he had been teething for a while, but I didn't think that he was that close. So far I have been unable to get a picture, Peter seems to think that he should eat the camera when I try. Hopefully, I'll have better luck when I have Geoff to help me this weekend.

Vote for Peter!

Unfortunately, Peter did not win the Gerber contest last month, but it isn't over yet! Peter has a new picture to vote for in November. You can vote once per day, per email, per computer. (So if you have access to more than one computer, and have more than one email, you can vote more than once per day, just saying...)

Peter's ID is 182719 and he is in the blue category now.

You can vote for him here.

Thanks so much to everyone who voted last month!