First Sit-Up Bath

Here is River's first sit up by himself bath in the sink. PTL! Simone was enjoying helping to give her little brother a bath.

Who needs to crawl when you can walk?

River has no interest in crawling. He moves around the house in his "walker". He can get to almost anyplace in the house since we have hard wood floors. When Simone used the walker, we were at our apartment and we had carpet and you couldn't really move the walker, so it's amazing to see River go. He also likes to walk around with help, but since he's still so small, it hurts my back to bend over for too long. Here he is in the picture with my mom.

We are doing so many new things!

River is now sitting up on his own. Here are my 2 gifts from heaven. Simone was surrounding River with pillows in case he fell over. She's just the biggest help. It's so nice when I feed River, she goes and gets a bib, puts it on him for me. Simone the big sis is a "Big help".

Our First Teeth

River's 2 bottom teeth have pushed through. I thought I noticed something the other day when I was feeding him with his spoon. When I put my knuckle in his mouth....ouch! Simone and I took a look at his gums today...not easy to do as he wanted to stick his tongue out.....and low and behold his two bottom teeth have definitely poked through. Another milestone down. :) Is my baby already 8 months?

Fat Tuesday

Well, yesterday was Fat Tuesday. Michael and I choose to give up some luxuries each year during Lent. Most of the luxuries revolve around food, which is sad to say. Yesterday Simone and I made chocolate chip muffins and passed them around Michael's workplace.
She loves baking and passing out food like a waitress. There are about 20 people Micheal works with so she has plenty of opportunity to share her love with others. Michael and I shared paczi last night before we delved into our lent time this morning. Michael is giving up coffee/pop and fast food. I'm giving up chocolate and fast food. It's amazing how many things have chocolate in them until you give it up.

Science Alive at the Library

Today we went to our local library for "Science Alive Day". I've never seen the library so crowded. Michael had to park quite a ways away. There were many experimental exhibits where kids could just go up and learn and play. There were star stations, health stations, animal stations and so forth. Michael and Simone wandered around while I pushed River in his stroller....he and I made many elevator trips as there were 4 floors of fun. I did find a boy who was lost from his parents and was able to take him to search for a security guard. It was too much later when relieved parents came and found him. I remember all to well being lost a couple of times and the fear of not recognizing any faces.
My Uncle was at the library doing a presentation on bees as he has been a beekeeeper for many years. It was nice to see him.
Michael and Simone shoveled snow tonight as we have been pounded the last couple of days.
Uncle Jerry came over tonight for dinner. It's always nice to have him come into town and visit.

Rollover River

River has been rolling over for sometime now. The interesting thing is that River is now more interested in walking than he is in crawling. He can't pull himself up, but he can walk in his walker and he walks when you hold his fingers. He just might be one of those kids who walks before they crawl.