Teething & Crawling (with video)

Jeremy is a week away from his 7 mo birthday, and he is now in full-on teething mode as well as beginning to actually crawl. He's been rocking on all fours for some time now, but finally is reliably propelling himself forward; his style currently is to propel himself from knees and hands to belly and then get back up on all fours and repeat. This also means that we have lowered his crib mattress and taken off the bumpers. He gets his legs caught regularly now, but we are hoping he'll learn how to get them out by himself. As for teething, he's stopped being so interested in food, is drooling (only a little) and coughing (a sign of excess syliva). The one food we can get him to eat is frozen melon and frozen bananna- so nice on the gums! Other big news: the faculty at DU have voted to award Anna early tenure. It's not official yet, but things are looking good so far.
Click here for a video of Jeremy crawling! http://www.archive.org/details/A.SimonJeremyCrawls/

Watching the boy grow

Jeremy at 5 weeks old:

Jeremy at 14 weeks old:

Jeremy at 28 weeks old:

I thought the fans might enjoy this series of photos; at first glance, there isn't a big difference, but look at his face over time. Although always mature, there is no doubt that he is changing as he grows. His awareness of the camera (and what it means) is clearly changing as well!

Jeremy's friend, Ari

Jeremy's friend, Ari (featured in several blog entries; search keyword 'Ari' to find them all), recently competed in the 'Small Fry' division of the Western Stock Show Fiddle competition, winning second place! he played the Westphalia Waltz, Blackberry Blossom, Pig Ankle Rag,
Festival Waltz, Billy in the Low Ground, and the Dill Pickle Rag. Congrats, Ari!
Click here for video of his second peice: http://ourmedia.org/node/377168

Baby weight gone

One month pregnant:

six months pregnant:

nine months pregnant:

6 months, post baby:

Hurrah for breastfeeding!  I have literally done nothing to regain my figure besides taking care of Jeremy; most notably, the calorically expensive breastfeeding (exclusively).  Actually, my shape is somewhat different than it was before, with the potential of my being even more fit than before.  As mentioned before, breastfeeding has also (according to his doctor) kept Jeremy healthy for his first half-year, however he now seems to have his first cold with a bit of a cough.  Jeremy has also graduated from the sink to the tub:

Jeremy has a new friend

We now have a wonderful nanny, Courtney, who brings her sweet son Luca with her when she comes to take care of Jeremy 15 hrs/wk.  Luca is 8.75 mo. old, which means that Jeremy is already learning many things from him.  Jeremy is crazy about Luca!

Click here for a video of Jeremy, Luca and Courtney: http://ourmedia.org/node/375996
Click here for a video of Jeremy getting ready to crawl, and Luca showing how it is done:  http://www.archive.org/details/ASherJeremyhasafriend/

Jeremy sits, eats carrots

More developmental milestones, folks: our big boy can sit for even a minute or more unassisted, and took a real liking to his first meal of veggies.  The t-shirt above reads, "I was hatched by a couple of chicks".

More Movies

Click here for a movie of Jeremy kicking a soccer ball, age 5.75 mo.: http://ourmedia.org/node/375218

and here for a movie w papa:http://www.archive.org/details/ASimonJeremyandPapa_0/

Jeremy is 6 mo.

Jeremy is now 6 months old!  His 6 mo. check-up was great; he is in the 75% for height and 25th% for weight (doctor says this is very healthy); Jeremy has never been ill, and developmentally is on track (to say the least!).  He can sit unassisted for a short time, and is on the verge of crawling (I'll try to get a video up soon).  We just started him on carrots, which he loved.  He likes to feed himself- will grab the spoon and put it in his mouth, and then when you take it out of his mouth, will even let go to let you put more food on it.  Here are some photos and a movie from Papa's recent visit, as well as him playing with his soccer ball:

Jeremy movies

Click here for a movie of Jeremy's first experience with solids:  http://ourmedia.org/node/374675