The Undiscovered Country

Since you're dying to know . . .

. . . what I got for my birthday, I'll tell you.

Last week I had an opportunity to upgrade my phone, so I went ahead and purchased an LG eNV2. It's a regular phone that opens up like a laptop with a qwerty keypad. Tiny to be sure, but text messaging (since I do so much as it is [read sarcasm]) is much quicker and easier.

What I like most is the internet capability, the MP3 player, and the 2 megapixel camera. I can even take 30 second videos.

The videos aren't the highest quality, but it's been fun trying to capture Thomas doing silly things.

The camera itself takes decent pictures:



Yep, he's eating solid foods now. You can't really tell from this shot, but his hands and face are covered in pureed peas. I bought a cookbook on how to make my own baby food, and it's surprisingly easy. I'm no purist, but I do enjoy knowing and controlling what goes into my baby's belly.

So far he loves squash, zucchini, rice and oat cereal. Peas and sweet potatoes he's not too sure of yet. If I mix it in with cereal, he's amenable. I pureed pears a little bit ago, so come tomorrow we'll see how he likes it.

He also popped his first tooth about three weeks ago now. Dang but he's growing fast. Oi, is he a drooling machine! I wonder if there's a market for baby drool, because I could make oodles off of what he produces in a single day. How he doesn't get dehydrated, I'll never know.

So far teething not been too rough, but some days he gets super-fussy for an hour or two. Today Dave had to hold him most of the afternoon, because every time he set Thomas down he'd scream (Thomas, not Dave).

He fussed more after I came home, but when I put him in the stroller and walked to the grocery store and back (about 1-1/2 miles total), he was a content little guy. I don't know if it's teething, or if he's merely bored and needs something else to look at other than what's in the house that he's seen and studied since the day he was born.

Or both.

Now for more phone camera shots:





He really enjoys being on his belly now, because he's figured out he can move around more. He's not crawling yet, but he can scoot, roll, and swivel pretty good. I definitely have to watch him if I put him on our bed. More than once he rolled and rolled and could have plunged off the edge if I hadn't caught him or placed a pillow or my legs in the way.



He's also a great kicker, as you can see from the blurred shot here.