New Toys!

Surf's Up!

Hang Ten!

"Man, Mom makes me do so much work!"

Using two hands!

Congratulations to Jenny! She graduated from St. Jane Frances last week. She is really excited for Chesapeake High.


This week Christopher has been very successful with breastfeeding. As a reward, I bought him some fun new toys at Target. Actually he would have gotten these toys anyway, since his new skills are constantly emerging and he needs tools to help them develop. He seems to change everyday. His new talent is talking/singing or whatever you want to call it. I hear him at four am; in his crib alone in the dark, having a one way conversation. He is not the least bit upset, nor does he try to get our attention. I can't help but wonder, as I lay in bed, how long has he been up? What is he thinking and saying? Next thing I know, it is morning and he is either sleeping or up and babbling again. Every morning when I go to retrieve him from his crib, he is all smiles and acts so happy to see me. His vocalizations continue all morning, sometimes they are so extreme they make me laugh out loud! It gets even better when he sings while in his vibrating bouncy-chair. The vibration gives his song a wavery quality. His hand-eye coordination is really taking off now, he can grab any toy within his reach with two hands and bring it to his mouth over and over. Along with rattling and noise making toys to add to his play mat, I bought him a tummy time boogie board. It is really neat, it has water under a plastic window that Christopher can look through to see little fishies. This sounds extravagant, but it encourages him to spend more time on his stomach. He also loves having books read to him. I have read all of his Golden books two times over, so today we returned to the store to add to his little library. I bought the classics; Goodnight Moon, Guess How Much I Love You, I'll Love You Forever, and Aunt Lisa's favorite, Are You My Mother?. They are the chunky cardboard books, which come in handy since Christopher likes eating the books as they are being read to him.

Earlier I mentioned that breastfeeding was going well. My supply is pretty much back to normal. Christopher breastfeeds most of the day, with one or two bottles of breastmilk in the evening. I am slowly decreasing pumping sessions each day. I am being conservative, just to make sure my supply stays up. Thank you to every one's words of encouragement. This was the hardest time of motherhood so far, but we got through it!