First of the Lasts

Our last book club meeting was this week. These lovely ladies have been with Finn from before there was Finn. And now they are lovely and patient the times we try to discuss our books and Finn is too loud for anyone to actually hear what anyone else is saying. Luckily the last few books have been sort of a mixed bag and we haven't had a lot to discuss. This, our last meeting, he was rocked to sleep by a practiced grandma and we had a great discussion of a spectacular book "The Girls" by Lori Lansens.

Friday we went to the Dublin zoo. Finn's favorite stuffed toy is Andy the Giraffe (from Sarah and Susie) so we had to stop and visit the giraffes. Guess who was asleep. However our friend Hannah was awake. Finn woke up later but the giraffes had moved farther away and I don't think he could see them.

Happy Boy!

Finn really does smile, and he's been acting happier the last couple of weeks. He's still a fussy guy, but we get some great play time in most days. My arms are sore from some of our games (he weighs a TON) and today we created a new game which is pretty much me doing lunges over Finn laying on his blanket. He giggled with every pass and my legs got a major workout. So I attempted a series of photos today to try to catch this happy Finn as I realized in most of the pictures I post he looks serious, scrunchie faced, or just plain zoned out (the 'I really need a nap but I'm being stubborn and avoiding it' look).

I like the last self portrait...you can see both of us cracking each other up.

This was all right after his dinner of pureed sweetcorn and carrot so his clothes are a mess and when his mouth's wide open you can see some corny bits. Even with a bib things get messy, Finn's found his hands and it's SO much fun to put them in his mouth, especially when it's full of gooey mushy food. So dinner's messy, but we have a good time.

It's baaaaccckkk....

Found Dr. Pepper today. Bought 11 bottles which was all there were. Can probably make that last until move day.
32 days to go and counting...



Still no word on where to next...

A Special Post for Aunt Suzie

A special dedication to Finn's Aunt Suzie who doesn't like verb vegetables.

Introducing Finn's new favorite food, squash.

I have to leave the squash in it's container with the lid on when it's getting close to dinner time. If he smells it while he's still drinking his bottle (bottle first, then food) he'll quit with the bottle and fills up on all squash instead. It's definitely the favorite. He's been on 'solids' for about a week and a half now (really early b/c of his size, dr's orders) and after a week of rice cereal we experimented with mashed banana, mixed veg, and the squash (which also has sweet potato and quinoa in it). The squash is by far and away the most popular.

Scrummer

We still can't escape the rugby comments here so we got him the shirt go with them (we don't mind the comments). A truly lovely retired delivery ward nurse stopped me in front of Marks & Spencer on Friday and chatted for a good ten minutes about my beautiful baby (yes, I get to brag a little since he's otherwise so much work). He was in a rare semi-doze state looking quite peaceful. She, like most, quizzed me on his birth weight (8lb 12oz at 38 weeks) and his age now (3 mos/14 weeks) and then the (friendly and happy) disbelief set in. As she left us she said, "Well he'll be a scrummer for sure!"

So we left the lovely nurse and went on our shopping trip. Where Finn came out of his drowsy state and howled through the entire M&S shop, where I made the choice to pull him out of his car seat, abandon the shopping basket, and put the groceries for our anniversary dinner in the car seat as I lugged him around the shop in my arms. Twice very kind M&S employees offered us a cart with a baby seat but that would have just increased screaming baby volume so we politely declined. Go M&S and we thank all the nice shoppers who didn't give us nasty looks.

Seriously, Travis and I may need to learn a little more about rugby if we're going to keep getting all these comments so we can discuss things a little more intelligently than just nodding and saying 'uh huh!'