my mom came for an almost 2-week visit in january, so pace got lots of babishka time. i got the flu for one of the weeks, so it was sooo nice to have my mom there--i literally spent two days in bed, and didn't worry about pace at all.
we gave this little guy his first hair cut. well, just a trim, really. i just cut across the front and back, and that was enough for me! that made my little boy grown up enough!
before shots:
during:
after (he looks so much like david to me in this photo):
we had our first snow of the season. it was really just a dusting, but it was enough to get pace to exclaim, "oooooooo!" as soon as he woke up we went outside to touch the snow. it was pretty much all melted by the afternoon, but on the way back from church, pace would stop at every little 4x4" splotch of snow, point, and emphatically say, "oooooo!"
baby#2 continues to grow. hello. much bigger, much faster the second time around. i am 21 weeks in this photo, and i am pretty sure i look like how i did when i was 30-34 weeks along with pace.
i had the big ultrasound appointment at the dr's. i see a group of 7-8 docs, and happened to see one that loves it when the parents don't want to know the gender. he was more than happy to oblige us by not recording the baby's gender on the dvd they made for us, and told us when to look away from the screen. my mom came with us to the appt, and that was very fun, too. pace does not like doctors in any way, shape, or form, whether they are for him or me. he was very upset when i sat up on the table for the ultrasound. thanks, mom, for helping him calm down.
this baby is a very gentle baby, like pace was, but much more active. it was so fun to see baby move in real time (pace must have been fast asleep when we got the ultrasound done with him)--waving, kicking, and even "jabbering"!
a little foot--upper middle (so cool to see the foot that just kicked me!)
baby is waving hello!
in other fun pace news, this boy can dance! we got him an abc magnet set for the fridge--when you put a letter into the main abc receptacle, it sings a little song about every letter making a sound, and there's also a button to push for the entire abc song. pace love this toy (well, anything with music, really)--he pushes a button and throws out his arms, rocks his hips to and fro, walks around in circles--watching him dance is really, really hilarious. so now, whenever i say to him, "pace, want to do your abc's?" eh immediately starts dancing.
pace is also "reading". it's more word recognition than actual reading, but it's still a cool trick! david's parents got pace the "your baby can read!" program for his first christmas. there are four 15-20 minute dvds and a bunch of flashcards. he's been watching the dvds since he was 4 or 5 months old (i'd put it in for him while i was taking a shower), and he just loves them. fun music and kids dancing, lights, colors, pictures, etc. we pull out the flashcards when he expresses interest. a month or so ago, we were doing the flashcards, and he holds up the flashcard saying "wave", and he started waving at me! so we went through all the cards to pick out the words he knew. he recognizes arms up, wave, drum, clap, hat, head, ears, chin, and sometimes mouth. so, for example, when i write out the phrase "arms up", he'll throw his arms up in the air. when he sees "drum", he pats his tummy.
my little brother sent pace a dvd for christmas called "baby babble". it was put together by two pediatric speech pathologists to encourage verbalization. believe me, this little video is no blockbuster, but pace L-O-V-E-S it. i never did any signing with him, but this video includes 5-6 signs, and pace immediately started implementing them. examples: he did the sign for more right away--applied to both food and playing with toys (stack more blocks on top, etc); please he signs with both hands along his ribs, like monkey--very cute, especially as the sign is just one hand making a circle over the heart. very fun to watch how pace interprets the signs.
