Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Monday, January 19, 2009

2 1/2 hour nap!

sayan slept for 2 1/2 hours yesterday morning after he'd had a good sleep the night before so when he woke up he was in the best mood, singing and talking as he played.



Saturday, January 17, 2009

getting the hang of it

fed him some more today and he seems to be doing pretty well with it-- he especially likes when daddy does airplane



Friday, January 16, 2009

yum! (director's cut)

well i guess 2nd time was the charm! we made him kitchari, heavy on the rice and he seemed to really enjoy it. or at least he kept wanting more :)

















a morning clip

even more toy time!

... and first thing next morning.



more toy time

before bed one night...

toy time

i had to shoot this paparazzi style peering around the door corner with the zoom so he wouldn't see and stop playing

Sunday, January 4, 2009

first solids-- not quite ready!!!

so we offered sayan some pureed sweet potatoes today but he didn't seem to like it. we tried just the sweet potato then when that was a no go we mixed in some breast milk. that still didn't work for him, he kept pushing it away with a curled lip. we'll wait a few days then try again!


hard at play

Saturday, January 3, 2009

ducky!

sayan received the super deluxe bath ducky from his auntie alessandra. it was so cute watching him try to figure it out!

playing with nana

lullabies and a giraffe

sayan playing with his new happy plastic giraffe-- this was some of his first sitting in boppy, he's much more coordinated now and can grab toys far away and then sit back up. the beautiful lullabies in the background were sung for him by aunt paula. thank you paula, sayan loves your voice!



sayan's first girlfriend

una carter came over the other evening and was so sweet with sayan! una is about 20 months (an older woman!) and sayan was quite captivated with her-- see him reaching for a kiss at the end of the second and third videos.





update

i realized i haven't given any sayan updates recently, so...

sayan is sitting up (with the help of boppy pillow). we thought to put him in the boppy on the floor a few days before Christmas and it's amazing how quickly his core balance stabilized. when we took him for his 6 month check up last week the doctor was impressed with his sitting abilities. he still can't sit on his own for long periods but we feel comfortable leaving him sitting in the boppy playing with some toys while we are in the kitchen or doing other things around the house.

he's becoming interested in toys as other than something to chew on. i got out little blocks for him last night that i thought would go straight into his mouth but surprisingly he was more into picking them up and moving them around than eating them.

he is getting quite vocal-- he will squeal when he's excited about something and babble and shriek and go "momomomomomomomom" when he's frustrated or hungry.

oh-- and mommy and daddy had their first night out on his 6th month birthday. we have left him during the day but not at night til then. gramma and grampa were here and offered to stay with sayan so we could go to a holiday party. i nursed him at 7:45 and he fell asleep and we thought we'd have til around 9:15 or so. well 9:00 came and went and he was still asleep (he'd woken up about 20 minutes after we left but grampa walked him back to sleep). 9:30, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00 still asleep! we couldn't believe it. we finally decided to come home at 11:30. we were home for about 5 minutes when i heard a peep on the monitor. i went in and he was just opening his eyes and stretching. he saw me and gave me the biggest smile. pretty perfect timing!