Thursday, April 24, 2014

William, Month Four


Watching Beatrice play soccer

This was a slow month - rather than tackle any new skills, William worked on perfecting the skills he has already acquired, like rolling over, handling objects, and babbling. 

 
A goodnight kiss
But there were a few new developments.  For the first months of his life, William was focused primarily on me and Dev, but this month he really "discovered" his siblings and now he is fascinated by them.  They both make him laugh out loud, and he loves to watch them play with a longing look like he wishes he could join them.

I like the look of fear on William's face here.

Listening to stories before bed:




William has also started to be interested in toys, particularly the soft yellow duck that he got in his Easter basket, and he's started grabbing things and stuffing them into this mouth.


"Walking" with |Paul at Giggles 'n' Hugs

Trying to look casual, like his first time sitting in this seat is no big thing.

Mommy and Me
This month he also started his Mommy and Me class through Burbank Parks and Recreation.  He's the youngest of the six babies in the class, but he seems to like it, the bubbles in particular.


With Summer and in coordinated outfits
And he got his passport.


Also this month, he rode the Roomba.



William wakes up in a wonderful mood, full of smiles and coos, just like his siblings did.  Unfortunately that doesn't last. While he still sleeps through the night, he's become more clingy and irritable during the day.  He wants to be held every minute - and only in real arms, not in a baby carrier like the Ergo - and his evening fussy period has expanded from an hour or two right before bed until today he wanted to be held from 11am-7pm.

Delighted to be awake in the morning

I remember both Beatrice and Arthur struggled right around the four- or five-month point, too - I think this is a difficult age, as infants transition from newborns who don't do anything except sleep and eat to older babies who play and move and babble and learn to sit and crawl.  I keep trying different things to cheer him up, but ultimately I think all you can do is wait it out.  At least he's as cute as ever, and every day more aware of and excited by the world around him.


At the zoo, beaming at Paul
And last but not least, two videos of William just hanging out, being cute:




Sunday, April 20, 2014

Happy Birthday, Shackleton!


Shack is 10 today!

(Approximately - but we adopted him nine years ago today from the animal shelter.)

Dog cookies

Eating his cookies
Opening up his present, a squeaky chipmunk dog toy
 

Passover and Easter

(Why is this post about Easter going up before Easter Sunday is even over? Dev is going out of town tomorrow so we celebrated Easter one day early, on Saturday, this year.)

We celebrated Passover with the Oppenheims like we do every year - only this time there were five kids at the seder. (And Jonas, Lucas's older brother, just had a baby, too, so next year we'll have six.)

Arthur in his seder clothes.
Beatrice, Arthur, Genevieve, and Celestine playing in Lucas's parents' backyard:


William's first Passover
 Then the kids had an Easter party and egg hunt at school.

Discussing their egg hauls after school
 
Today we had our annual Easter egg hunt - only this year we held the party in our neighborhood park because our backyard is under renovation.

Basket labels

Filling eggs
 
Adam demonstrates his terrifying baby-balancing trick.

The hunt is on!
 



 


 



At 14 months, Cole was our youngest egg hunt participant.
Next year, William.
 
 


 


Then our kids found their baskets where the Easter bunny had hidden them.
 








William and his basket
And of course we dyed eggs.
 

 



Beatrice wrote "I Love You" without any help.
We also tried - and failed - to get a good photo of all three kids together in their Easter clothes.  But we'll apply a little Photoshop and see if we can get a composite where everyone is looking forward and smiling at the same time.

And now, already, it's time to take down all the Easter decorations and prepare for the next big thing - the kids' birthdays!

Happy Easter, everyone!
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