Blue Headwrap

Per Kristy's request I found a blue head wrap and tried to repeat the red headwrap miracle. This is what we got, not quite Mother Theresa but we'll take it. On Sunday we went to the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park. It was a lot of fun. Chance really liked it. I took him out of the stroller and carried him around. He did not cry at all and was generally quiet. He loves looking at the pretty colors and the lights shine right on the paintings which makes them sparkle and shine which makes Chance want to look at them. There was an exhibit called Windows of Heaven which were biblical paintings on Glass and metal. Chance loved it! It was so pretty he loved looking at all the paintings.

Baby in a Box

One baby. Pre-loved but in excellent condition. Requires aprox 20 oz formula and 3 jars baby food per day, any brand will do. Uses 6 diapers per day ONLY PAMPERS. Must have own room to sleep but is not bothered by loud noise. Should be able to provide plenty of support and continued love. Comes with own box, toys not included.

Help, Baby Stuck

In the morning I warm up a bottle then get Chance up and dressed and bring him in the bed with me while I feed him his morning bottle. Then after he is done he rolls over, practices crawling and plays for a while letting me rest a little bit longer. The other morning we did this and for some reason I can not even remember now I had to get up and leave the room for a minute. When I returned I found this. Chance is good at going backward and rolling over and over so it seems he rolled over till he hit the wall then backed up till he went over the edge and lodged himself between the bed and the chest of drawers. He then preceeded to unplug the clock (see second picture) and play with the then exposed outlet. He did not cry or make any noise to say this had happened as he was just as happy to be playing while stuck there as to be playing anywhere else. It was so cute and funny and I am very glad he did not hurt himself. P.S. we have learned yet another thing to baby proof.

High Chair Fun

I have been trying to teach Chance how to use his sippy cup. For the last few days we have been eating lunch together, I pull him up to the table, give him his sippy cup and a piece of bread while I eat a turkey sandwich. When I pick up my glass he will pick up his sippy cup and try to drink out of it. He doesn't quite understand yet that he needs to suck on it and not just chew on the spout but since we have been eating lunch together he has gotten a lot better. He also loves his piece of bread. I tear it into little pieces and give him one at a time. The first time I gave him bread I gave him the whole piece at once which he quickly stuffed into his mouth with both hands till he nearly choked himself, so now we do little pieces at a time. Still a bit of the bread winds up on the floor, much to Rosco's excitement. Chance is really doing well using his fingers to pick up food now too. Before he would use his whole hand but now he uses his fingers more. I have also caught him a few times just moving his thumb and index finger in a pinching motion and watching his fingers. He is concentrating and practicing his new skills.

Pulling up

I have mentioned a couple times now that Chance has started pulling himself up on things

and I finally got a picture of it. In the evenings after the sun has gone behind the buildings we go and sit out on the balcony. Chance loves it outside and being up on the third floor we usually have a nice breeze. Today I took the blanket and laid it out so Chance could sit on his own. He loved it! He sat next to the railing

and watched the cars go by and the mule drawn carriages, which really get his attention. Then whenever a person would walk by he would try to talk to them by squeeling or yelling or babbling. They would almost always look up and smile and wave. A couple people could not figure out where the sound was coming from which was amusing for me. The one challenge of sitting out on the balcony is trying to get Chance not to eat the railing. I have started just wiping it off and then not stressing about it. I think what he is doing in the picture where he is pullin ghimself up is trying to get a "better" piece of the railing in his mouth. I also finally worked in a picture of the famous neighbors house, see last picture, the grey one. He liked sitting out on the balcony by himself so much today that if it does not rain tomorrow I think we will do it again.

Hats 3

Again no real story behind this hat. These two pictures are what you would call darling. They make him look so little and babyish and cute. Ok I know I am his Mom and all but I really do think he takes good pictures. Sometimes I think he poses for pictures. I pose for pictures I simply can not help myself and my Mom says I did it even when I was a little girl so maybe Chance will do it too. I certainly take enough pictures of him that he will learn what a camera is and what to do in front of one. In this second picture he just looks so little.

Hats 2

I can not remember at all where I got this hat or for what
reason other than the fact that it is an awesome hat. In every single one of these pictures Chance looks like the most beautiful baby known to man and I look like I am trying to back away from the camera which I am because I am holding it but I shouldn't look like it so much. Somehow on him the fact that his shirt in no way matches the hat makes it even better. In the last picture you can see a red mark on the side of his face from him sleeping weird. He moves all over in his sleep and evidently when he took his nap he slept on his blanket on bunched up or Joe Joe the Monkey and it left a red mark on his face. The mark faded away soon after I took these pictures though.

Hats 1

We dropped Scott off at the airport today, he is flying out to Newark for a week. After getting back home I was bored so we went looking for something to do. I have a lot of hats. I really like hats. If I try one on in the store I must buy one so it was only a matter of time really before I tried them on Chance. I have many hats and took lots of pictures so I am spreading these pictures out over a few posts. This first hat is a grey winter type stocking cap that I got while we were volunteering in the shelter after Hurricane Katrina. I have worn in a few days each winter after that and it is modeled here by our very own, Chance. To be worn on a baby's head simply roll up the ends, it will then fit snuggly.

As I was putting the hat on him he found my belt under the covers, that I had left there actidentally. In case you have not tried it before, let me tell you a leather belt is quite a nice thing to chew on. I know that Chance would agree with me on this fact. I threw this last picture in here because you can really see his boyish determination in it. I see turn of the century big city boy getting in trouble, do you see it?

Helping

Chance loves the broom any time I get it out of the closet and start sweeping he comes over and tries to take it away from me. If I give it to him he will then push it around the room until he gets stuck. It is so cute to see him mimicking me. He really looks like he is trying to help. Eventually he will do what he really wanted to do in the first place, Eat It!

Mother Theresa Baby

He is an angel. I was wearing this scarf in my hair when trying to keep him occupied the other day so I wrapped it around him and then around his head. This first picture makes him look like a sweet innocent little cute thing. I can't even think of words to describe how sweet these photos are. He usually lets me play with him like this and is always willing to have his picture taken. With the scarf wrapped around his head his hair looks a little red again but it is pretty much all blonde now. Except he has dark eye lashes that make his eyes look even bigger. he is chubby all over now. Even his little feet are chubby which is of course super cute. Very Very little that he does isn't cute. In the last picture is his thoughtful face.