Another month goes by and no entry. Frankly, Daddy is very, very busy these days and can't keep this going on a very regular basis by himself.

Noah's development continues to be fun. Just today I was noticing that he bit his little tongue with his 4 little teeth.. probably time to stop letting him pull off and gnaw on his socks. He grabs them with his teeth, and then tries to yank them out with his hands. Wheter it's intentional, or because he hasn't realized yet that removing the sock will be more effective if he opens his jaw, it's probably time to stop this.. and move back to his other favorite mouth entertainment, his plain soft yellow plastic teething star.

Lately he's been sucking on his own toes, a feat he will only accomplish in later life with yoga training I suppose. I just noticed this morning that, when he's unable to bring that foot all the way up with one arm on the ankle, he will use the other hand to grab the bottom of his thigh to lever that foot right on in. Pretty cool and complex movement to do a single task.. the arms have to move independently to make it work. Pretty neat and a bit more than just picking up toys off the floor to play with.

He is still cute, and he loves to go for walks with Pop and Pup to see the ducks at the lake or to touch all the trees at the botanical garden. Often he sits on his blanket in the yard watching Mom or Dad doing yard work. He really does like sitting right on the grass, but that's a high-vigilance activity for us because he loves to yank up grass and thatch which, of course, go directly to the mouth.

Noah gets mashed avocado or sweet potato a few times a week, mostly for practice. He gets a great scrunched-up face "icky poo" sometimes, the same face Daddy gets when he feeds him the vitamins. Daddy does a really good job getting baby excited about taking his vitamin drops, theatrically sampling it himself and proclaiming "yummy!", such that Junior grabs for the dropper. Of course, once vitamins make contact with tongue, that scrunched-up face returns.

After a few months of "he looks just like his Daddy", we are just now starting to again get some "he looks just like his Mommy". I wonder if these perceptions by others are real; if so.. he's gone Mommy-Daddy-Mommy since he was born. Of course, when he gets worried or is about to cry, he looks just like his uncle KriS as a boy. It's really something. Uncle Corey gave him the distinguished chin we think. Not sure where Dan fits in but I'm sure Dan's similarity will emerge at some point; hopefully it will be a good one!

Mommy just quit her job Friday (well, OK, she's there today to "wrap up" but we'll call it Friday). Now baby gets her full-time. Daddy gets to devote more time to school now.. or, at the very least, Daddy doesn't have to leave the house so early in the mornings anymore to get the same amount of work done. Donna says her first job will be babyproofing the deck railing. Go Mommy!

Baby's first camping trip in Homer at the Seaside Farm was very nice, it helped us work out the logistics of living outdoors with a little one in a fairly controlled setting. We'll need to figure out just how to deal with picnic tables.. somehow I suspect we'll have to keep baby in a stroller or something; it's hard to eat with him on the lap, now that he grabs for everything within reach (and some things we thought were out of reach). It's probably time for a high chair so that we can start having grown-up meals again.

Hope all is well and thanks for checking in on us.