melted smoosh

dear George, yesterday Cece told me that you look like a real baby now and not a newborn, and I completely agree. when I sit you up to burp after your bottle, you hold your head up high and look around the room, investigating everything. you coo and squeak with laughter when your sisters talk to you. your personality remains calm and mostly unbothered, but when you're hungry, you definitely let us know about it -- you clench your fists and wave your arms and howl. as soon as the bottle touches your lips, you relax back into my arms (although sometimes you let out a few pointed whimpers to make sure we understand how dire your need for sustenance is).  classic fencing pose. you do prefer to look to the left -- I asked the pediatrician about it and she said you don't have torticollis, but to rotate how we lay you in bed for naps and where we place your toys to encourage you to look the other way too. it seems to be working! you are drinking five 5-ounce bottles per day, spaced ev...

dear George, how did you get so big? you're already starting to grow out of your 0-3 month clothes and you've been wearing size 1 diapers for a few weeks now. I'm inordinately proud of the tiny rolls on your wrists and thighs, even though your arms and legs are still spindly. and your cheeks grow more kissable each day! you still drink four ounce bottles, but sometimes you want an extra ounce and you certainly let me know about it! you still hate pausing your feeding for a burp halfway through, and whenever I start feeding you again, you gulp down the first few sips and dart your eyes around on guard for anyone who might try to take the bottle away from you again.   you stare deep into my eyes when I'm feeding you :) and you also hold tight to my finger to make sure I don't get any ideas about taking the bottle away you love to grab my hair whenever it's within your reach, and cling on to fistfuls while I try to extricate myself (not so much because it hurts me,...

{read part 1 here } picking up the blogging torch to continue the recap from the Caribbean cruise Greta and I took in March! day three of our cruise was spent entirely at sea. after a late night due to the man overboard prank, we slept in luxuriously late and finally made our way to the breakfast buffet a little after 10 AM. eating on the deck of a cruise ship, overlooking the ocean, is one of my absolute favourite things (and I count myself very blessed to have been able to experience it on three cruises to date!).  somebody pinch me after breakfast we alternated between swimming in the outdoor pool and relaxing on the pool deck, then went back to the room to chill for a bit. Greta was content to hang out on our balcony while I went to go check out the adults-only pool. it was quite crowded and not exactly the serene vibe I was craving to read my book, so after fifteen minutes or so, I came back to the room and joined Greta on the balcony. we both ended up taking a mid-afternoon n...