Wednesday, May 27, 2009

getting back to "normal"

Not much exciting stuff is happening here -- which is good. It's nice to be back home and get settled back in. Actually - what a great way to get back to it... with a 3-day weekend! We didn't do anything big, just lots of little stuff. [went for a 4-5 mile hike. went to a (surprise) b-day party. went out to eat with friends. Todd went and played pool with a neighbor. did a lot of yard work. went mattress shopping. blew "ba-bu" (bubbles). went to the farmer's market on the square.]

We made a list of things to do (some fun/ some chores) and diligently crossed most of them off of the list! what a great feeling!

Mercer is doing a couple of new things. When asked "where is your belly button" he now promptly pulls up his shirt and tries to peer over his round belly in search of the button. Sometimes he finds it and points at it, but most of the time, he can't see around all of his glorious round-ness! He's also found that his finger is just the exact size to fit up his nose! We've seen him stick in several times. He giggles.

We're in the process of trying to make the transition from bottle to straw cup. (He didn't really latch onto the sippy cups). We're travelling in a few weeks and don't want to pack all of the bottle parts /wash them while there. (there's 6 pieces to make-up each of his bottles - what a pain!) The transition is going "so-so" thus far.

Finally - good news - we've tried raspberries again... with success. No rash! Also, I think I have found my new favorite decadent dessert... Mercer's whole milk yogurt with one cube of the raspberry puree defrosted and mixed in. Love licking the spoon on that one! Yum.

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