Musical Monkey

Monkey is very musical. He's been taking a music class called "Baby Wiggle," which I was able to attend this week. It was very cute. He likes to play the maracas. Here are a few shots of him refusing to put them down before he takes his bath:



Here is a video of him playing with his new basketball game (thanks, Grandma Rosemary!), where you can see he's almost as interested in dancing to the music the game plays as he is in scoring baskets!



And here's his latest trick:

Eating

Feeding Monkey used to be so easy. He was breastfed exclusively until he was 6 months old. As long as I was there, his meals were easy to prepare, and he was easy to feed. Even when he was introduced to a bottle, he took to it like a champ.

Once he started eating solids, he was a pretty good eater for a long time - despite how this looks!

But at some point, things changed, and now this kid is picky, picky, picky - especially at dinnertime. I dread dinner some nights, when I'm particularly tired, or Monkey is. Mostly, Matt handles dinner! However, I thought I'd put up a couple of shots of an enjoyable dinner recently.

And here's Monkey using a spoon for the first time. He's not hitting the target so well, but hey...baby steps!

Things that make me feel old

Watching football this weekend, I was reminded by one of the commentators that it's been 10 years since the Packers were in the Super Bowl. I remember that game. I had already been out on my own for a few years at that point. Is it really possible I've been a full-fledged adult for over 10 years?

He's not drunk, I swear!

Rumor has it

Today was day one of the (new) new nanny. She's fabulous. So fabulous, apparently, that she taught Monkey to walk.

Oh, the mixed emotions of the working mom who has, for the first time, missed a major milestone!

I'll let you know when I see it...and hopefully, I'll capture it on film.

PS - really, the new nanny is fabulous!