Bikin' and Trikin'

Christian still isn't crawling, but is inching ever closer. He keeps leaning forward to try and then either falling forward or just leaning back. I think I said two weeks ago that it would be any day now, and it will still be any day now.

He has no teeth yet but is self-feeding pretty much every meal. We still supplement a bit with formula and breast milk, but he now picks up and eats carrots, green beans, cheerios, rice chex, and today he even ate an entire meatball.

We now have a double-stroller that Laura can use when babysitting Claire, Mike and Sarah's one-year old. We will have to get some pictures of them both in it. That makes 3 strollers that we have! I guess you could call us collectors. Laura also watched 3 babies today, successfully. Claire, Christian, and Sullivan, Gabe and Renee's 3 month-old. Myself, I can't even make it an entire day watching one baby.

Christian still isn't crawling but he keeps falling forward while sitting up and he can inch around a bit. We can wait on the crawling. We are told by those who seem to know that we will miss the non-crawling days once he starts crawling, so we will wait patiently.

He will pick up a sippy cup and drink from it all by himself. Although he spits most of the water back up and starts blowing into it after a couple of drinks. And soon it becomes a toy, chewed on, turned upside down, thrown, etc.

Since we bought our jogging stroller, I haven't gone on a single run without him. We splurged on a real nice one and it is like pushing air. It has 16 inch wheels, shock absorbers, and is super light. In fact, Christian sleeps almost the entire run. I kill 3 birds with one stone -- exercise, give Laura a baby-break, and he gets his nap in. I am not sure how long of a run I should take him on but so far I've run over 8 miles and he does just fine.