Lost pictures

I recently found some old pictures of Peter on our camera's internal memory. I think these may be from when Andrea was staying with us, because Peter looks a little jaundiced. Anyway, it's crazy to think that he was ever that little! I don't think he even looks the same anymore. I do miss some things about that stage. I just loved holding him all the time. Now he's not as snuggly. But he's definitely more interactive, which is very fun. It's so neat to see how much he's grown and developed since then.

Attempts at Photography

I wanted to take some pictures of Peter that I could display on our wall. Peter usually loves to smile at the camera, but I had a hard time getting him to focus. Later I realized that it had been a little too long since he'd last eaten, poor baby! Anyway, these are what I was able to get. The light was never quite what I was looking for, but some turned out cute anyway.

More Peter

Zonked out Peter. We wish he would do this more often. He is still struggling with his naps. His separation/stranger anxiety is making his naps difficult. He usually naps for 30 minutes at a time two or three times a day. He is sleeping fairly well through the night and usually only waking up once to eat. I worry that he's a little sleep deprived with his poor sleeping habits... I've been reading Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. In it, Dr. Weissbluth says that some kids are naturally short nappers. I wonder if that's true for Peter. My main concern is that it will affect his health and development adversely. Hopefully not, but it's easy to worry.


The habit of sucking in the lower lip. Kinda funny.


Momma was able to elicit a smile from Peter as he sucks on his lip. Cute, fat, fat, fat boy!

8 months

Jabbering Baby

Still no words yet. Unless you coun't the "dada"s that frequently slip out. But he's working on it. Somehow I managed to capture him jabbering in this video.