so many firsts

Over the holiday break we had so many firsts, First mushy food in December - which caused an allover bodily quake as if the kid was shaking off a stiff drink. We tried again in early January and it took. Success came as Max had his first high chair sit and was pulled up to the dinner table with the rest of us. He took a bite of mushy carrots and then opened his little mouth for more.

He swam in the ocean and played with sand. He wore sunscreen and got a swimsuit. He napped under a palapa, swam on his own and did not float out to sea (pictures are so misleading)

Now a days he's standing by holding on to stuff and springing up and down, pretending to walk a little. He's scooching and spinning on the slick wood floors, using his hands like little suction cups and dragging himself forward or inchworming backwards in a contract and expand type motion. He is trying desperately to pull up in his crib - yes we lowered the bed down to avoid a spill. For fun we sometimes stand him up in the crib and let him try to work his way around. Yesterday he atually clapped, twice. Then it was back to random arm flailing. He has also taken to blowing raspberries on my face and arms and chewing on daddy's nose and my chin or cheeks (lots to work with there.) He still smells amazing. As my friend says "he hasn't started rotting from the inside out yet." Beautiful image.

Thats the news, now the weather ....
Sunny!