Wednesday II in California

What an unhappy honeybee I have! I think that a three-month-old having a very mucousy cold is such a sad thing because he can't possibly understand and all he knows is that he keeps choking and sputtering and sneezing and projectile spitting-up. On the bright side, John has good smiles for me in between his sad bouts.

During one happy moment today, John kept arching his back to look at something behind him on the bed. Finally I wondered if he was trying to look at the white noise machine I use to help him sleep, so I put him on his tummy in front of it. He peered at it for ten minutes and even reached out his hand to touch it. "Animal, vegetable, or mineral? Or are you a UFO who has landed on my bed? Hhhhmmm . . ."


We stayed in all day so John could rest nicely, then Lynn came over for a delicious pizza dinner from Symposium.

For the last week, John has been discovering his tongue. I've noticed him simply moving his tongue around a lot, although he is doing so silently. (He coos often also, but this tongue-moving exploration is different.) It's like he's feeling his tongue move in his mouth. So last night, my dad stuck his tongue out at John, slowly so John could really see it. Then John turned to me quite deliberately and stuck his tongue out at me! After some brief practicing, John is sticking his tongue out (no, it's not very far) on cue. It has been very difficult to catch on camera because every time John sees my camera come out, he freezes and stares at it. But here is a photo of his tongue just starting to stick out: