John's Play Progress

This morning I went on a nature walk with my friend Shannon and her daughter Elyse. I wore my new wrap, which is still in progress. I like the knit fabric because it is cornflower blue to match John (a boy) and is covered in an embroidered floral design to match me (a girl). I have cut the wrap, but not yet hemmed the edges as I try it out and see how it feels. I had to taper the tails more severely and, after the below photo was taken, realized that I could wrap the fabric around my waist a second time instead of having such a large, unsightly knot.


When I got home, I gave John some tummy time and set three toys in front of him to entice him to reach. While I was doing some chores, he reached forward and grabbed his duckie toy to stick it in his mouth. It's a new accomplishment that he can grab a toy when he's on his stomach, already using his hands to hold up his torso.

Then I rolled John onto his back and left toys on either side of him. He grabbed both at once!

You can see that John is ever closer to rolling over back to front:

I stepped away to grab a few more bites of my baby-interrupted lunch and change over the laundry. I noticed John had become very quiet except for occasional happy noises. When I peeked back at him, I saw he was completely zoning out in front of the television, which I had turned on during the daytime for the first time in weeks. It was creepy. Chris and I had already reduced our cable subscription to the network channels only, but we both think that any cable subscription is in its last days in this household.

In related television news . . . Chris and I both get monthly "blow money" from our family budget, which we can spend any old way we want. Chris teases me because I save up my money, month after month. Well, I just blew a lot on a video collection, which I never do. I'm so excited about my new BBC-produced Jane Austen Collection (Sense & Sensibility, Emma, Persuasion, Mansfield Park, Pride & Prejudice, Northanger Abbey). Twenty-two straight hours of subtle British humor and drama!