An Action-Packed Week

Hello! This is Shif writing instead of Jen for a change! It has truly been a very action-packed week so far. Zain had his one-month birthday and everyday is showing off new skills he is picking up! This week he discovered that he can grab his feet! It's awfully cute watching him try to do that. Unfortunately this tends to occur during diaper changes and he sometimes misses and ends up putting his fingers and/or feet into some messy diaper goo instead...but it's a mention-worthy milestone no less! :-)

He is definitely becoming more alert and active everyday. He spends more time awake these days (still not tons of time though). His favourite activities involve staring at sharply contrasting colours - particularly looking at the blue wall through his white crib, or staring at the ceiling fan. He enjoys looking at his mommies too!! He has gotten much stronger with his neck - we practice tummy time everyday - and he is really able to lift his head up high and hold it for a while.

Working the neck muscles

When on his belly he also moves his arms and legs in a crawling-like fashion - he seems to know what the right thing to do is...now he just needs to wait a few months for his muscles to catch up so these motions actually create some forward movement! We love the little babbling noises that come from him now too - little vowel sounds mainly but he has also started making some "goo" and "ungah" sounds too! Here's a little video of him playing this morning:

Our week began on a bit of a tough note with Jen still being sick and Zain having some tough days with his reflux and fussiness. My mom thankfully stayed with us for a couple days to help us out. But by mid-week things were back to normal again - Zain was a happy and content fellow and Jen was healthy and well! We went out shopping a couple times to buy Zain some warmer clothes for the cool weather, visited my grandma, went out for lunch, took a hike in a conservation area just northwest of the city, had some visits from Jen's friends from work, visited High Park, and enjoyed a lovely thanksgiving meal at my sister's house.

Getting bundled up is exhausting

A family pic on the hiking trails at Terra Cotta

Striped cousins