The Little Things

Little things excite us.  Shif was telling a friend who has no kids about some of the exciting (to us) milestones Zain has reached, and she realized how we've entered a totally different world.  He's kinda sorta sucking his thumb!  Woo hoo!  He's putting his two hands together intentionally!  Wow!  He's repeatedly touching a toy on purpose!!!!  These things make our day.  The other day Shif saw that, in his jiggly chair, he had accidentally (presumably) pulled Mrs. Frog's pull thing (??) and Mrs. Frog made music. Shif said he didn't seem to have had a eureka moment or anything, so I'm sure it was an accident and he didn't really get it, but we were excited!

Mrs. Frog and her 'pull thing'

Touching a stuffed animal (so momentous, it had to be immediately recorded with the cell phone camera)

Zain had his first immunizations Saturday.  The poor little guy toughed out two shots with a short burst of crying.  But later in the day, one of the injection sites was really bothering him and he let loose with such loud, sad cries that it brought us to tears.  



This weekend we also took a mini-vacation to Shif's mom's house.  We spent three days hanging out with family, and we got some more excellent grandmotherly baby-calming advice.  The trip also let us test our packing and traveling abilities (with baby and dog), since we'll be in the car a lot over the holidays.  And it may have resolved a debate we were having about whether we need to get a roof-top cargo box.  :-)  Nothing is simple with a baby, is it?

More snowsuit

 

Doing sit-ups

 

Zain has an audience for his bath

My cheering section at a 10K

"Mommy ran how slow??"

Telling Mom a story, or airing grievances, we're not sure which