Snow!!

Victor's first snow!! It's sticking on the grass, at least, and it's supposed to get colder so probably soon on the ground as well. He takes it as well as he does everything else--interested, not upset or super excited. I keep forgetting how new everything is to him, he's such a smart little boy! Well, I think so, anyways :) And cuter every day!! Hair is getting much thicker, belly is getting rounder (as much as he eats his bellybutton may turn from an innie to an outie!), body getting taller, cheeks are getting chubbier, if that is even possible... so adorable!! His days are full of rounds of "what can I get into over here." I have several drawers in the kitchen for him, so I pull them open and let him throw everything out. He helps me with the dishes, he opens the lazy susan for me, he hits my few remaining boxes with toys to remind me about them, he pulls stuff out of a couple of open boxes I have, he's opening cabinet doors now... such a busy boy!! He's a lot better about standing up and moving around. He's very cautious when he's getting somewhere, like if I'm sitting near some boxes and he wants to go from a stand at the boxes over to me, he gropes around and makes sure he has a good handhold on me before he lets go of the boxes. Yay for fewer headbonks! He still slips, but that's mostly a function of slippery floors plus socks, and he doesn't do it as much as he used to--I think he's compensating for it now so it doesn't take him by surprise as much.

Oh my god, he eats like a teenager, though!! I'm looking forward to his 9-month checkup next week to talk to the doctor about eating patterns. Hopefully they won't give me grief about weaning him already. We're down to twice a day nursings, morning and night, and I'm holding it there until I talk to the doctor, just in case. I'm worried because he hates formula, and there's no way I'm pumping, so it he getting enough vitamins, etc. But hey, my mom weaned me when I was 6 months and I'm fine so what can there be to worry about, right? Well, there's always something, I think it comes with the job :)

Thanksgiving was a blast, Victor loved all the food and attention!! He was a trooper--it was a long day and he didn't have much of a chance to crawl around and get some energy out, but he did really well. He's been sleeping much better lately, hopefully this pattern will continue. He sleeps longer stretches at night (though sometimes we have to get up and go put his blanket back on him or something when he makes little squeaky noises in the middle of the night) and is starting to take fewer but longer naps during the day--usually a short morning one then a long afternoon one. I like that pattern much better, he usually is much happier during the day and gets tired at the right time in the evening. However, I have just jinxed myself about it, so we shall see what happens next ;)