It’s amazing how David is growing and getting stronger every day.  Recently, he’s started to show off some new skills that he finds really fun.  He’s far from mastering them, but with a little assistance, he’s enjoying the practice.

Holding the bottle

Standing (with Dad’s help of course)

And talking … he actually coo’s all the time, but usually gets camera shy

Happy 3 Month Birthday, Baby Dave!

On Saturday, David officially hit the 3 month mark, which is a pretty big milestone for all of us.  He’s still doing well, and growing like crazy.  Our last estimate (from our bathroom scale) is that he weighs 15 pounds!  No wonder he feels heavy to carry around.  We celebrated his birthday by going to a birthday party for a friend who turned one this week!  David loved watching the other babies crawl and walk around.  This was the first time he’s really shown interest in other “little people.”

Here’s a recent pic of the little guy.  It’s getting harder to take pictures of him smiling because he’s started to notice the camera.  

David’s taken an interest in his hands.  He’s been trying to eat them for a while now, but he’s recently started to stare at them.  I think he’s finally starting to realize that they’re connected to him and that he can move them.

David’s also gotten increasingly interested in grabbing on to things and making them move.  The coordination in his hands and arms has improved tremendously in the last few weeks. 

He’s still an inquisitive guy who likes to explore.  Although he can turn over now, he usually spends his tummy time trying to scoot forward or rotate.  He does pretty well, too.  He can scoot himself almost off of the blanket now.   I have a feeling we’re really going to have our hands full once he learns to crawl.

David went for his first ride on Dad’s shoulders… he seemed to really love the view from up there!

Happy Halloween!  We celebrated by taking David to the Goblin Walk in San Carlos, where kids trick-or-treat down Laurel Street.  David went as a calf, and I (not surprisingly) went as a burp cloth.  David also enjoyed some great quality time with Grammy and Grandpa Don, who flew in from Georgia for the weekend.  I think that Grammy and Grandpa Don enjoyed their time with David, too, and they even got new walking shoes while they were in town!

Happy Halloween (…a week early)

For Halloween this year, David is going to be a cow.  His costume was really big on him when I first got it a month ago.  It’s still big – but it’s amazing how much better it fits him now.  He showed it off at my work’s Halloween party on Friday where he got to meet several other babies.  (Apparently, there was something in the water.)

In addition to being patient while I dress him up, David has also found he purpose in life: to try to fit his whole hand into his mouth.  He hasn’t succeeded yet, but he did once manage to accidentally stick his finger up his nose which scared him.

He’s also started showing more of an interest in books.  In particular, he’s grown very fond of this fish book – he loves to look at the pictures.  I can’t wait until he can actually understand what I’m reading to him.

David has discovered a new game that he loves: scooting across Dad’s chest!

Also, here are some photo’s from Greg and Camille’s visit back in September.  I was finally able to get them off of Chris’ laptop.  As you can see, David loved all of the attention … and Greg and Camille didn’t seem to mind giving it to him.

Today, Chris, David, and I went on a hike at our neighborhood park, Edgewood.  David pretty much slept the whole time, but Chris and I really enjoyed the fresh air and great weather.  I hope this will be the first of many more hikes to come.

This past weekend, Chris, David, and I went to the NICU reunion at the park across from the hospital.  David slept through the whole thing, but Chris and I enjoyed getting out of the apartment and the fresh air.  It was also great to catch up with some of the nurses who took such good care of David back in August.  They had a really cool fire truck, too.