Escape!

Adam now knows that he can escape the crib. He's long been physically capable of it but has never bothered in the past. The sleep bag, which we put on him backwards so that he cannot escape it, was deterring him because he couldn't get his feet over the rail one at a time. Today, he discovered a new method and was coming out of his room as fast as we could put him back in. So, Dion and I took turns silently watching to pre-empt escape attempts. We witnessed the escape technique:

a somersault. a front flip? I'm not sure of the correct term. Are any readers familiar with the high bar or the uneven bars?

hands on the rail,
waist above the rail,
head over and below the rail,
feet launched up, over the rail, past the head, and downwards for landing

It was all we could do to contain our laughter, lest that encourage his gymnastic pursuits. I don't mind discouraging it - he's going to be way too tall to be a competitive gymnast or diver anyway.

big brother in training

rocking and feeding the baby

feeding the baby a little more carefully

drilling the baby?!

belly for number two

with number two at 36 weeks (out of 40)

with Adam at 38 weeks


I'm not getting quite as many comments on how tiny I am this time but still some. It still cracks me up though. I haven't been legitimately tiny since about 2 months of age.

Even though with Adam I measured the textbook size at every checkup, this time, I'm measuring small enough that my OB sent me for an extra ultrasound around 32 weeks. It turns out that the baby "could not be more average." I left Dion out of the picture with number two just in case he's looking bigger, too.