Yet another snow day

We can't get enough of them here.









This child is amazing!

100 days of crying

Our friend Nancy (who knows a thing or two about children) told us about how some cultures (I believe they are east Asian) call the first few months of a baby's life "The 100 Days of Crying." Apparently, the baby isn't quite ready to be a real human and therefore cries a lot during the first 100 days.

And sometimes, even "a lot" of crying is a major understatement.

Well, today Catherine is 100 days old. And the crying has all but vanished.

She actually stopped the mindless fussiness about a week ago. This coincided with other exciting things - use of the hands, gratuitous smiling, even some giggling.

Yep, this is going to be fun.

And incidentally, Nancy also believes she sees a lot of Jenny in these most recent pictures. Which I think is great, because Jenny is a whole better looking than I am.

Another snow day

So more pics of the Bean!

With Granny, laughing and eating:




Those big blue eyes, ever-alert and taking it all in:

In the carrier

She's got hands

So now she's got hands. Or she always did, but now she knows she's got them and she definitely wants to use them. If a toy or our hands are held in front of her, she reaches for them (in her disjointed way), grabs hold, and gives a smile. She particularly loves grabbing mom's shirt while being fed.

We got a new baby carrier, too. We were using an older Bjorn, but it was hard to get her in and out and even harder to adjust it to fit me or Jenny, depending on the user. Since she was enjoying the Bjorn so much, we decided to get a newer, more adjustable, and more comfortable carrier. The choices were many and most were expensive... we went with the Lascal M1 (no pics with her in it yet, but here it is).
On saturday morning, it was really warm here (+5C), so I strapped her in and took her down to Local Jo's coffee shop. It was an unqualified success. She loved it. She's really going to enjoy going for walks in this thing when the weather turns warmer.

"Zzzzzzzz":


I tried to grade some tests:


In her nightie:

Smiley baby:

Playing with Grampy:


In this video, she practices one of her new skills. She likes to grab hold of my hands and then pull herself towards me. Here it is:

Three months old today

...where does the time go?

Weekends with Catherine

It's dad's turn to get in on the action. Here's what went down this weekend:

On saturday, Ellie watched some hockey with me.


On sunday morning, we woke the baby up and played with her. First, it was almost-tummy time.


Then it was for-real tummy time. She doesn't like this as much.


Maybe you'd rather read a book?



"But dad, I'm hungry!"


"Actually, I think I'd prefer to see what's going on over here."


Ellie had to crash out from all the action. Notice how she's sleeping like an actual human - head on pillow, remote within reach.



And the highlight of every day with Catherine is getting her out of bed in the morning.