Stroller pushing: In the Olympics?

Blake's latest hobby is pushing his own Graco Metrolite stroller around outside. He has the endurance and stamina of some of the greatest Olympic athletes! I've included a couple of pictures. As you will see in one, he is open to diversions, but for the most part he focuses intently on moving the stroller from place to place for as much as 20 minutes at a time.

We are having fun with him and wondering if this is a precursor to walking! :)

Pictures!

I won't waste your time with words. I know the pictures are what you want!!!

Bulletin: New teeth useful for eating!!!

We've reached a new milestone! Blake can feed himself toast and pancakes without my having to break them into bite-sized pieces. I think this development has been assisted by his incoming teeth. He FINALLY has all four top front teeth. Although it seems obvious to me now, I hadn't realized prior to yesterday that he would be able to bite food with these new teeth. He had his first animal cracker at a "Baby Einstein Party" at one of the county libraries. He looked so grown up as he actually took bites out of the cracker removing each limb systematically. He also stole a piece of toast off of my plate yesterday morning at breakfast and just started eating it. This morning we gave him a pancake. He promptly folded it up and started taking bites. He uses the back of his non-feeding hand to finish the process by shoving the food into his mouth.

Photo Update: The port that we plug the camera into on the computer to transfer pictures won't download the pictures directly onto the computer. I've reinstalled the camera software twice to no avail. I now have to circumvent a few things to download so it takes me longer. Sorry for the delay!

Saving(s) Time, Losing Sleep

I have never considered Daylight Savings Time to be an issue. Until last weekend. I'm just wondering when Blake will pick up on our artificial attempt to change time. Since Sunday, we've been waking up at 4 a.m. When you think about it, it's really like waking up at 5 (if one's body hasn't adjusted to the time change yet). And it IS 5 on the east coast. But anyway you look at it, I'm having a hard time considering waking up at 4 normal for a 10 month old. I have had no luck convincing him it's too early! Not with nursing, boring CNN, or my napping on the couch while he plays. So if you are awake on the east coast at five, you can think of us!

Food update: Blake loves my whole wheat pancakes! This makes me so happy!