Day 80

I love watching Simon when he is on his tummy.  He makes funny faces, smiles, laughs, moves his arms, kicks his legs, and just seems like he is having so much fun.  Although as he gets tired, his head slowly droops and he gets a bit cranky.  We’re glad that his head slowly droops rather than falling like a rock, we’re always afraid he will bonk his head.

Also he really talks up a storm while watching his mobile.  Before he would just calmly look at it and usually turn his head away after a few seconds.  Now he often seems like in a trance then will start talking really loudly to it or to himself (we’re not sure which).  It startled us the first time since we though he was yelling and crying but he was just having a jolly good time.

While I was taking a nap, Ron was taking care of Simon and I woke from my nap to find Ron sporting a new accessory:

Since Ron needed his hands free to work on the computer and prepare dinner, he strapped Simon to his chest with the Baby Bjorn.  Apparently Simon had been fussing and didn’t want to lie down and play on his playmat so this was the solution.  It seems like Simon’s neck is strong enough to support his head so we can “wear” him like this now.  We are going to work on his back now to get him to sit up by himself.

Day 77

I bought Simon this outfit from American Apparel.  Sometimes pants get in the way when changing Simon’s diaper but it’s been cold lately and I don’t want his chubby little legs to get cold.  I’m not sure what he thinks of it though since it can be kind of restricting but it did keep his legs warm.  He still had to wear socks to keep his feet warm though.

The weather was nice in the afternoon so we went for our walk.  We headed toward downtown and ended up at the Westfield San Francisco Centre on the Bloomingdale’s side.  We stopped to rest for a bit on the couches underneath the dome.

Simon loved to look up and check out the light coming through the glass.  You can see the reflection of the dome in his eyes.

We were out for over 2 hours, walking about 2 miles.  By the time we reached the 2 blocks of incline to our apartment, my calves were protesting.  I may have overdone it with the walking in the Skechers Shape-Ups.  It also doesn’t help that I started this morning with a bit of a sore throat and as we were going home, it started to get cold and a bit misty.  I’ve been taking Redoxon (vitamin C with zinc) all day which usually helps to prevent a mild cold from becoming a full-blown cold.

Simon did not want to go to bed this evening since he took a nap for 2 hours (1 hour before our walk and 1 hour during) so was wide awake.  We decided to give him a bath to see if that would soothe him and also give him a bit of a work-out with some tummy time.  It seems like his arms are getting stronger and so is his back.  He seems to be able to keep up straight while leaning on Ron.  His posture is better than mine.

He’s getting a chubby little belly!  He finally fell asleep at 9pm… the question always is: how long will he sleep tonight?

Day 76

Today since it was a rainy day in SF, Spidey-baby had a quiet day.  We basically stayed in and we tried our best to entertain each other.  In this photo, it would seem like Simon is getting tired of having his picture taken.

Hoping for better weather so we can continue our afternoon walks.