Basque to the Future

Saturday, June 2, 2012

First Steps

Simon took his first steps today!! With both me and Alan there!!! He took two or three steps in a row a few times. We even got one on video.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Emily's been out of town for work for a few days this week, and Simon is very noticeably missing her - especially when he first wakes up and at bedtime. When I take him out of his crib in the morning he's happy to see me but soon he starts looking around for Mama since usually if she's not the one to greet him in the morning then she's not far behind me. After more time has goes by and she still hasn't shown up, he gets more frantic and starts signing "milk" (which is also his way of saying "nursing" and "snuggle with Mommy") over and over. Normally he's very content to play by himself for a while, but after a full day/night of her being gone he starts being more and more needy/clingy/fragile. And finally today he wasn't his typical cheerful self... not necessarily crying or cranky, but just very serious.

He gets lots of love from everyone, but there's no substitute for Mama

He hasn't been upset the whole time she's been gone - overall, we've had a fun couple days with just us boys. But we're both looking forward to having Mama back tomorrow morning.

More sleepy serious Simon after the jump...