<div class="caption"> (A bit behind in posting this as he’s now 1 week shy of being 7 months old – d'oh!) It’s been a busy month for ZBL. His main focus has been perfecting sitting up and he’s probably 80% now, only tipping over now and again. We still aren’t confident enough to leave him sitting and move away to another space without using the boppy or pillows to catch him if he tips. sitting in the boppy chair and figuring out how to get back up to a seated position when he partially tips over He can also sit up and grab a toy and has gotten more and more stable doing this as the month progressed. At first, he was pretty wobbly as he would reach out but by the end of the month, his stability increased. Favorite past time: pouncing! Be warned! If your hand or knee or shirt or collar or finger or foot or anything is any where near his mouth, it’s fair game! He will pounce on you — grabbing at any hand or arm or finger that is within arms reach and shoving it into his mouth — yum! This resulted in many laughs from Nan over Thanksgiving. Other favorite past time: jumping in the johnny jump up. John figured out this one. Unfortunately our new house has door frames that go to the ceiling on the main floor, plus the door frames are too tall for a johnny jump up, so ZBL does his jumping upstairs or in the basement. He’s cool with it though — can bounce for 20-30 mins. Loves, loves, loves it. remembering how to love riding in the car after Thanksgiving hiatus: Thanksgiving meant a week off of the regular routine of driving SPL to school in the morning, picking him up in the PM, and shuttling him to activities. Even after just one week, our fearless hero lost some of his resilience w/r/t the car and being in it for more than 10 mins. Over Thanksgiving we just hung out at home with the cousins which was just ZBL’s speed. Who are these people? Over Thanksgiving we had extended family staying with us and ZBL loved it. He loves people it seems and when they went home, he seemed to be wondering where everyone went. Z both loves to be a part of things/is social and he is ok playing by himself. But when he transitions from playing by himself to wanting company, you will definitely know. Smiley kid: Z smiles easily and frequently and flirtatiously. It’s charming all the kids in SPL’s class as well as the moms and dad :-). More hair — did I mention that his hair came in! Brown with highlights of gold like his dad and big bro. grabbing your face — his favorite new game. If he’s sitting on your lap — watch out! Lips and noses are favorite targets. More peaceful in the car — he has adjusted to the daily car rides and has found his Zen happy place (most of the time). Now we are working on nighttime driving — Z doesn’t like that but has had some more practice with days being shorter. Also, his stats: 21 lbs 7 oz (95%ile), 27 ¼ inches tall (75%ile) and 46.6 cm head circumference (off the charts!). Looking forward to what the next month has in store! </div>

January 6, 2013 · PHOTO

(A bit behind in posting this as he’s now 1 week shy of being 7 months old – d'oh!)

It’s been a busy month for ZBL. His main focus has been perfecting sitting up and he’s probably 80% now, only tipping over now and again. We still aren’t confident enough to leave him sitting and move away to another space without using the boppy or pillows to catch him if he tips. sitting in the boppy chair and figuring out how to get back up to a seated position when he partially tips over

He can also sit up and grab a toy and has gotten more and more stable doing this as the month progressed. At first, he was pretty wobbly as he would reach out but by the end of the month, his stability increased.

Favorite past time: pouncing! Be warned! If your hand or knee or shirt or collar or finger or foot or anything is any where near his mouth, it’s fair game! He will pounce on you — grabbing at any hand or arm or finger that is within arms reach and shoving it into his mouth — yum! This resulted in many laughs from Nan over Thanksgiving.

Other favorite past time: jumping in the johnny jump up. John figured out this one. Unfortunately our new house has door frames that go to the ceiling on the main floor, plus the door frames are too tall for a johnny jump up, so ZBL does his jumping upstairs or in the basement. He’s cool with it though — can bounce for 20-30 mins. Loves, loves, loves it.

remembering how to love riding in the car after Thanksgiving hiatus: Thanksgiving meant a week off of the regular routine of driving SPL to school in the morning, picking him up in the PM, and shuttling him to activities. Even after just one week, our fearless hero lost some of his resilience w/r/t the car and being in it for more than 10 mins. Over Thanksgiving we just hung out at home with the cousins which was just ZBL’s speed.

Who are these people? Over Thanksgiving we had extended family staying with us and ZBL loved it. He loves people it seems and when they went home, he seemed to be wondering where everyone went.

Z both loves to be a part of things/is social and he is ok playing by himself. But when he transitions from playing by himself to wanting company, you will definitely know.

Smiley kid: Z smiles easily and frequently and flirtatiously. It’s charming all the kids in SPL’s class as well as the moms and dad :-).

More hair — did I mention that his hair came in! Brown with highlights of gold like his dad and big bro.

grabbing your face — his favorite new game. If he’s sitting on your lap — watch out! Lips and noses are favorite targets.

More peaceful in the car — he has adjusted to the daily car rides and has found his Zen happy place (most of the time). Now we are working on nighttime driving — Z doesn’t like that but has had some more practice with days being shorter.

Also, his stats: 21 lbs 7 oz (95%ile), 27 ¼ inches tall (75%ile) and 46.6 cm head circumference (off the charts!).

Looking forward to what the next month has in store!