Mobile, 6 month-old Raleigh

Raleigh had his 6 month doctor visit today. He weighs 16.8 lbs, and is 26 inches long now. We've been very lucky that Raleigh has been as healthy as he has been. We haven't had a single doctor's visit apart from his scheduled well-baby visits at 2 weeks, 2 months, 4 months, and now 6 months. Josh held him while the nurse gave him his shots and he didn't cry near as much as he cried for past shots when I held him.

The doctor was very happy, as were all the nurses. Raleigh seems to get a ton of smiles from everyone he meets...probably because he's very generous with his own smiles.

Here's a cute pic of him grabbing his feet while I was changing his diaper.


And we can no longer use his bouncy chair because he thinks it's a jungle gym.

Fabulously fun weekend

What a great long weekend. Josh, Raleigh, Winnie, and I hung out quite a bit this weekend and it was fun.

On Saturday, Josh helped his brother Jamie move while Raleigh and I hung out together during the day. Later that night, Josh and I joined my sister-in-law, Erika, to watch Pirates of the Carribean 3: At World's End. Raleigh was left in good hands with a friend from work and her husband.

I think we'll need to start going to earlier movies from now on though. I didn't realize how late that it would get for Raleigh to be kept out.

Yesterday, I mulched a large bricked-off area of our back yard...something I should have done two years ago :). And I got closer to finishing Raleigh's room.

In the past week, Raleigh's graduated to eating solid foods twice a day. Breastmilk is still his main food source though. Feeding a baby solid foods is a good way to really understand the phrase "What goes in must come out." I could definitely tell that Raleigh has been eating bananas. And today, before our walk, Josh asked me if was using vinegar for something. When I responded no, Josh just had to find out where that smell was coming from.

Turns out it was Raleigh...and the banana, rice cereal, and apple combination we fed him for lunch comes out smelling like vinegar. I find that funny because Josh hates, and I mean HATES, the smell of vinegar. I should have had the camera out to take a picture of Josh with his shirt over his nose while he changed Raleigh's diaper.

Other highlights from this weekend, include:

Molasses cookies.



Fun with Raleigh.

New video clips...Finally!

Hi all,

Josh and I finally uploaded the latest videos from our camera onto our computer. This morning, I edited them and compiled a few clips to share with you.

Enjoy!

Thief helps us to be greener

Last weekend, or late last week, our lawn mower was stolen from our driveway. Well, I bet the theif got a big shock when he/she used it for the first time...no, literally, I really do think that he/she got a shock. You see...the only way that you can turn off the lawn mower that was stolen is by removing the spark plug wire from the spark plug...and it shocks you every single time.
So, in the picture below, I am pushing the new reel mower that I bought over my lunch hour today. If you're older, you may have even used a mower like this one before.

The best quality about the mower is that there is no gasoline or electricity involved...Josh's quote "Human use is what makes this baby go"...it is the greener lawn mower. Supposedly it is also better for the grass because it uses a scissor cut instead of a rip cut like most rotary blades.



Lately, I've taken to liking mushrooms. No, not the "I see purple dwarves and rainbow snowflakes" kind, but the bought in the grocery store kind. The picture below is of the dish that I made for dinner tonight. Red onions, fresh garlic, mushrooms, red bell peppers, stir-fried in sesame oil with a dash of salt, a few dashes of red pepper flakes and a smidgen of soy sauce. It is now my favorite dish to make.



I was also lucky enough to catch Josh and Raleigh in a cute father-son moment tonight.

A Comparison

January 28th, 2007

May 20th, 2007

And yes, this is my third post today. I'm at home sick, and when Raleigh is sleeping, I'm bored. If I didn't have to be near a restroom so often, I'd be at work.

I'm not a chef....

...but I have fun pretending. Maybe this is what made my tummy sick yesterday and today...hmmm.

Ready to Crawl

Raleigh seems to be getting ready to crawl. He's pushing himself up on his arms more, and every once and a while his legs bend in as if to crawl. Yikes, we're going to have to baby proof the house soon! If you've seen our house, you know how tough this will be for us. :)

A fabulous art exhibit

We attended Chelsea's (www.funkyneedle.com) art show opening at a local coffee parlor and we had a blast. Raleigh got to wear his Uncle Jamie's hat.

And he got to sit on a cool chair appendage that seemed like it was made for him.

We got to look at Chelsea's really cool felted wool art.

There's Chelsea. You should really check out her cool web page at www.funkyneedle.com. Her significant other, who happens to be Josh's little brother Jamie, helped create the website for her.

Later last night, Raleigh got some tummy time on the floor so that I could take a picture of him grabbing his feet. This is a new developement in the last few weeks for him.

Adventures in Rice Cereal

You want me to eat what?

Oh, okay, I'll try it...

Yes, that's an interesting taste...

I'm not sure if I like it yet...
Yup, I've decided, I don't like it...


Oh, just clean off my face already...

Ok, so I ate it all, that doesn't mean that I liked it...

A few weeks later... What's that thing attached to your eye? I slightly recognize it...

Wow that gave off a bright flash...oh, I remember....thats that thing that you point at me all the time and then dissapear with into the other room. I wonder where it's been for the last two weeks.

A wonderful first mother's day

Josh, Raleigh, Winnie and had a picnic in the park. We did take along the video camera and boy did we get some great videos. I even got a video that I like to call "After the dog puked on Josh's shorts and our picnic blanket" video.

I'd love to post said video, however we're still lacking in the computer department. I don't think it's justified for me to download all of my video editing software onto my work computer. So, until we have our new computer, you'll have to wait to see anymore videos.

Here are some recycled pictures for you though. This is what you can do with Microsoft Word 2007.

One thing after another...

This is a bad month for electronic devices. First the washing machine's agitator decided not to work properly and I had to fix it by replacing the "Agitator Dogs." Then my camera's battery decided to die. And now, our computer at home decided to die also.

This means that in the next few weeks I need to do some research. Josh and I decided that we are going to build our own computer instead of buying a ready made one, which means that this task will be challenging. I will try to update the blog as I can, but without a reliable computer at home, I'm not sure how many pictures and video I'll have to show. If you want to take a break from checking blog for about a week, I doubt you'll miss anything.

I'll send an e-mail to friends and family when I am back to posting pictures of Raleigh. Thanks for your patience.

No, No, No, not another post without pictures :(

Sorry folks, my lovely Canon SLR Digital Rebel has a defunct battery. I am in the process of researching the purchase of a replacement.

It seems that I can buy a Canon brand battery pack to replace it for between $50-$70 or I can buy an off-brand battery pack for $13-$40.

In the mean time, I've been taking video of Raleigh and I haven't had the time to edit and post it yet.

My heart aches every time I witness a photo-op and realize that I must rely on my memory alone to savor the moment.

I'm so ashamed...

...up until now, I had always referred to myself as a geek.

Little did I know:

35% Geek

This will take you to an online dating site if you click on it, I just went there for the geek test...and I failed horribly.

Josh's New Bass

My father in-law just finished the first of two Bass guitars for him and Josh. Here are the pictures. I'm not sure if this is Josh's or if this is Steve's. Supposedly, this little Bass is supposed to sound very similar to the upright big Bass exists.

Oh, and that's my father in-law, Steve, in the picture.