So at our 4 month check up with Levi, our pediatrician said that we could go ahead and start “solids”, meaning cereal, either rice or oats, mixed with breastmilk. He has good head control, can sit unaided (in the tripod) and regular sitting with only us helping to stabilize him, and can transfer objects from…

What summer without a bit of swimming? And why not go for a helicopter ride while you are at it? The other gal is Victoria, from my church. She’s 7 months pregnant and Greg’s wild side (the pilot) got the best of her belly. She started to get nauseous so we came down.

So we’ve given the little guy bits of avocado, which he loves. The occasional bit of banana, let him suck the juice out of a muskmelon and turn the pulp to mush, which he also seems to like. A few cheerios that he has mashed into oblivion. In the last week or so, though, he’s…