mimi loves to push the stroller...to the detriment of ozzy...i try to protect him from his overzealous sister who runs the stroller into cracks and ruts willynilly and i imagine ozzy sailing out of the stroller one day or else just getting some neck trauma from all the bashing around...walking a very fine line though, trying not to make mimi feel less important than him.
Hercules! Hercules! Hercules!
ozzy is 10 weeks old today. hard to believe it...he'll be 100 days very soon. i havent decided what we'll do for his 100 day celebration, yet. rob will be in germany that day. not sure how i'm going to manage a full week alone with the kids...i should see if my mom can come up and help me while he is gone. i know she would love to spend some more time here with the grandkids.
i noticed today how intently ozzy keeps his gaze on me (now that his vision extends a little further than 12 inches). our house desperately needed vacuuming so i set him on the couch, propped up with a bobby and other cushions, and told mimi to sit by him so he didnt fall. as i walked away, i could see him just staring at me. he wouldnt even look at mimi, try as she might to get his attention. clearly a mama's boy...i hope he doesnt end up being too attached to me. so far he willingly goes to any one and doesnt seem to be too upset when i'm not around, but he is definitely more 'attached' to me than mimi ever was at his age. he let me leave him for a few minutes, but then started to fuss...so i picked him up and held him with one hand and vaccuumed with the other. mimi says, 'mom, i want you to hold me too while you vaccuum." oy vey.
today, ozzy started 'swimming' while getting tummy time (all the time is tummy time with ozzy...i have to try to plan in some 'back time' for him during the day to try to get him used to that position as well). he lifts his head and uppermost part of his chest up and his arms and legs are slightly suspended above the ground and all his limbs are flapping about quite happily.
his favorite 'hold me' position: he likes to be fully upright standing up on his feet. i keep trying to sit him b/c i worry about his leg and feet development from putting too much weight on them at this age, but he fusses when i try to make him sit. i am sure it has more to do with lower abdominal pressure causing gastric upset rather than an early penchant for standing and walking. this resistance to sitting makes for some interesting bathing positions.
mimi had swim class today...lately she's been less afraid of the water, but still not quite there yet. we may have to repeat Pee Wee II one more time after this. last time we took PW II i told her if she got her face in the water we'd get slurpees. she is currently trying to negotiate another slurpee for getting her face wet. i've up the ante though and am now demanding a full on head submersion for a slurpee...let's hope her love of sugar wins out!
on our way to our car after swim class, mimi spies wild onion growing alongside the sidewalk. she wants to pull it up and take it with her. i asked her why she wanted to pick it and she tells me 'it smells so good. but elizabeth doesn't like it. she says it smells bad. but i dont think it smells bad. i like it."
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