Pierce's Milestones
First smile: March 1st - 2 days old
Roll over (front to back): July 4th - 18 wks old
Roll over (back to front): July 11th - 19 wks old
First solid food: Prunes, July 26th - 21 wks old
Holding Bottle: 22-23 wks old
First word: "Da Da", Aug 9th - 23 wks old
Second word: "Mama", Sept 10th - 27 wks old
Army-Man Crawl: Sept 13th - 28 wks old
Full-Blown Crawl: Sept 20th - 29 wks old
Pull-up-to-a-stand: Sept 27th - 30 wks old
Eating Cherios: Oct 11th - 32 wks old
No-Hands Balancing: Nov 15th - 37 wks old
Taking Steps: Dec 14th - 41 wks old
Before Pierce, the saying for me went something like this:"When life hands you lemons, make lemonade and throw it in the face of all who stand in your way so that their eyes burn and they..."Ok, you get the point. Well, there is a reason why children are the biggest joys and blessings in life. They become your reset button. When things get tough all over they can make it all better. Even on the days when I wish I could just crawl in a hole and sleep, I cannot because of Pierce. He keeps me going whether I like it or not and forces me take time to enjoy him. We went for a walk together last night. He did not make a sound and just took everything in. I found that odd because sometimes all he does is babble. I feel as if one day soon, on one of our many walks to come in life, that he's just gonna start talking and never stop. :-)After our walk, I took him to the park by our house so he could swing. His little 7 month old frame is almost completely swallowed by the swing but we made it work. He really enjoyed it. And all that had happened yesterday, this week, this past month was forgotten.I love you Doodlebug! - Love, Mom
Pierce is getting stronger and stronger everyday. His Aunt Cheryl and Uncle David sent him this Rainforest Jumperoo and he just loves it. He's actually not heavy enough yet to reach the floor so we put two seat cushions below it and brought the floor to him. Although his attention span is not supposed to be greater than 5 minutes or so, he will sit in this and bounce around for 15-20 minutes! It makes jungle animal noises and plays cute little songs that are activated with his movement. You can tell he's getting tired when the music stops for periods of time. With toys like this he'll be walking in no time!
Pierce is getting to be more interactive each day. He's learning to grasp things and starting to put things in his mouth (when he can find it...sometimes he bonks himself on the head). He enjoys playing after eating his breakfast each morning. Here he is playing with some of his rattles. This picture makes me smile.
Before Pierce, the saying for me went something like this:
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