As of Sunday, Zeeke now weighs 15 pounds, 12 ounces, not quite as big as our weary backs were telling us, but it does put him into the 82nd percentile for weight.
We may not be ready for it, but Zeeke is increasingly showing that he wants to be mobile. He can now slither crawl right across the bed if someone puts an arm behind his feet for him to kick off of. And when we're helping him stand these days, he sometimes experiments with taking steps.</p>
He's mimicking us more and more when we talk to him and really seems to enjoy it. His "hello" is sounding startlingly close to the real thing. And he's starting to nod his head yes and shake it no when we ask him questions.
On Monday, Steve's parents came for a visit, but Zeeke was sound asleep, so they helped Karen clean up the back yard and pick some figs. Karen woke him up before they left so that they could see him awake for a bit.
On Wednesday Karen and Zeeke went to Liz's storytime with Sharri and Nate. Then on Thursday, they got together again for lunch at Green Eggs.
On Friday morning, while Steve was working from home, Karen slipped on the Ergo carrier and took Zeeke for a good long walk. Then we all slipped out to Weber's for a quick lunch and visit with Elspeth.
On Sunday, Patsy arrived for a visit. She'd barely recovered from her flight when we whisked her away for a nice brunch at Chestnut Hill Grill with Jen & Kim & the twins and Pam & Mike & Emma. The four-baby brunch guaranteed that there were few moments when we were all at the table at once, but overall it went quite swimmingly.