Zeeke's been enjoying connecting to his parents with his feet lately, sometimes pushing playfully at them, sometimes kicking. Karen's been working on Zeeke sitting without the boppy and standing up from sitting without having to be completely lifted up. He's been getting more and more determined to pull down the butterflies from his activity gym, most likely with the intent of putting them in his mouth and he's been practicing his chewing even when he's not eating.
Zeeke's book of the week: "Go Baby Go!" by Marilyn Janovitz
Zeeke survived the hurricane well, sleeping like the proverbial baby the night it passed over us. Hurricane Sandy mostly kept us in the house on Monday, but we snuck out for tea and cinnamon roll biscuits at Allison's house. Jenifer and Eric came by for a visit later in the day.
On Tuesday, while Steve was working from home, Zeeke & Karen went out for a walk and ran into Katie, Dave & Greta then joined them for a visit to Jenifer & Eric's.
On Wednesday, Sharri, Kate & Nate and Jen & the twins joined Karen & Zeeke for Halloween storytime at Fumo. There were monster stories and a costume parade. Jack and William were Thing #1 and Thing #2 (from the Cat in the Hat), Nate was a monkey and Zeeke was a very serious pumpkin. That evening, Dena came by with doughnuts and helped us hand out candy to trick-or-treaters.
Thursday, Karen & Zeeke went over to hang out with Sharri & Nate. Later, they took a stroll to Termini to pick up a cheesecake and visited with the nice lady who gave us a tour of the kitchens way back when Karen was still pregnant.
Friday, Steve's parents came to visit. Steve's dad did some measuring and planning for attaching all their bookcases to the walls before Zeeke gets too mobile. Then they took us to lunch at Green Eggs.
On Saturday, we gave Zeeke his first solid food, steamed yams, which he happily devoured.
On Sunday, Steve & Zeeke strolled Manayunk while Karen got a nice massage. He wasn't as happy about solid food the second day, but despite making faces, he got it finished.