Tummy Time

I could have happily lived my life out never knowing what 'tummy time' is, but no such luck. People in the know say that you must place your baby belly-down on the floor regularly so that he will develop strong neck and back muscles for future crawling and walking. Keeping your infant in his carseat all day is a no-no, so is keeping him caged like a veal. Nate just does not enjoy his Tummy Time. After a minute or two he dissolves into frustrated squeals and gets a mouthful of cat hair from Bean, who inevitably will rub against his face all lovey-like.

I'm pretty confident that he's developing the appropriate neck and back muscles despite the lack of Tummy Time, but time will tell. If he hasnt learned to walk by puberty due to underveloped Tummy Time muscles he can just add this to his list of reasons to hate me.

Uncle Jimmer came over to see us. Nate and Jimmer are buds.










EVIL NATE!!!
See, he's not always so wicked cute.







or is he....

Made in the USA

Nate has received some gifts that are bona fide homemade pieces of art. Take for example these veggie stuffed toys created by our co-worker Shannon (she's crafty!)...

She asked which veggies I'd like her to make, and I THOUGHT I gave her impossibly challenging ones, but evidently cute stuffed peapods and corn on the cob are not out of the realm of her talent. You should see the Godzilla costume she sewed for her husband on Halloween...

Who needs home heating oil when you've got warm handknit sweaters from Aunts Sue and Irene? Take that, KeySpan Energy Delivery!


Aunt Lynda 'whipped up a few pillows just before she visited' us in December. These are only a few of them:

I made a pillow once. Took me all weekend.

I'm impressed with all you folks who start projects and then actually finish them. I am missing this particular gene (mom's fault). Thanks for the goodies!

Smile!

It took about a half hour of acting like a madwoman to get this shot.