As I said, I’m trying to make sure I get in a few posts a week. They won’t all be about the Family. But, a lot of them will be. I already made a post, today (see, “Just stupid enough to be true”). However, I thought I’d post a big ol’ catch up post, too.
First, some pics of our Son:
16 Weeks Old
The above picture is Seth at 16 Weeks. Quite a change, huh? His eyes have started to lighten. We still don’t know what color they will be, but they are starting to look steel blue or like they might be green/hazel when it’s all over. There’s a lot more hair, too. It’s color, too, is still a mystery, but it looks like it might be light brunette or dark red.
17 Weeks
For his 17 Weeks, I just couldn’t narrow down the pictures to one or two. The first two aren’t the best, photographically speaking. But, they give a good overview of him as a whole and that cute smile. I’ve discovered that it’s hard to take pictures of him, sometimes. He just keeps moving 
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The third picture is the obligatory “son in sunglasses” shot that I think all parents have to take, these days. I think Seth pulled it off without a hitch. This sure is the cutest one of these types of photos I’ve ever seen. Or, am I just being biased? mmmmmmmmmmm… NAH!
However, the last picture is my favorite of this set. It shows another milestone. Seth’s been wrapping his hands around his bottle for the past few weeks. This is the first time he held it on his own, though. We had a hand ready, in case he needed help, but he was fine. Not bad for a 4 month old!
18 Weeks
It’s times like this I wish I was better with my camera. I don’t like using the flash, because I think natural light looks so much better. Unfortunately, a lot of times, my camera sees this as a low light situation. I’m sure I could make some adjustments, but haven’t had time to figure out how, yet. Thus, these pictures are blurry. It’s a shame, too. I love them, otherwise.
Seth hit another big milestone during his 18th week. Thursday night, my wife woke me and said, “Look at your son.” I grabbed my glasses and went over to his bassinet. Low and behold, he was laying on his stomach, head turned to the side, sleeping. Now, we always put him to sleep on his back. The best research says you should do so, to reduce the risk of SIDS. I didn’t put him on his belly. Neither did my wife. It took me a moment to draw the right conclusion. The little guy had done this himself!
This was contrary to everything we had been told about how he should sleep. So, we did some reading and found out that, when they start flipping themselves over, the increased risk of SIDS due to sleeping on their stomach is greatly reduced, which was quite a relief.
There’s just one problem with this, though. He can roll from his back to his stomach. However, he hasn’t figured out how to roll the other way. He hates to be on his tummy for long periods of time. After a few minutes, he gets kinda cranky. Barb’s been having to get up several times a night and roll him back over. Unfortunately, I’m on meds that make me sleep pretty heavily. So, I don’t wake up. That means he’s cranky all night and she’s a bit cranky in the morning.
That’s it for baby updates. Other things:
1. I finally got my dry well in. It works! Surprised me. Of course, I ordered 3 times the gravel I needed, so I’m going to use the extra to put in a parking area next to the street.
2. A strange thing happened, last week. Strange things used to happen to me all the time. So, I was used to it. However, it’s been a long time since that’s happened. So, I didn’t know how to deal with it. So, I took a picture. I went out on the porch and there was a chicken strutting around by the side of our house. That wouldn’t be so strange if there was a farm anywhere near us. Overall, it’s not the weirdest thing I’ve seen. But, since my life’s been so normal for so long, it threw me for a loop.
She was pretty tame. I was about 1.5′ away when I took this, with my phone. Didn’t phase her at all. Cute, isn’t she?
That’s about it. I’m in training all this week, for work. Next week, I’ll be in Memphis for a few days. After that, my parents are coming to visit. We can’t wait to see them. It’ll be interesting to see what they think of their Grandson, now. They haven’t seen him in 17 weeks, or so.
