Friday, January 4, 2008
Tybee Island for the Holidays
We've been enjoying the sun and 70 degree weather of Tybee Island! Playing frisbee with mom, conquering Tomb Raider with Andrew, Sheila and I taking Solomon on walks on the beach, living 1000 ft from the ocean...it's been a great holiday.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Long Week
Today it's snowing. Yesterday it snowed, too, and the day before. There's about 3 inches on the ground. From our living room window we can see the neighborhood kids making snowmen in the park across the street. We are cozy in our apartment, drinking Starbucks coffee that my parents brought over, and not planning to go out at all today!
It's been a long week. Wallet stolen, trouble at work, wheel lock put on our car, pulled over and threatened with a fine and going to court because of a late registration. Plus, Solomon stopped sleeping through the night. Yup, the ten days of bliss were short-lived. For the past 3 days Solomon has been eating non-stop and waking up often during the night to eat or otherwise drive us crazy. Not sure whether this is another growth spurt or whether Solomon is trying to tell us he's ready for real food! I'm going to give it another couple of days and see what happens. I was thinking that I'm not quite ready to start with real food with him, and was planning to wait another month or so. But, Solomon has been about a month ahead with all other developmental milestones, so it wouldn't be surprising if he needs to eat a little earlier, too.
Solomon's latest trick is catapulting himself backwards while he is on the changing table or, lying anywhere for that matter. He pushes off with his feet and literally raises his entire body off the table into the air and then back down again a couple of inches back. Diaper changing is getting pretty tricky, as you can imagine.
These days, Solomon has become a pro at rolling over. There's only one problem. He can't roll back over yet. And seeing as how he doesn't really LIKE being on his stomach, he gets frustrated really easily. I actually think the frustration comes from the fact that he can't GET anywhere. He's unhappy on his back (and he is constantly in a "sit-up" position, as if trying to actually sit up) and he's unhappy on his stomach because he wants to crawl and he just doesn't have the strength yet. He is most happy sitting on someone's lap where he can see what is happening around him. But even that becomes frustrating for him, because he really seems to want to get around on his own.
He is still fascinated by silverware. And plates and bowls. He watches people eat with amazement and wonder. And jealousy, I think!
Oh, by the way, Scoggins was quite upset with me for omitting a certain picture of Solomon, Scoggins and my Dad last time I posted. Scoggins would like it be known that Solomon, at the tender age of (almost) 4 months experienced his first catacomb adventure. While in the town of Jajce, we stumbled upon a series of catacombs from the year 600AD. It was pretty cool. It was difficult to get a good picture down there, but you get the idea.
It's been a long week. Wallet stolen, trouble at work, wheel lock put on our car, pulled over and threatened with a fine and going to court because of a late registration. Plus, Solomon stopped sleeping through the night. Yup, the ten days of bliss were short-lived. For the past 3 days Solomon has been eating non-stop and waking up often during the night to eat or otherwise drive us crazy. Not sure whether this is another growth spurt or whether Solomon is trying to tell us he's ready for real food! I'm going to give it another couple of days and see what happens. I was thinking that I'm not quite ready to start with real food with him, and was planning to wait another month or so. But, Solomon has been about a month ahead with all other developmental milestones, so it wouldn't be surprising if he needs to eat a little earlier, too.
Solomon's latest trick is catapulting himself backwards while he is on the changing table or, lying anywhere for that matter. He pushes off with his feet and literally raises his entire body off the table into the air and then back down again a couple of inches back. Diaper changing is getting pretty tricky, as you can imagine.
These days, Solomon has become a pro at rolling over. There's only one problem. He can't roll back over yet. And seeing as how he doesn't really LIKE being on his stomach, he gets frustrated really easily. I actually think the frustration comes from the fact that he can't GET anywhere. He's unhappy on his back (and he is constantly in a "sit-up" position, as if trying to actually sit up) and he's unhappy on his stomach because he wants to crawl and he just doesn't have the strength yet. He is most happy sitting on someone's lap where he can see what is happening around him. But even that becomes frustrating for him, because he really seems to want to get around on his own.
He is still fascinated by silverware. And plates and bowls. He watches people eat with amazement and wonder. And jealousy, I think!
Oh, by the way, Scoggins was quite upset with me for omitting a certain picture of Solomon, Scoggins and my Dad last time I posted. Scoggins would like it be known that Solomon, at the tender age of (almost) 4 months experienced his first catacomb adventure. While in the town of Jajce, we stumbled upon a series of catacombs from the year 600AD. It was pretty cool. It was difficult to get a good picture down there, but you get the idea.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Catchin' Up
Well, I know it's been a while since I've posted, but I have an excuse....my parents were in town! My mom and dad came over for two weeks to visit us, and especially Solomon. It was a great two weeks. We spent leisurely days together, taking walks (when it wasn't raining), seeing friends, but mostly just playing with Solomon. We also took a day trip to a nearby medieval town and had an early thanksgiving dinner with Mark and Cindi Phipps. Mom and Dad brought Solomon a musical kick and play bouncy seat which he absolutely adores and I had ordered all of Solomon's winter clothes from Old Navy which they brought over as well.
While they were here Solomon learned all sorts of new things:
1. He learned to roll over! Yup, Mom saw him do it first and then we all saw him a few more times. Funny thing is, he really doesn't enjoy being on his stomach so after he gets there, he's sort of like, hey, why did I do that?
2. Solomon started sleeping through the night AND going to bed earlier! There had been times in the past when he'd sleep a long stretch or two, but nothing very consistent. But now, he goes to bed at 9pm and doesn't wake up until 7 or 7:30am! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!
3. Although he doesn't really love it, Solomon is spending more and more time on his stomach and he is really getting good at lifting up his upper body. He also isn't content anymore to just lie on the ground on his back. He is always actually lifting his upper body up (as in a sit-up) in order to actually try to sit. Crazy little man.
4. Because he doesn't like to lie down anymore, Solomon has graduated to the big boy part of the stroller. No more little infant carrier attachment. Now, when we go on walks, Solomon can basically sit up more and see out, which he just loves. He can see more than just the tops of the trees, the sky, and mommy's face!
On another note, I started working out a few weeks ago and am feeling pretty good. I guess that plus more sleep is really giving me more energy, which is a much needed change! It's still a challenge to find the time in my day to work out while watching Solomon, too. (He still doesn't take long naps, anywhere from 30 min. to one hour). But I'm managing to work out three times a week, which is better than nothing.
Anyway, that's it in a nutshell. Scoggins will soon post some video we've taken over the last couple of weeks. But until then, I've posted some new pics from Mom and Dad's visit.
While they were here Solomon learned all sorts of new things:
1. He learned to roll over! Yup, Mom saw him do it first and then we all saw him a few more times. Funny thing is, he really doesn't enjoy being on his stomach so after he gets there, he's sort of like, hey, why did I do that?
2. Solomon started sleeping through the night AND going to bed earlier! There had been times in the past when he'd sleep a long stretch or two, but nothing very consistent. But now, he goes to bed at 9pm and doesn't wake up until 7 or 7:30am! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!
3. Although he doesn't really love it, Solomon is spending more and more time on his stomach and he is really getting good at lifting up his upper body. He also isn't content anymore to just lie on the ground on his back. He is always actually lifting his upper body up (as in a sit-up) in order to actually try to sit. Crazy little man.
4. Because he doesn't like to lie down anymore, Solomon has graduated to the big boy part of the stroller. No more little infant carrier attachment. Now, when we go on walks, Solomon can basically sit up more and see out, which he just loves. He can see more than just the tops of the trees, the sky, and mommy's face!
On another note, I started working out a few weeks ago and am feeling pretty good. I guess that plus more sleep is really giving me more energy, which is a much needed change! It's still a challenge to find the time in my day to work out while watching Solomon, too. (He still doesn't take long naps, anywhere from 30 min. to one hour). But I'm managing to work out three times a week, which is better than nothing.
Anyway, that's it in a nutshell. Scoggins will soon post some video we've taken over the last couple of weeks. But until then, I've posted some new pics from Mom and Dad's visit.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
First Game and First Snow!
Solomon has had a week of firsts! A few days ago he went to his first basketball game with his mom and dad: the Banja Luka "Borac" (fighters) vs. the Zenica "Celik" (steel). Solomon wasn't exactly thrilled with the game, as you can see from the picture at the right. :)
Solomon also saw his first snow ever this week! Snow fell for six hours straight on Monday and accumulated almost 3 inches. Although the temperature warmed up yesterday and today to make most of the snow disappear, there is still snow in the mountains. At the moment it is 45 degrees and partly cloudy. On rainy days it's difficult to impossible to take Solomon out on a walk, but as soon as Sol's winter coat arrives (Friday when my mom and dad come...YEAH!) we'll be ready for the cold.
Oh, and I almost forgot....two weekends ago when we went to Zagreb, I forgot to mention that Solomon also went to his first MOVIE! In his love for the movies, Scoggins was trying to figure out a way that we could take Solomon in with us without disturbing other movie-goers. Turns out, 11 am on a Sat. is a great time to see movies that have been out for a while with your young son! We bought two tickets to the show that had the least amount of tickets sold for that showing, "Evan Almighty" and strolled our stroller right into the theatre. Solomon fed during the previews, then sat on my lap for the first 20 min. of the movie. He was quite enthralled with the lights on the big screen, I think. Then, he fell asleep in my arms and I sat him in his carrier. The only glitch was about 3/4's of the way through the movie he woke up to have one of the biggest diaper blow-outs in history. He also happened to be in Scoggins lap at this point. So, Scoggins took him out to clean them both up in the men's bathroom. Ha! When I asked Scoggins how it went, he explained to me that there was no place to put the changing pad, no table or anything, so he had to put it on the floor! UGH! At that point I didn't want to know anymore details, but be sure that I scrubbed both the changing pad and my son very well when we got back to the hotel room.
Solomon also saw his first snow ever this week! Snow fell for six hours straight on Monday and accumulated almost 3 inches. Although the temperature warmed up yesterday and today to make most of the snow disappear, there is still snow in the mountains. At the moment it is 45 degrees and partly cloudy. On rainy days it's difficult to impossible to take Solomon out on a walk, but as soon as Sol's winter coat arrives (Friday when my mom and dad come...YEAH!) we'll be ready for the cold.
Oh, and I almost forgot....two weekends ago when we went to Zagreb, I forgot to mention that Solomon also went to his first MOVIE! In his love for the movies, Scoggins was trying to figure out a way that we could take Solomon in with us without disturbing other movie-goers. Turns out, 11 am on a Sat. is a great time to see movies that have been out for a while with your young son! We bought two tickets to the show that had the least amount of tickets sold for that showing, "Evan Almighty" and strolled our stroller right into the theatre. Solomon fed during the previews, then sat on my lap for the first 20 min. of the movie. He was quite enthralled with the lights on the big screen, I think. Then, he fell asleep in my arms and I sat him in his carrier. The only glitch was about 3/4's of the way through the movie he woke up to have one of the biggest diaper blow-outs in history. He also happened to be in Scoggins lap at this point. So, Scoggins took him out to clean them both up in the men's bathroom. Ha! When I asked Scoggins how it went, he explained to me that there was no place to put the changing pad, no table or anything, so he had to put it on the floor! UGH! At that point I didn't want to know anymore details, but be sure that I scrubbed both the changing pad and my son very well when we got back to the hotel room.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Update
So, I never updated you all on our trip to Zagreb last weekend. We packed our little Ford Fiesta up and got Solomon all strapped in for our very first road trip. I set up toys in the back seat to keep Sol occupied and we were off. (Unfortunately we didn't take as many pictures of this trip as we should have, and I promise to get better at taking pictures intentionally.) Instead of staying just one night, which we had planned to do, we decided to stay another night since we were having such a good time and Solomon was doing so great. Solomon enjoyed his very first concert on Friday night and even fell asleep during it! On Sat. we had a leisurely breakfast together and morning in general. Then, since it was rainy, we headed out to a new hyper-mall just outside of the city where we shopped and got Solomon a cool new Euro outfit. Sol did great all day, sleeping in his stroller and in the car and just being generally happy. He did great, too, sleeping in his pack-and-play. It was his first time, but it didn't seem to phase him at all.
So, that was our weekend of firsts.....concert, hotel, road trip.
Then, this past Thursday, I packed up Sol's things once more as I headed to the Croatian Coast for an annual Women's Conference with my friends Cindi and Daca. This time the trip would be longer, about 5 hours in total, but Solomon did great once again. I think he really likes traveling in the car and it helped that I was in the back seat with him, too. We stopped only once so I could feed him and change his diaper. The conference was Thursday through Sunday and once we got the hang of the schedule, etc. Sol really did well. Of course all the women there were all over him all weekend and he just loved it. They all said he is a real charmer! He'd give them smiles and then bury his head in his shoulder like he was shy! So cute...
Solomon got to see the sea for the first time and the weather was beautiful...sunny and 65-70. We enjoyed walks along the boardwalk, especially with the Baby Bjorn which Solomon can now use facing outwards.
I took Sol with me to most of the sessions and just excused myself when I needed to which worked out just fine. The weekend wasn't as restful as it's been for me in past years, :), but it was still nice to get away and to have a change of scenery and schedule for a while. And it's good to know that Solomon can travel well, too.
On our return on Sunday night, Scoggins was anxiously awaiting us. I thought he'd enjoyed catching up on needed sleep while we were away and just relaxing in general, but he said he actually missed the chaos! So, it was a nice reunion.
I've posted a few pictures from our trip...enjoy!
So, that was our weekend of firsts.....concert, hotel, road trip.
Then, this past Thursday, I packed up Sol's things once more as I headed to the Croatian Coast for an annual Women's Conference with my friends Cindi and Daca. This time the trip would be longer, about 5 hours in total, but Solomon did great once again. I think he really likes traveling in the car and it helped that I was in the back seat with him, too. We stopped only once so I could feed him and change his diaper. The conference was Thursday through Sunday and once we got the hang of the schedule, etc. Sol really did well. Of course all the women there were all over him all weekend and he just loved it. They all said he is a real charmer! He'd give them smiles and then bury his head in his shoulder like he was shy! So cute...
Solomon got to see the sea for the first time and the weather was beautiful...sunny and 65-70. We enjoyed walks along the boardwalk, especially with the Baby Bjorn which Solomon can now use facing outwards.
I took Sol with me to most of the sessions and just excused myself when I needed to which worked out just fine. The weekend wasn't as restful as it's been for me in past years, :), but it was still nice to get away and to have a change of scenery and schedule for a while. And it's good to know that Solomon can travel well, too.
On our return on Sunday night, Scoggins was anxiously awaiting us. I thought he'd enjoyed catching up on needed sleep while we were away and just relaxing in general, but he said he actually missed the chaos! So, it was a nice reunion.
I've posted a few pictures from our trip...enjoy!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Friday, October 5, 2007
Getting Out of Town
So, it's Friday afternoon and the Berg family is getting out of town! We are heading to Zagreb for the night to go to a Hillsong United concert! Crazy that they'll be in Croatia....Anyway, this being Solomon's first official overnight at a hotel, we are realizing quickly just how much STUFF this little guy needs with him! The pack and play, the carseat, the stroller, the infant seat, and the Baby Bjorn, just to name a few. We'll stay overnight at the Allegra hotel downtown and then head back to BL on Sat. night. I'm sure we'll post pics of our little overnight when we return.
By the way, we took Solomon to his 3 month well check on Wed. He is 26 inches long and weighs 14.5 lbs! He's a tall one!
By the way, we took Solomon to his 3 month well check on Wed. He is 26 inches long and weighs 14.5 lbs! He's a tall one!
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