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.