Video-a-Day

I'm going to try to share a video a day of Atticus' adventures until Christmas; here's the first installment:

First Snow and a Funny Video

We had our first dusting of snow in the Ville last night, so we woke up to a semi-white world. Atticus wasn't as pleased to see the snow as we were; he looked at it open-mouthed, pretty much the same as he looks at anything we show him in order to get a response. But he did look darn cute in his jester's hat.

Unrelated to the snow. But funny:

here are some recent videos...

First Plane Ride and Attention Overload

Atticus and I travelled to Oklahoma to see family this past week. He spent wonderful time with both sets of grandparents, three aunts, three uncles, four cousins, one great aunt, three second cousins, and even his great-grandmother. Mommy got to hold him to what probably adds up to a total of two hours in one weeks time due to all of the eager hands ready to grab him up. He did amazingly well with all of the new faces and places and gave lots of cute smiles and giggles. He must be a born traveller, because he took the plane ride completely in stride and didn't bat an eye at turbulence or airplane bathrooms (how in the world did they get a changing table in there). He was a hit with all of the other passengers, and two flight attendants completely fell in love with him on the way home.

Despite bribes and threats, though, Mommy and Baby made it on the plane to return to Daddy in Louisville. And we were greeted with the biggest smile, warmest hug, and prettiest bouquet of flowers we have ever seen. It's good to be home.

Random Updates

Atticus and I are getting ready to fly to Oklahoma to see family this Friday. Unfortunately, CJ is unable to go; he's made me sign multiple documents that I will be returning in one weeks time and no longer. I think he's afraid Atticus will start walking and talking while we are gone.

In honor of his daddy, Atticus is sporting a cool Theodore Roosevelt onesie in the picture below.

Atticus has a few foods under his belt: rice cereal, carrots, apple sauce, oatmeal cereal and avocado and green beans, both of which he didn't care for. So far, carrots have gotten the funniest reaction. He warmed up to them, though, after the second or third time.

Rice Cereal! Oh My!

Atticus dipped his toes into solid food this morning for the first time. Well, I guess I should say his tongue. He'd been eyeing our plates longingly for a couple weeks now so we decided to see how it would go. He was very eager to begin, as you can see. He did wonderfully for the first few bites. Then his face started to scrunch up more with each successive bite and rather than turn him off "chewing" forever, we decided that was enough for his first time.

for your viewing pleasure