This & That

Remy had a busy weekend.  Friday his auntie Jewells volunteered to watch him so the hubby and I could go on a date.  It was so nice of her!!!!  We really needed that.  So Phil and I went out for dinner and then went to see Iron Man 3 while Rem hung out with his cousins.  

Saturday morning I took Remy to his first parade.  It was Syttende Mai Days in good ol Woodville.  It was pouring rain all morning so I wasn’t even sure if we’d be able to go.  It finally stopped raining around noon so we decided to go!  The rain cleared up really fast and then it got super hot and muggy outside.  Remy was pretty “eh” about the whole experience.  He didn’t seem to care.  It maybe was partly because he was tired since he hadn’t really napped before the parade.  Either way, I don’t think he would have cared too much.  He does like to people watch though.  Maybe next year he’ll have more fun.  

Remy very ho-hum about the whole parade business.

 Sunday we were out and about most of the day running errands.  It’s so nice to have Remy eating less often, be able to sit in shopping carts and highchairs in restaurants.  Makes it much easier to take him places.  Now that he’s easier to cart around these days we go out and about a lot more often!  Plus the fact that it’s finally spring time and not freezing anymore…

Remy also tried “finger food” for the first time the other day.  Well, he’s been eating puffs and cherrios for a few weeks now but we tried a real meal of cooked carrots and green beans the other day and he did ok.  He knows he needs to pick them up and put them in his mouth but isn’t too excited about it.  I think he enjoyed grabbing little pieces more than eating because he didn’t eat a whole lot.  Oh well, that was attempt number one and I’m sure he’ll like it more and more as he gets used to it.   Next we need to get him drinking out of a sippy cup!  

Spoiled much?  And this is definitely not all of his toys.  He prefers to sit and have all of them surrounding him.  He likes to play with all of them.  He picks one up, plays with it for a minute or two, then sees something better and goes for it.

 

These are a few of my favorite things!

Gosh, this boy sure loves his TV.  His favorite show seems to be Sesame Street.  Doesn't he seem engrossed in episode 4?  Haha.

If you try to move in front of him or move him away from the TV his head follows it and sometimes he gets pissed.  I try to make sure we do other things with our time together.  We play in his play gym, his exosaucer, upstairs in his room reading books and playing with toys.  He enjoys all of these things but his favorite past time seems to be TV.

I've also noticed another favorite of his.  The letter R in his nursery above his changing table.  I swear.  I put him on his changing table to change his butt and he looks up, sees the letter R and gets a HUGE smile on his face and will sometimes chuckle at it. I'm not sure if it's the shape or the color yellow but he just loves it and he doesn't care about any of the other letters.

Remy loves to just hear me chat.  It doesn't matter what I'm saying or how I say it, he just loves it.  He thinks I'm funny.  :)  I'll take advantage of this while I can.

Remy's favorite toy is his blue ball.  It's the easiest toy to grab and stick right in his mouth.  He usually just sticks his tongue through the holes.

Remember when I was having a hard time getting Remy to take a bottle?  Well, now that we found the right bottles he loves them.  In fact, he usually refuses to nurse now that he knows he can have a bottle.  He lets me nurse him in the middle of the night, sometimes in the morning and maybe once in the evening.  It's kind of sad...  Nursing was one of the few things that only I could do with him.  It was our special time together.  Now I have to spend my day pumping...  Fun times.  But, he's worth it.  He always has to have his hands everywhere.  When he's tired he usually rubs his face and his hair.  It's so cute.  :) 

Toys, Toys, Toys!!

Remy has finally learned how to actually grab his toys with his tiny little hands!  The first thing he does is bring them to his mouth and suck on them.  It's amazing how one day he could care less about his toys and not understand that he can grab them and move them and the next day he picks them up and sticks them right in his mouth.  :)