Play peekaboo with Calvin!

The title says it all.

Is that a laugh?

Calvin is working hard these days to gain control over his arms and hands, but he still has a long way to go. He can see those feet... but they are a lot harder to reach than he thought (use the force, Calvin, use the force!). The number of times that he hits his target (and is able to hold onto it) is only marginally greater than the number of times he misses. It's important to keep a sense of humor and be able to laugh at yourself during times like these. And if you can't laugh at yourself, at least laugh at green and blue plastic dog rattles...
Here is a video of Calvin's greatest accomplishment yet - his laugh (yes, it really is a laugh, not a frog in his throat), which he has been using increasingly over the past two or three weeks so that we finally caught it on tape.

Everything, yes everything, goes in the mouth

If you peruse Calvin's 16th week photo album at all you might notice a recurring theme.  We don't want to spoil the surprise, so we'll just give you this hint - "no, Calvin, that will not fit in your mouth, but nice try."

 

 

 

Baby food

Although our plan was that Calvin would be exclusively breastfed until he was at least 6 months old, there are just some eventualities that we did not plan for, and Calvin has become a peruser of much more exotic fare.

 

Calvin's newest dietary interests include blue elephant, multi-colored giraffe, purple rhino, and blue monkey.  We have heard, after all, that one key to a healthy diet is seeking lots of color in your food.

arrrr...happy talk like a pirate day, everybody!

shiver me timbers.