leaps and bounds!

I'm so glad Mom and Dad are back! 

Have I mentioned that I love this age? This weekend Brian and I kept looking at each other and saying, "Have you seen him do that before?"

He's been babbling a ton with a lot of dadadadas (much to Brian's glee). He held out his arms for me to pick him up. He reached for a bagel piece on my plate and fussed until I gave it to him to gnaw on. He sat up for a good 15 seconds on his own.... the list goes on. Each thing seems tiny, but it seems like a thousand tiny things happening all at once!  He's starting to slow down on the eating binge he's been on the last week or so which this pumping mama is very grateful for. I am hoping it was a growth spurt that we're coming to the end of. He's loving solids right now, and we're all amazed by how much he can pack in  there! I wasn't in a rush to introduce them, but watching him gobble it down is very satisfying.

Also, I can't help myself - I think he's just beautiful.