movin' to the left

Finn is about to roll over, which is pretty exciting! He's not quite there, but he frequently lifts his legs in the air and rolls to the left. (And only the left.) He is basically providing us with about a half hour of entertainment every morning as we watch him roll to the left and back.

working out

We missed our yoga class yesterday but this is a photo I took of Finn last week on his yoga mat. He really gets into the songs we sing in class ... I'm sort of sad that next week is our last one!

He woke up at 4 AM and has been up most of the day until now (sigh) -- we just got him to sleep in his infant carrier. Here's hoping for a nice loooooong nap so that I can figure out how to use our new camcorder as he snoozes!

turkey time

Yesterday we drove up to Andrew's parents' house for the week and Finn is so happy to be here -- he has even more attention than normal! He was a champ in the 5 1/2 hour car ride here, sleeping or eating or looking at the scenery most of the way. We'll be here until next weekend, so I should have lots of time to post photos in the next few days. 

Here's a little video of me trying to make him laugh last night. His laugh makes my day! 

little fisherman

Finn is fortunate to have many lovely sweaters in his wardrobe, including the beautiful cashmere striped cardigan made by Grandma Barber and his light-blue "finn" sweater. To add to those, he has finally grown into his Irish fishermans' sweater knitted by Auntie Ann. Bring on the cameras, please! He is ready for his close-up.

fun with google chat

Sara (above, top right corner) and I have been chatting sporadically using Gmail VIDEO chat - it's so much fun. A little crazy actually, but fun. So if any of you have cameras on your computer and Gmail accounts, you too have the ability to chat with Finn, as Sara did this morning! He seems to enjoy it - although I'd rather him not get addicted to the computer just yet. (My instant messenger name is nicowags, fyi).

more fun visitors!

HAVE I MENTIONED? I LOVE MY HAND.

Our friends Sara, David, Audrey and Nate stopped by today on their way back to New York. It was great that they were able to meet Finn, even though he wasn't at his most social... he gave us a few solid minutes of cuteness before it was time for him to eat. Audrey (5) and Nate (3) provided our afternoon entertainment with a few song and dance numbers before they had to leave -- it was so much fun to see them!

It's super-gray out today in New Haven and starting to look like winter now that the leaves are disappearing ... so sad! Clearly it's time to book our plane tickets to Miami.

big shot

Ohhhhh, there are so few things in my life that are less pleasant than watching Finn get vaccinated. Today he had 2 more shots and he was very brave - only crying for about a minute before Andrew put him back in his stroller and he fell asleep the whole walk home. This afternoon he's convalescing in his pj's and doing his favorite thing aside from eating, which is eating his hand as demonstrated in the photo above. Mmm, delicious hand. 

By the way, we put him on the scale and he weighs 14 pounds! (This is apparently somewhere between the 50th and 75th percentiles.) The doctor said he might sleep all afternoon, but she doesn't know Finn that well. He's definitely not going to sleep for 5 minutes, let alone all afternoon!

tummy time ... maybe another time

If Finn could talk, I'm quite certain that he'd have been telling me that he wasn't so much in the mood for tummy time today. Not that he ever likes it, but today was a little different in that he wasn't even protesting, but he laid on his stomach almost amused! As if to say, keep watching lady. Someday I'll try and roll over but it won't be this day. (We'll keep trying.)

Spotted this afternoon: Finn. Sleeping. In his crib. When? Right about the time that we are supposed to go to Target. I'm actually only leaving the house due to an emergency need for french onion chip dip. I know - gross.

The good news: he's 2 for 3 as far as napping this week. Progress!

Siobhan and Tanya come to New Haven

Finn's new pals Siobhan (left) and Tanya. Look how big he's getting!

Ooooh! Visitors! We love them so much. Especially when they are fun and give us an excuse to eat pizza and drink wine (not that we need an excuse, of course). Anyway, Finn was delighted to have two more pretty friends to fawn over him - now that he's really starting to recognize people and laugh more often he is SO MUCH fun. On Saturday night we went to BAR but decided that the two hour wait was a bit much, so we just brought pizza home instead. Today was such a beautiful day that we took a little walk to Romeo and Cesare's - as you can see in the bottom photo, Finn slept while we scarfed. 

Between their visit and our little happy hour at home on Friday, we had a great weekend! These are probably the last days to really enjoy our rapidly blowing-away leaves...

3 months!

YES WE CAN!

Somewhat surprisingly, I am able to post this morning because Finn is napping! I put him in his crib to watch his mobile as I usually do before my shower, and 20 minute later he was asleep. I've read that the morning nap for many babies begins to develop between 3-4 months of age and seeing as how today he is EXACTLY 3 months old, well. Let's just say that it would be pretty nice if that morning nap were to develop. Although I'm always so happy to see his little face when naptime is over. (By the way - where did that three months go?!)

I wasn't on the ball in time to find a "My Mama is for Obama" onesie so instead Finn is wearing this adorable turtle top that showcases his outstanding cheeks and chins. For my birthday yesterday, Finn slept until 7:30 with only one minor interruption, which was a pretty great present. Last night the three of us we went to Archie Moore's for pub food and beer, which was just right.

Happy Day!

This photo was actually taken a couple of weeks ago but at Val's request - and because it's a pretty good reflection of our moods today - I'm posting it anyway. Hope you're all having a wonderful 5th of November!!!!

finn & quinn

Today we went to visit my friend Robin and her baby girl, Quinn, who was born 2 weeks after Finn. We had a little photo shoot, which was totally adorable.

Finn seems to be back to his almost-normal self after a rough few days of not-such-great sleeping and a LOT of eating. I think he gained a whole pound last week and am guessing that he's up to 14 lbs. We have another dr's appointment next week so I'll be curious to see how much he's grown this month.

For more photos of these two, click here!

finn-o-ween

Oh my, have we had a couple of long days. We are attributing Finn's fussiness to a growth spurt, as he seems to only be happy when eating at home  - not that I can blame him, but still. It makes getting out of the house even more of a challenge...

We took him to Andrew's office on Friday for a little fashion show and then went out trick-or-treating for a very brief period last night with some friends - including Kim, who was visiting from nyc. I'm actually borrowing a friend's photo because she successfully captured our little penguin without his scrunched-up expression that he's been wearing since Wednesday (thanks, Marna!) It was really fun to get him dressed up and to walk around the neighborhood, which was full of cute trick-or-treaters.