Archive for February, 2008

Three months checkup

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Gilbert went for his 3 months checkup today. We'd been looking forward to seeing how much he weighs and measures now. He is now 7.55 kilos (16.64 lbs) and 67.5 cm (26.57 inches). So he's gained .85 kilos (1.87 lbs) and 3.5 cms (1.37 inches) this month. ...

Favorite Things, part II

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Now that Gilbert's a bit older, he has some new activities although he still enjoys many of the same things as before. Here's a revised "favorite things" list for the little guy: Warm Milk Going outside, particularly if it's for a ride in his stroller. He really likes just going ...

Super-Hyped for the Super Bowl

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

This is a video we took a while ago. If it didn't feature Super Bowl commentary in the background I'd be all set to upload it and pretend that it was just yesterday and that I wasn't horribly behind in my video uploading duties. Or I could just hope that ...

Mild Handiness

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

As promised by Jennie, here's a video of him getting a little fiddly with his hands. Unfortunately, it doesn't really highlight the best of his handiness but, well, you can see that he's using them. Yes indeed, those meat-hooks sure are good for grabbing! My favourite hand-move of his, however, ...

Handy!

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Gilbert turns 3 months old this week! I can hardly believe we've had the little chap around that long. The time has flown. His current project is learning how to use his hands. This has led to some moments of frustration for the poor lad as ...

Happy Valentines Day!

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Gilly says, "Happy Valentines Day!" to all his family and friends. He hopes that someone will want to be his valentine.

The War on Babies

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Gilbert has made his trek up to Guadalajara to apply for his American citizenship. It's a 3 hour bus ride both ways, plus a bit of a ride from the bus terminal to the consulate. We ended up leaving Colima at 5:40 in the morning with a very ...