bodies in motion

Apparently Joe is a carrier of the "don't stop moving until you are ready to sleep" gene of his parents. This boy wants to move! He has been rocking on all fours, and sometimes pushing up to a plank, before launching himself forward. From his belly, he then raises his head, arms and legs and flails them. Like a baby seal, according to one friend.

Crawling practice/dancing from teampeveler on Vimeo.

This flailing was called "froggy kicking" in the pool by our aquamoms instructor. We'll adopt that phrase and assume his innate swimming skills are being manifested. Our friends Sam & Holden are taking the class with their mommies, Lindsay & Michele, and we get a chance to catch up in the pool. This makes getting into a pool in Raleigh, in January, at 8:15am not such a bad thing.

joe is chill in the pool from teampeveler on Vimeo.

We had a really nice Christmas, complete with SNOW! We took Joe for a walk, and he seemed intrigued, but not won over, so we brought a bowl of the stuff in for him to explore. I think he liked it, except for coldness.

1st snow play from teampeveler on Vimeo.

He's working on moving from all-fours to sitting, which we need to capture because it is hilarious and fascinating to watch him figure out how his body works. Once he is sitting, he's really fun to engage with: shaking instruments, rolling balls, and blowing bubbles.

He blinks everytime someone else shakes a shaker. 

Snowday Bubble Time from teampeveler on Vimeo.

We have dubbed him Mr. Curious. He hears keys in the door & stops what he's doing to look for daddy. If he's nursing and Frank is cooking dinner, he looks up at Every.Single.Noise. He loves going out into the world and checking everything out.

First ride in a shopping cart like a big boy.