We’ve had too many projects going on at home lately…trying to work on G’s toy chest, finishing up the rain barrel, adding features to our homemade DVR box, baby-proofing the house, selling my camera, cleaning the kegerator, fixing the squeaky dryer.   Sadly, blogging about our boy has fallen to the bottom of the list.  Hopefully that’ll change soon as we seem to have gotten on top of the todo list, at least for now.  There are still a lot of projects planned for this spring and summer, but for now I think we’re in pretty good shape.

Here are a couple of G-Man playing around in his crib.  I love the way his baby blue eyes are captured on film…er, I mean digital sensor array, I guess.

Who likes to eat those things anyway?

Hope everyone has a great Easter!

Our boy is very excited for opening day.  At least he seemed excited when we put his Brewers shirt on yesterday.  Unfortunately taking pictures of him has been relegated to lots of crawling around on the floor, trying to keep one step ahead of him.  It’s amazing how fast he’s gotten at crawling in the last week or so.  Turn your back for 10 seconds and he’s probably on his way to finding something to stand up on.  Anyway, we’re very excited that the Brewers season is underway today.  Daddy has been waiting to take him to his first game since he’s been born.

Unfortunately our buddy boy has come down with his first, official, full-blown cold.  He’s been coughing and congested for a few days now.  Momma says it sounds like he’s getting better today so hopefully he’s fully on his way to recovery.  He’s such a tough little guy.

Here are a few photos we took on Sunday, just as the cold and runny nose was in its infancy.

I’m sad I didn’t nail the focus on this next one.  But there’s no doubt our G is going to be breaking hearts by the time he’s in pre-school.

I think our little G-man is within days of full-out crawling. Over the last week or so, his mobility has steadily been on the incline. He’s got the back, to tummy, to all fours or sitting upright down pat. So much so, and to the dismay of his sleep deprived parents, he likes to practice in his crib in the middle of the night. He just doesn’t have the coordination for combined hand and knee movement down yet. But he’s oh so close. It’s exciting that he’s almost to the point of full mobility, but worrisome at the same time. We have a lot of work to do to get the house ready for a baby on the move.

And of course, always with the drool.

My apologies that the blog updates have been coming slowly as of late. I’ve been working on a few updates behind the scenes. One improvement that you may be interested in is the ability to sign up for email notification when new posts are published. Just click the “Email Notification” link in the navigation bar and enter your email address.

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And since this is a photo blog, here’s one of G relaxing in his high chair after enjoying a nice hearty banana-oatmeal breakfast.

Mommy and daddy both had off of work on Friday, and G-unit was incredibly happy to have both of his parents at home spending time with him.  We went for a lot of walks around the neighborhood and spent time just generally hanging around outside.  The temperatures reached the upper 50’s Friday…and after 5 months of cold it felt wonderful.

G’s back to sticking his tongue out again.  It’s funny how he cycles through different quirks like that.  Here are some photos of our time on the driveway Friday.

The outcome was not pretty.

So last weekend mommy and daddy bit the bullet and decided to let baby G cry when he woke up during the night.  He had been getting progressively worse staying asleep at night, so we decided it was time.  It was a painful two nights.  But it was completely worth it ’cause since then he’s been sleeping wonderfully!

The downside to letting him sleep through the night is that he’s been getting out of his swaddle much more than he used to.  Coupled with the fact that he’s very close to establishing mobility, we decided it was time to lower his crib.  He’s growing up so fast.  One day he’s sleeping through the night and you’re lowering his crib, the next he’s leaving for college.  Perhaps he’s not growing up that fast, but he is starting to take on many more characteristics of a little boy.

Here’s some photos of the proud boy showing off his new, lowered crib.

So we entered 3 photos of baby G in the milwaukeemoms.com cutest baby contest.  Below are the three photos we entered.

Just click on the photo you like best, and you’ll be taken to a page to vote for our boy.  Make sure you click the photo you like best, as you’re only allowed to vote for one photo per day.  But stop back each day this week and vote!

Unfortunately, you do have to register at milwaukeemoms.com in order to cast your vote.  The competition is open through February 20th, with winners announced on February 23rd.