Besides all this, here are some notes on this past month:
-Seany, you are sweet as pie. Even when you're fighting a nasty virus and have all sorts of goop all over your face, you are just the cutest, happiest little thing. The doctor even remarked that you are a "happy wheezer."
-Just in the last week you've started to babble in earnest, using consonants and making up your own words. It's pretty entertaining to try to interpret what you say to us, like: "hi dada" and "hi dog".
-You've got all the elements together for crawling, but haven't quite put them in motion yet and that's okay since we need to put up and Pepper-test the new babygates we got. Babyproofing has begun - daddy attached all the tall bookcases in the house to the walls this weekend in case you get any Spiderman-like inclinations soon.
-You no longer use the infant carrier carseat! You now use a big boy carseat! This is a huge deal for us because it's one less piece of equipment we need to lug around. The only downside so far is that if you fall asleep in the car, we usually wake you up while getting you out of the car.
-You had a great first Christmas, visiting with family and friends and had a fun first road trip up to Massachusetts to visit with the Sooys.
