growing baby

1) Mateo’s first move.  He helped pack by crumpling old magazines as stuffing for the “fragile” boxes. 

2) Mateo’s first stairs.  He climbed the staircase all the way to the second story at my parents’ place–my mom was the diligent spotter.

3) Mateo’s first bandaid.  Yesterday he had a nail-clipping accident and needed a bandaid.  The grandparents were a bit shaken up, but Mateo took it like a man.  You know, licking the bandaid.

4) Mateo’s first cheerios.  He swallowed the first one whole, but Abuelita and I modeled chewing one at a time for him and he picked up quick.  Now I keep finding cheerios everywhere–including stuck to the outside of his diaper.

5) Mateo’s first swings.  Maribel, his babysitter, took Mateo to the nearby park today and he played in the swings and in the sand.  Her cell phone pictures showed a very happy Mateo.  Unlike our old place where we didn’t live walking distance to any parks, here there are three parks in walking distance and one of them’s a really nice one with a great play area, a roller skating rink and a pond with ducks, fish and turtles

6) Mateo’s first clap.  Mateo started clapping on purpose today–he claps when we clap, though not yet consistently.  It’s too cute!