growing baby

Mateo and Roan had their first theater experience this past Saturday. We went to see Peter and the Wolf at the Broad Stage. It was absolutely fantastic–for the kids and the adults. Ilya and I were delighted to see a Joss Whedon favorite (Amy Acker) playing the role of the Duck; Roan raptly paid attention to the instruments and stage until he contentedly and quietly fell asleep; Mateo loved the theater seats (they were numbered!), rocking in the too-big theater chair, and listening to the instruments. Mateo didn’t quite make it through the whole show–we spent the last ten minutes or so in the lobby–but he had fun while he was there. I think we’ll see Peter Pan at the Broad next month! 🙂

Roan has lots of firsts as well. His first tooth has peeked out from his bottom gum, he’s mobile (he sits, twists, falls, goes on fours, and sits to get around), and he pulled up to a stand for the first time yesterday. He’s also been eating solid foods–so far he’s tried bananas (first food, yum!), rice cereal (blech), sweet potatoes (super yum, more, more!), and avocado (this morning was his first time–he kept pushing it out of his mouth with his tongue, but maybe he’ll warm up to it more later).