Daily Micah, Late Edition: Felt book

Our friend Becca made Micah a gorgeous felt book. The book is an acrostic, with each beautifully hand-stitched page depicting something that starts with one of the letters of his name.


What a cute face to go with such a cute book!

Daily Micah, Late Edition: A different side of Micah

Our pediatrician, Dr. Anderson of East Liberty Family Health Care Center says that babies hit middle age before they're toddlers: they go bald and develop a gut. Micah is no exception. You can't tell from the front, but Micah is losing his hair. And we have proof that can be produced for the benefit of future girlfriends.

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Micah "ate" "solid" food for the first time today. By "ate" I mean lapped out of a spoon and on to his bib, and by "solid" I mean a little bit of rice cereal mixed with defrosted breast milk ... more like soup, really. Micah seemed to like it. Sarina tried it too. She said it was good.

We didn't get any pictures, but that's okay. You can wait. It builds character, you know.

Daily Micah, Late Edition: Drinking (water) is so cool!

I've mentioned previously that Micah has taken an interest in the drinking of things (e.g., water, for the sake of clarity). Not that he's interested in drinking himself-- he's still a lapping kind of guy-- but rather that he is intrigued by the process when Sarina and I engage in it.


What's funny is the way he expresses his interest. When you pick up your glass, he fixes his eyes on it, and then tracks it all the way to your mouth and back down again. The funny comes in if he is sitting on your lap-- he cranes his neck and leans as far as necessary (sometimes very far) so as to not lose sight of the glass.

Daily Micah, Late Edition: Apple Baby

Sometimes I ask for Micah's assistance with this or that with respect to my Ph.D. He's very insightful and articulate, you know?

Daily Micah, Late Edition: Say Cheese, Part 2

In a previous post I commented on how Micah has learned to smile for the camera. Sarina took a two pictures separated by five seconds that capture this very well.

"What's mom doing?"


"Oh, she has a camera!"

Daily Micah: Farmer Brown

I don't know why I think "Farmer Brown" when I see Micah in these pictures, but I do.






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Daily Micah, Late Edition: Going (if not jumping)

Micah has graduated to going (but not jumping) from not going (see a previous post).


It's a lot of fun watching Micah grow into his toys and watching how the way he interacts with them changes over time.

Daily Micah: The blinds!

The great thing about being a baby is being easily entertained. Everything (yes, everything) is new, amazing, and worth staring at. Even window blinds.


Micah trivia: in this picture he is wearing a pair of overalls that I wore when I was his size. I think he might look better in them, however.

Daily Micah: Cup, again

This is a cute picture, isn't it?



There's nothing in Micah's cup. He's been paying very close attention to us as we've been drinking things of late, and just like with the spoon, he's mimicking us. Micah doesn't really understand the purpose of a cup yet, I don't think ... he just likes chewing on and running his tongue over the edge of it.

It reminds me of a sweet little girl who I once helped drink from a cup. She hadn't yet worked out that her bottom lip had to act sort of like a seal ... the result was "Ooops! All wet! It's okay." Very cute.

We actually got Micah to lap milk out of a medicine cup at one point. He did it once, and made a royal mess. All subsequent attempts have failed. Micah is generally a very easy going baby ... but knows what he likes, and he's not afraid to tell us his opinion.

Daily Micah, Late Edition: Lil Engineer

Parents, whether they know it or not, love to project onto their kids. Just so I don't feel left out, when I look at this picture I see Micah as an engineer. He's staring so intently at this cleverly designed toy: surely he's trying to figure out what it is about.


Or, maybe we just caught him between attempts at getting it in his mouth.

Daily Micah, Late Edition: Turtles are tasty

Are you noticing a ... theme?

Micah is getting his chew on old-school style. This was one of my toys way back when!

Daily Micah, Late Edition: Look Mom, no arms

Micah has this thing called a "Jump and Go." When we first put him in it, he didn't do much going. He just sort of sat there. In a cute sort of way, of course.


Because he's still sort of small for this thing, he puts his arms down inside to stabilize himself ... his arms just sort of disappear.

Daily Micah: Micah, Spoon-bane

Micah can get aggressive with the things he's chewing on. He can even seem to be attacking them. The most hilarious bit of this is his facial expressions. Observe the following sequence.

"Oh, I have a spoon."


"Oh spoon, I'll show you who's boss!"


"Spoon, you've met your match!"