First Steps

Today Jack took one "free" step between the window sill and his old babybouncer. I cooed with delight as he sqealed with joy. Though still obsessed with the smoke alarm and the vacuum (and the closet where the vacum resides), he's learning to overcome his fears/fascination by confronting these things face to face.

We went to Mexican for dinner with Maya and Iota and Jack kept trying to feed Iota dinner with his spoon- once he even held the spoon steady enough for her to get a bite. They talked and talked- no doubt Iota was releaved that Jack couldn't scratch her eyes out from the highchair. I still don't know why he wants to grab at the faces of the other kids. I know he's excited to see them, but there's got to be better ways to express his emotion.

This week marks the first full week that Jack has slept through the night (7:00 PM - 6:00/6:30 AM). So, it's the first full week I've slept at least six consecutive hours in about a year. Strangely enough, I'm quite exhausted. I guess the sleep books were right-- sleep begets sleep -- and now that my body remembers, it wants to catch up.

So, time for bed.