Baby Gaddis ...: Duncan: 41 Weeks Old

Duncan is 41 weeks old today! We've had a fun week full of big milestones! This little guy is turning into such a big boy these days. :)

His drooling is out of control this week and it is starting to make him break-out. His face is a mess of acne thanks to his favorite sleeping position: on his face in pools of slobber all night long. Poor guy! He's still pretty cute, though. :)

This week's big accomplishments:

- Big people foods! He's eating Cheerios, oatmeal, tofu, brown rice,
ground turkey, spaghetti, and greek yogurt along with all of his
usual fruits and veggies (which are hardly ever pureed anymore).
He seems to enjoy all these new flavors and textures! He really
loved his oatmeal mixed with sauteed blueberries & cinnamon. :)

- Self feeding! He's finally decided it's kind of fun to feed himself.
He's picking up puffs and Cheerios and getting the hang of
getting them to his mouth. He gets SO excited when he does it
successfully & likes to make sure we're watching! It's pretty cute!

- Cruising! He has been getting super frustrated with trying to get to

different things while standing and he's finally figured out how to use

the furniture to help him get around the room. Trouble!!

- He's getting much better at sitting himself back down from standing,

too. But there have been a lot of tumbles and head bonking in the

process. Silly child of mine...

We finished all of our catch-up cleaning and laundry from our vacation and found time to get to the park a couple times for some fun over the weekend. Duncan is starting to get over his dislike of grass. He crawled through it several times, but I think it was mainly due to his obsession with getting to the stroller wheels. He loves to investigate

them every chance he gets. :)

On Sunday, we had our friends Jenn, Ryan, and baby Liam over for lunch, playtime, and a park outing but I forgot my phone & camera at home so no photos of the little guys together. Boo. Although, that good little baby Liam slept the entire time we were out walking and at the park so I would have had to take pictures of them at home (which I didn't do because we were too busy eating and playing). Haha!

But I did take some snaps on Saturday when it was just us at the park. That's just going to have to do for now. I promise to get my act together next time we see Liam. :)