Duncan: 45 Weeks Old

My sweet little baby is 45 weeks old today!

Duncan's had another big week! He's growing up so fast. I can't even believe this busy little man was just a helpless little pooper not so many months ago. It's just been the best time of my life watching him grow and learn each and every week.

Duncan added another tooth to his collection this week! He's got one of his upper front teeth (the left one) already out, the right front is almost through, and a tooth on either side of the front two are also ready to come through. That's a lot of teeth to be getting all at once! He sure is a trooper. He's been in good spirits throughout so I didn't even know that he was teething. Well, the return of the drool does give it away. Haha!

This week also marks Duncan's successful weaning off breastmilk. He has officially stopped nursing and has moved to formula. We've been supplementing for a month and he eventually gave up nursing fairly quickly. For me, I was ready for it and am very happy that the transition was so short and sweet. No difficulties for either one of us. That's all I could ask for! I will miss that closeness we shared and am glad that we had it for so long but am also thrilled to see him happy and healthy with that giant full belly. I did my best. Now he's ready to go out and take on the world! :)

Well, if only someone would open the gate for him... Haha!

Duncan is eating such a variety of food now and seems to like just about anything we feed him. He's recently tried (several) bites of Mommy's cheeseburger & fries (don't judge!!), pork chops, pasta salad, spinach, and I made him a curried lentil, cabbage, & potato stew that he really gobbled up. He loves to have all sorts of seasonings in his food now so no more bland stuff. He's tried italian seasoning, thyme, garlic, onion, curry, cumin, and black pepper in his meals and seems to really enjoy the new flavors. :)

The weather has been crummy this week and we didn't get out as much as we wanted to. :( But we did get out on a Target run and Duncan sat in a shopping cart for the first time! He was fairly good and didn't fuss too much (thanks to Daddy feeding him Cheerios the whole time to keep him happy). He was pretty cute in that shopping cart and the ladies were all swooning over him. He didn't seem to mind that. So it seems he's getting to be more patient with shopping. Thank goodness!

We were making cheesy faces to entertain ourselves in Target, as you can see...  :)  I'm glad he can be just as goofy on his most hated errands as he is at home. He's pretty fun!

Well, it sure has been an exciting week for us even with the windy & chilly weather! Matt and I even got in a night of MarioKart. We haven't gotten to race to the death in ages it feels like!! Haha! Hopefully we'll get some sunny days soon. We need a park outing!

I'm off to enjoy more coffee, lattes, beer, wine, and sodas! Not in that order, of course. And not all in one day either. Just whenever and as much as I darn well please! Woohoo!!

Love,
Tam