Lyra Zurmehley Trofatter

Bento Baby is finally here!  Lyra is quiet and strong and mysterious, and even more laid back than Moss was at this age.  She has dark blue eyes, a dusting of light brown hair, and long, elegant fingers.  We're writing up her birth story in the 7 free minutes per evening we have between when Moss crashes and when our eyes start to cross from sheer fatigue, so that's going somewhat slowly, but is in the works, I promise.  Here are a few photos in the meantime.

Moss Becomes a Big Brother

I wrote a book!  I'm proud because I tend to be an "idea person" and not an "action person", so usually I dream up fantastic projects like this and then never execute them.  Not only did I manage to execute this particular idea, it turned out pretty close to what I imagined, AND it's finished in time to be actually useful.  Mossie loves it and I'm jazzed.  :D

PS The last 2 pages of line drawings are actually open-the-flap style coverings for the line drawings in the rest of the book, which I cut out and taped in place.  Moss is really into lift-the-flap books at the moment.  Ben did all the drawings.  <3

PPS Quiet, you graphic designer-y friends and family of mine, it's amateur hour for layouts in here.

 

 

From 14 to 15 months, baby to toddler

September 15 - October 1, definitely not walking.  Crawling exclusively.  Occasionally standing unassisted.

October 2, takes first "step".  Crying hysterically about something and doesn't notice that it has happened.  Lets go of the stool and walks one step to the counter.

October 3-7, occasionally takes 1 or 2 steps as part of cruising, letting go of the wall without realizing it.  I wouldn't call it walking so much as cruising carelessly.

October 8, purposefully walks about 10 steps across the room.  Does not want to take finger out of nose, cannot crawl and keep finger in nose.  Solves problem effectively.

October 8-13, doesn't really choose to walk much, but lots of unassisted standing.  Maybe 5-8 steps per day.

October 14, decides to walk about 10% of the time and crawl about 90% of the time.

October 15, I finally get my camera out at the right moment to catch some of his first trips.

October 17, figures out how to stand up without holding onto anything.  Abruptly decides to walk about 90% of the time and crawl about 10% of the time.  Never looks back.

And now I have a toddler.

Unless babies eat bites of apple and run away down the sidewalk.

Apparently he was just waiting until he could walk perfectly without any of the silly falling down nonsense.  He literally just stood up and walked away one day.  I'm sure the rest of motherhood will be filled with this happening over and over again, just a little more metaphorically each time.