First snowfall in Missouri

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Today is our Munchkin's first snowfall. As you can see below, he really noticed.

We've tried a new trick with him, mixing formula with breast milk 50/50. Seems to work pretty well so far. He's also sleeping well and enjoying standing up assisted. He's still figuring out how to crawl, but I'm hoping he'll get the hang of it by next month. He's much more talkative, cooing and making noises that sound like "Wow" and "Hum." He giggles a little bit now too.  For personal influence, I've started playing jazz radio for him during the day.  I feel like it calms him, but I'm biased.

Here I'm trying to teach him to hold his bottle himself.

Poor J has quite a rough schedule. She gets up at 4am to pump, gets tea at for work and heads to 6:15am PT, works from 0830 (sometimes earlier) until 1800 most days, gets home at 1830 or 1900, eats, spends the next 2 hours with our son, then gets her things together for tomorrow and goes to bed around 2115 to stress at the cycle anew. She also had to work all weekend last weekend so she's getting pretty scorched. I'm doing all I can to keep her in good spirits. That's a brutal schedule though.

On a lighter note, the cats are stil keeping good humor...

In Obiwan Kanobi fashion, "I am not the cat you're looking for..."

Dawn of the Dogs

Sorry peeps. This is a post I neglected to make two weeks ago.

My how the new little man grows and continues to be oh-so-cute!  His latest trick is holding his head up and standing up (assisted of course).  He's also starting to smile at us while we change his diaper.  Odd time for such a reaction, but we'll take it :)

J's leave will be up soon, and then she'll go back to work.  She already knows how she'll miss being at home with the little guy, but it's something that can't be helped at the moment.

Our last biggest adventure was a trip to Minnesota with him and Etsy.  It was four solid days of travel because we chose to break each leg in half.  A decision we both were very happy with at the end of it all.  The reason for the trip was my best man, K-borg's, wedding.  I was a groomsman for him.  It was a wild time, great wedding, and it was also good to visit family.  We also got to see my brother's new daughter as well.  Our children are only about 2 months apart.

There is more to come with pictures. I've been tied up with tending to the little man.

Two weeks ago, I came across dogs on the highways everywhere! I think I saw almost a dozen dogs from home to town. I even returned one to its home only to find that the owners didn't care. It's one things I'm learning here. We're far enough out in the boonies where dogs, cats, even chickens and horses are not tethered or fenced but left to roam on the owners' property or connecting highway shoulder.  Just a different environment. The people here are certainly nice enough, though.