Sebastian’s Quiver

It was bound to happen.  After months and months of trying, Sebastian finally rolled over.  He first did it on the couch, then he did it on the bed (both soft surfaces), and then he did it on the floor (hard surface).  He finally was able to get enough momentum to swing himself up in spite of his pinned arm.  It seems that he can do it whenever he’s interested in it.  Sometimes he’ll give a half-hearted attempt at it and not do it, but when he puts his mind to it, I think that he can do it pretty much at will.

Now it seems that he’s trying his darnedest to crawl.  He moves his butt up and down cycling his legs trying to propel himself forward.  Unfortunately for him (and fortunately for us), his front end isn’t strong enough to start moving forward.

Checking the infant milestones, it seems like rolling over is a fourth month thing, so it seems that Sebastian is a little ahead of the curve.  I know it doesn’t really matter whether an infant is fast or slow to some of these milestones, but it does allow for a little extra parental pride, no matter how misguided it may be.

So today is moving day.  The furniture is being wrapped, boxes are being loaded, and we’re just sitting around using up the last couple of minutes of internet access for the day.  I thought I would post some photos that I took the other day when my family came over and took us out to dinner.  All the photos I took are up on my photoblog, and more specifically http://www.literalshore.com/zenphoto/family.

My sister Raven holding Sebastian:

Here is my nephew Zavion holding Sebastian:

And here is Sebastian with his favorite toy.  It’s an Ugly Doll and his name is Abima:

Sebastian was a bit cranky last night while the three of us were getting ready to swing by our friends’ house on Saturday night, so I put him on his stomach on my lap and patted his back (a great calming position for him).  Lo and behold when I turned him over, his umbilical stump was gone!  Finally!  Juli and I have been waiting for that damn thing to fall off for 3 weeks so we can give him a real bath (Sebastian hates sponge baths, though he loves getting his hair washed and especially rinsed).  On a more disgusting note, I looked all over for that stump and I couldn’t find it.  Ick.

On a less disgusting note, some more photos (taken with my new 50mm f/1.4 lens):

Let’s start off with one of my beautiful, wonderful, fantastic wife:

And now some of Sebastian:

In order to not flood this blog with photos, I added some other new ones of Sebastian on my photoblog at http://www.literalshore.com/zenphoto

(Bonus points for knowing where I got the title.)

I missed a day or two or posting.  Sorry about that.

Sebastian is doing very well.  He’s eating and pooping and sleeping, just like he ought to.  His awake stretches seem to be lasting a bit longer and he likes to stare at things with wide eyes.  He is responding to our voices when we talk to him.  He also prefers to be swaddled when getting ready for bed - he doesn’t like to have his arms and legs flailing all around.

That’s about it for now.  He’s sleeping next to me, so Juli and I need to take advantage of this quiet time while we have it.  Time to eat lunch and do some laundry.  I’ll try and post some more photos soon.

I just thought that I’d share some more photos of Sebastian.

One of the things that I found had the most immediate impact on me after Sebastian was born occurred an hour or two after his birth. He weighed in at 9 lb 3 oz which means that by Crawford Long’s standards he was Big Baby and had to have his blood sugar tested. It didn’t matter that for Juli’s family, Sebastian was a small baby (her sister-in-law has had several 11 pound babies). Juli and I weren’t very happy that he had to be taken to the hospital nursery for tests, so I stayed with him while he there. He was getting a little cranky laying there under the heat lamp, so I tried to keep him calm. I was touching his hand when he grabbed one of my fingers with his little hand. As Bones would say, BOOYAH! What a wonderful feeling.

I don’t have any photos of that moment (other the ones in my head), but here is a photo of Sebastian holding Juli’s hand.