My sister discovered that areas on Art’s clothes that have screenprinting don’t get soaked by Art’s constant spitting-up and drooling so she made Art a spittle-repellant onsie by stencilling a bib on it. She’s very crafty. She also made me this shirt when I was pregnant and didn’t have anything left that fit me.

  

  

When my sister and I went to IKEA yesterday to get Art a high chair I brought Art, a sling, a burp cloth and a diaper. That was it. IKEA has a diaper dispenser in the family restroom and when I put Art in a disposable it never leaks so I figured I was set. Except I forgot that he was due for a poop. Let’s just say we came into IKEA with a baby wearing a long-sleeve shirt, overalls and socks and left with a baby in a long-sleeve shirt.

A real baby! Sitting in the kitchen in his (new) high chair, stuffing something in his mouth. Just what we all expect from a baby!

This little piano makes a really nice tone, except for the orange key, which is slightly out of tune. Anyway, I’m not going to say that Art “played” the little piano, but, in his curiosity, he did purposefully swat at it making notes sound for a few solid minutes. Then he got crabby and needed a diaper change.

Well, before we went to North Carolina for the Garvin Family Reunion Art started doing daily “sit ups”. It looks like a Pilates move called The Hundreds. When he does it I put my fingers in his hands and he pulls himself up to sitting. He’s even learned how to set his feet so the move pulls him completely to standing! (Video to come when Ben gets back in town. I don’t know how to put it online without him.) Anyway, this is a really fun development. The other fun thing is that he stomps his left foot while he’s standing, which he started doing a couple days ago. Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. He hasn’t done the right one yet, but I’m waiting for it.

Here’s a couple pics of him standing up. I wish I had a series of the whole process, but I can’t take the pictures and pull him up at the same time. Darn!