Jamey's first real snow

Although Jamey and I saw snow back in November when we emerged from CVS Drugstore, yesterday, we experienced our first actual "snow storm." True, it only lasted a few hours. True, the sun came out right afterwards and melted most of it away. True, there was absolutely no snow as close as 7 miles away. But for us, and for James, it was snow nonetheless. Glenn went into the backyard and brought Jamey a little snowball as he played in his exersaucer. It was not a hit, let's just say. Later we went out for a short trip around the neighborhood. Jamey bundled up in the snowsuit that Monica loaned us. Through the entire walk, it seemed that Jamey wasn't really sure what he should be doing or how to react to that white stuff that was all over. In the end, I think he would rather sit in the living room and watch it from inside.

To update, Jamey had his 6 month appointment one week ago today. He did just what he thought he would. He grew up and not out. His height has gone up to 28 inches long, holding at the 90%, but his weight is now in the 75% at 19 lb. .5 oz. And through it all, his head refuses to stop growing. It is still in the 95%. He got a thumbs up on all his developmental steps and even impressed Dr. Eng Tao with the steadiness with which he sits up.

This past week, we also discovered Jamey's first fear. As he sat in his bouncer and Glenn began to run the vacuum, his face wrinkled into the sad face and he let out a scream. Indeed, no matter what room I took him into, he could still hear it and would continue to cry. I laid him on the couch and walked away for five seconds to grab something and when I came back, he looked petrified. That night, he refused to sit alone in his high chair to eat dinner. Instead, he was happy to sit in my lap and eat. We are guessing it was just from being scared, because he has never done that again. No worries, though, he didn't wake up in the middle of the night screaming about vacuums.