Learning to play....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once Sebastian turned the corner of five months the changes have been remarkable.  He can reach out and pick things up, delicately finger objects, and his eyes are opening to the world around him.

Tent Game

 

 

 

 

 

We love reading

 

 

 

 

Baby Monster is hungry!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Baby Photo

This is as close as Sebastian will probably get to looking like the "Gerber Baby"!  At four months he's not very chubby or even classicaly "baby cute"; he is, however, full of personality and has a winning smile, and shining eyes that know how to find the camera! 

Even with all of that I still have to work a little to get a good shot.  I talk to him and try to get him to laugh (he usually is entranced by the camera and ignores me).  After I weed through the photos, and it does help to have a camera that can take rapid fire frames, I pick a few that I fool around with in the basic processing available in the free program Picasa.  I can't wait until I can get a new laptop and *real* photo processing programs because they are amazing!

As you can see from the first picture below the photo out of the camera is a little dark.  So I upped the highlights and then gave it a little white "vignette" border to put the focus on his face.  I then tried the new "infared" action and it suddenly made him look like a vintage photograph from the 1940's!  I'd tried the black and white but it left his face too flat.  This one emphasized his expression. 

 

 

Four Months!

 Here are a few pictures from the
past two weeks or so.  You are growing like lighting!  You still go on the same daily walks, and read the same books, but notice something new every day.

 

 

  You suddenly want to
touch everying

 

And put everything in your mouth.  Even thyme!

Something new is music hour.  You love dancing!  You dance when we sing.  Right now your favorite is "dans mee met Nijntje" --it's very cute!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20J8DUJMgA4

 

 

 

 

You love to "grip" and often grab my hair, shirt, and everything else.  If possible you then put it in your mouth!

 

Jan and Lies sent you a cute outfit.  I love Holland!

 

 
While mamma is working you get "daddy daycare" and a bottle of breastmilk.  Thanks to the lightweight silicone bottle you figured out how to hold it and drink! 
You can roll from your back to your side, and your side to your front, but haven't done both together!  You laugh a lot!  But cry a lot more now because those two darned bottom teeth still haven't broken the surface and make everyone miserable.  Teeth!!

Sebastian at 3 Months

We LOVE YOU SO MUCH!

 

You love reading, closely followed by "swimming" in the bath

You hate tummy time, but are making progress

You can hold your head up

And love going for walks to see dogs, trees, and neighbors

You sometimes cry, but mostly because your two bottom teeth will soon arrive

And you look a little bit like your mother!