Miscellaneous Updates

Again, it has been a while since I have written anything here, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t new content on the site. I have added an ‘Audio’ section which contains 2 clips of Quincy playing and sounding off about it. I also add new stuff under the photos section from time to time, including the picture of the USS QAR. Let us not forget the weekly picture gets done every Monday as well. Okay, on with the post…..

Quincy continues to thrive on ‘solid’ food. He has eaten sweet potatoes, squash, carrots and green beans, with peas in the ondeck circle. He also chows down on a big bowl of rice cereal mixed with mom’s milk every morning. We’ll be starting him on stage 1 fruits towards the end of this month.

Quincy’s Ashby Awareness Level, the AAL, has gone up considerably. He used to not even notice when Ashby would walk by. Now, he likes to pet him and sit next to him. Ashby is the Quincy de-crankifier – works every time he is upset – just sit him down next to him and BAM the smile breaks out. So, Ashby has finally done something of worth for us. 🙂

Physically, Quincy is doing well. He likes to sit up (propped or guarded) to play with his toys. He is also showing alarming progress toward getting the crawling motion down. Right now he sort of does an inchworm kind of scoot. Fortunately, he only moves about 0.00001 inches at a time. It is only a matter of time. When he starts doing that, I just flip him over onto his back – mwah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Socially, Quincy is very inquisitive about people. He loves to go to church and look at all the people. He is very reserved and doesn’t readily smile for people he is unfamiliar with. Plus, church usually occurs right around naptime – so not his best moment for being in the mood for small talk.

The warm weather last week afforded me the opportunity to take Quincy outside for walks on four different days. He likes feeling the fresh air in his face and he likes to watch Ashby walk on his leash. In fact, Quincy was laughing at Ashby on one walk!

I took this photo of Quincy this morning while he was playing in his Baby Einstein exersaucer. He used to not do much in it when we first got it, but now he really enjoys playing with most of the items on it. It is very convenient in the early AM when Dara and I are both trying to eat and get things done.

Offhand, I can’t think of any more pertinent information to pass along right now. Quincy’s 6 month appointment is on February 8th – so a week before his actually birthday. When we get the stats, we’ll pass them along to you.