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The “fourth trimester” is officially over by all counts (some have it ending after only 6 weeks) so I guess I should be used to living with this little person. The truth is that he seems to be adjusting better than I am.

In the past week, Holden has improved his small toy grabbing; started lifting his head up while laying on his stomach; and started testing his vocal cords with “oooooooooooh” and “ahhhhhh” and “hoooooo” (etc.) in addition to some decent screams. He’s also slept some pretty good stretches.

As for me, I’m learning to think of myself as a mom and readjusting my expectations about everything. This time last year, we were island hopping in Croatia on our way to Africa and Asia. Tonight, I picked up an Asian salad in Oakland because making dinner is still a challenge. We’re still hiking and swimming and laughing though…

Holden has been watching his hands quite a bit in the last few weeks, but most of the purpose of his cross eyed staring seemed to be aiming his fingers in the general direction of his mouth so he could get some quality sucking in. And while he’s been looking at us in the eye for a long time, he’s also started looking more directly at things. (rather than just gazing vaguely around the room) I think he’s finally started to put these two things together!
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