12. ten weeks

Mischa has decided to celebrate being ten weeks old by becoming a drooler, so i decided perhaps he should start wearing bibs for meals (yes, it took me ten weeks to remember that such a thing as a "bib" exists). of course, the few bibs we own were either gifts or hand-me-downs, and i realized that every one has some cheesy/cutesy message on it, like "god bless little boys" or "cute as can be." not that there's anything wrong with that (especially if anyone reading this is the former owner or gifter of the aforementioned bibs). its just that somehow, mischa doesnt quite seem like the cutesy-message-bib kind of guy. but i could of course be wrong...

Our other new development is that mischa has decided that he LOVES the front-pack carrier. i'd been using the baby sling that dan & jenny lent us (which is great, but getting a little small for Mischa the Giant), so i had never actually tried to use this carrier (the "Snugli comfort vent soft carrier," given to us by both heather & surf and grandma & grandpa kucher), but it turns out that it is GREAT. mischa gets to see more of the world than he could in the sling, his weight is carried by both my shoulders instead of one, and meanwhile he's still bundled up to me so he stays all cozy and warm:

He may not look that happy in these pics, but trust me, he was happy as a clam and behaved himself like an angel for hours. it was pretty amazing. 

Finally, a couple silly car-seat photos:

Ready for another adventure.