Peter Gwydion

We went to the alpaca farm today with Emily and Scarlett.  There’s lots of gorgeous pictures to share, but I especially wanted to show these off:

He’s still pretty wobbly and is mostly a Baby Baryshnikov on his tiptoes, but Gwyn’s doing a lot of standing these days!  This was his first time pulling up on something that wasn’t Momma or Daddy’s hands.  Mostly, I wanted to see if he’d do it.  Turns out he can and will, and since he just turned seven months adjusted yesterday, that means he’s right on track developmentally.

Here’s a few more, some with Emily’s beautiful daughter, Scarlett:

We also weighed him on the alpaca scale - while we didn’t take any pictures, he clocked in at 16.7 pounds.  We probably should have taken a picture just so everyone would believe us.  It’s more than eight times his birthweight.  He’s huge!  Holding him draped across my chest with his head resting on my shoulder is a pretty far cry from the tiny two pound baby we cradled in our hands, and it feels surprisingly bittersweet.  I never thought there’d be things about the NICU that I’d miss, but remember his slender little hands?  They are now chubby and dimpled, like the rest of him.

Most of all, looking at how much he’s grown makes me feel so proud of Gwyn for the hard work he’s done, and I hope he’s enjoying all the playing and learning that his days are filled with.  He’s more than earned it.