10 Weeks Old - My Week in Review

Within the past week Bo has mastered the art of smiling. Pretty much anytime he is awake and amused now he practices his grin. Of course we are all thrilled with this new discovery he has made. We cannot get enough of his grins and smiles.

One of the things that makes Bo smile the most is watching the lights in "his tree". We have a silk ficus tree in the corner of our living room with white Christmas tree lights on it. This has become Bo's favorite activity. He will sit and watch the lights for almost an hour without fussing. He just coos and smiles while kicking his legs and flailing his arms. He just cannot get enough of it. Therefore, we would love to add colored lights. (I know... colored lights on a ficus tree is not the decorative statement of the year, but hey if it amuses him I will try it.) The only problem is that we are kind of in the wrong season to buy Christmas lights. We have looked around in stores, but they are no where to be found. Below is a picture of his beloved tree and a few of him looking at it.

We had one other exciting/interesting thing happen this week. One afternoon Bo was sitting in his bouncy chair in the living room floor when I turned around to realize that he had somehow gotten himself out of the seat and was laying on the floor. I was shocked! After all, his chair is not a normal bouncy seat. This one has sides to it. Therefore this was not easy to do, and how did I miss it? Yes, I know that he should have been strapped in, but until now there has been no reason for it. So the mystery began. How did he perform this trick? For the last few days I have been putting him in the seat and leaving him unstrapped waiting for him to repeat his trick. After all, as long as the seat is on the floor he really cannot hurt himself. Finally, this afternoon the answer came to light. As I was working on this post I hurt him yelling out and laughing. I looked over to see him wiggling his way down the seat and kicking the toys with his feet. Apparently he has discovered the toys are way more fun when you kick them instead. Each time he kicks his body slides another 1/2 inch downward towards the toys. The only problem with this game is that eventually if you keep it up your bottom has no where to go but off the seat and into the floor. Below are some pictures of Bo caught in action.