Little cowboy

Things are good.

Jensen is amazing. I love to see the little gears in his brain working when he is concentrating on something. We have just started him on solid food. Some will say this is too soon (he's 4 and 1/2 months) but when we experimented with amounts of formual and found that he was most satisfied with 13 oz in one sitting, we decided it was time. He's still definitely on the bottle, but is now back to being content with 8-9 oz. Besides that, he loves his 'nanas and pears. He is already smart enough to see the spoon, open his mouth and lean foward. He also helps sometimes and puts his little hand on the spoon and guides it into his mouth. What a smartie!

He is also loving his jumperoo. The front of his is shaped like a horsie, complete with mane and ears. For the last 2 days he has bounced himself to sleep! When he jumps, the toy plays cowboy songs and yells "Yeehaw!" For me, it's a lot better than the plinky digitized versions of classical music that lots of other toys play (and we have some of those, too...)

Michael and I are focusing more on us and what needs to be done for us to be successful. Jensen's baptism is coming up and we're trying to really get serious about the committment that means. For those of you who are in churches that only sponsor "believer's baptism," the lowdown on infant baptism is this: the ceremony simply acknowleges the love of God for the child, and at this age, the responsibility of teaching a child how to live responsibly and to love God rests with them until the child is old enough to take the responsibility for himself. The act of taking that responsibility is the confirmation ceremony. So, we're thinking and talking about how best to make sure we keep our promise to Jensen and God so he grows up to be the best man he can be.

To help us with this, we're attending a Bible study once a week, I'm going to a second one also, and Michael is spending one night a week ministering to homeless women who are sheltered by our church. I am also in talks with the minister to co-coordinate the children's Sunday School program. We really want Jensen to grow up in the church and have also realized that we're both nicer people on Sundays. Going to the church more often seemed like a great way to enchance that experience.

Finally, I am also considering becoming and entrepreneur of sorts. I have a start-up interview to be an Avon rep this Friday. We'll see how that goes. I'm also waiting to hear back from the scoring company I used to work for in Austin. They now have a telecommuting workforce and I applied to score essays from home. I should know something in the next week or so.

dee-leesh-ous

That's what the modeling lady said about him. I couldn't agree more, and obvy, so does Daddy! Ok, so I got a form email saying the agency couldn't "service" him at this time, but that's sooo okay. I had to stand on line for nearly an hour and a half just to have them see him for about 2 minutes. While I was there, I was thinking that that was not the way I wanted to spend his babyhood...standing around forever. But, if you're interested in what happens at these things, you can go to the site for good morning america and click on the story titled, "A Model Baby." They followed a couple who also got a callback and taped their experience. For now, I think I'd much rather spend those hours at the park.

Besides that, I have seen his first "taught" skill. I was making faces at him, specifically sticking out my tongue at him. When he mirrored me, I smiled at him and kissed him tons and tons. Um, well, uh, now when he wants kisses (all the time) he smiles, giggles, then sticks out his tongue.

Ooops.