Cesar's Stats

It's time for a six month update! As before, some of these things I’ve taken motherly/creative liberties with, which I’ll mark with *.  

CESAR ADOLPH ALEJOS

(October 2011)

BASICS

Age: 6 months

Hair: Dark brown

Eyes: Brown

Weight: 21 lbs.

Height: NA(Blame your father, who forgot the measurements)

Sign: Taurus

Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit

FUN STUFF

Favorite Color: Orange*

Favorite Animal: Monkey* (as decided by your Grandpa Harley)

Favorite Toy:  George the Monkey for sleepy time, Graco Car Walker

Favorite Food: Avocados, Banana

Favorite Activity: Rolling around, putting everything in your mouth! When mommy and daddy hold you upside down, or take your arms and swing you in the air.. you really are a monkey!

Least Favorite Activity:  Naptime

Likes: Playing "Mexican Airplaine!" with daddy, Trying to pet the cats, Getting attention from ANYONE

Dislikes: Being inside for too long, laying down for too long

EXTRAS

You are a fantastic eater! We gradually introduced food from varying sessions, to every mid morning, and now have started you on two meals a day. You like to hold your own sippy cup, and you sometimes just demand a bottle over the boob. You are very independent, but there's a mama's boy that lingers in there. Most people say you are ahead for your age. I'm not sure about that, but you are extremely alert all of the time.

Grumpy Gorilla

Well Cesar, it's pretty safe to say that you're no little monkey.. you're a full blown gorilla! Of course I don't mind in the slightest. In fact, I think it's quite cute. When you get angry your brows knit together and we say you have a "grumpy gorilla face."

So today I am quite astounded at how high your spirits are. You're sick,  you see. First fever ever. I tried to take  your temperature but you kept squirming because you don't appreciate the ear thermometer. The reading I got was 99.6, so I imagine it's actually a little higher than that. (On a side note, I never bothered to get one of those dreadful butt thermometers... they may be 'more accurate' but I don't think I need to be exact for the most part. You're sick and that's that.) You nose is stuffy, so much so that you have trouble eating and give up most of the time. You ate very little last night, and have eaten less today. You've been sleeping for most of it as well.

I'm not too concerned. Being sick is part of life, and if anything I am very grateful I can keep an eye on you and comfort you instead of being away at work or something. I think I shall do some writing in my free time while you sleep, and when you wake up maybe we will watch a movie. I read to you earlier some creation myths out of a book I bought the other day at Half Price books. Hopefully it soothed you some to hear the various stories of how our world began. I even started up a vaporizer that Vincent had bought for you. Unfortunately I can't tell how well it is working since I lack the additives (Eucalyptus, Vicks vapors, ect.) for the water. It's just odorless steam, so I'm not certain if it's flowing properly to you. I think I will go check on you again.

Above: Your crazy uncle Sean bundled you up "like a ninja," early one morning while visiting. What a goof! You look nice, warm, and cozy, although seconds later you tore off the blanket as much as you could. I am going to go bundle up with you right now!

Going Greeny

When you were young I took long walks. I laugh now at my use of the word, "young." Rather, when you were a month I started taking walks with you in the evening to help get my body back in shape. Sadly, it's the summertime, and the heat just progressively became worse. The pediatrician was a little skeptical that my walks were forty five minutes, even though they were at eight at night after the sun went down. You had a heat rash for a little while, and now that August has come the temperature has skyrocketed into the triple digits. Before you go thinking I was being selfish, note that I did wipe you down with wet cloths and once your rash had subsided with care it did not return. As my father points out, babies have survived the heat before there was such a thing as cool places, and in reading about breastfeeding facts say that it has enough water to hydrate a baby no matter how hot it is. (On a side note I've been reading a ton of facts about breastfeeding lately, but I'll save those for another day). I did stop the walks though altogether, happily substituting them for at home workouts. However, we now are stuck in the home like birds in a cage... flightless birds I might add since the cars are getting worked on. Even if the cage were open we wouldn't be able to get out. Still, you are three months old now, and I decided that the little park around the corner isn't so far. I think I'd like to take you there.

Below: You were too young to enjoy the park anyhow. I took you there and tried to show you things, but you would fall asleep on the short ride over and did not really wake up. Still, it was fresh air. (June 2011)

Today while Vincent was at work I took you around the apartment complex for starters. It felt so wonderful to have fresh air and I believe you craved it too. I showed you the trees around, and encouraged you to feel the bark. However, I think the brown trunks of trees and their rough feel were of little interest to you. What really impressed you were all the bushes. There are a variety here, and I am no herb expert, or even mildly schooled and can't tell you their names. I did let you feel all of their leaves. You would independently thrust your hands into them and just hold on. Some you would let go of and then feel again. Their varying textures and vibrant greens were wondrous to you. In fact, the hippy in me would say that the feeling of life in your hands was pleasing. I talked to you about nature, and how we have to be careful with it, and that the Divine is all around us and in you. We didn't spend too long because after twenty minutes or so you started to sweat a bit and I needed to change you anyway. Still, it was a good day. I'd like to do it again soon, but we were lucky since today it was cloudy. We shall see what tomorrow brings... eventually winter will come, it must!

Cesar's Stats

So Cesar, today I decided to craft you a profile, that way you have an idea of how much we’ve learned and experienced from you over the past three months. Some of these things I’ve taken motherly/creative liberties with, which I’ll mark with *.  I’ll try to update your profile every so often.

CESAR ADOLPH ALEJOS

(August 2011)

BASICS

Age: 3 months

Hair: Dark brown

Eyes: Olive/Hazel

Weight: 16 lbs. (8.2 at birth)

Height: 25 inches (20 at birth)

Sign: Taurus

Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit

FUN STUFF

Favorite Color: Green*

Favorite Animal: Monkey* (as decided by your Grandpa Harley)

Favorite Toy:  George the Monkey, and the  Infantino Rabbit

Favorite Food: Breastmilk!

Favorite Activity: Tummy Time! Watching wrestling with daddy

Least Favorite Activity:  Flashcards

Likes: Wrestling. When daddy goes “BOO!,” and mommy sings, “AEIOU…”

Dislikes: The dark and being alone* (due to being blindfolded at birth)

EXTRAS

You were named Cesar in honor of Julius Caesar, but we chose the Spanish spelling. Cesar means, “head of hair.”  I hope this name works out in your favor!

You were named Adolph because we saw a wrestler named Dolph, and liked the nickname. Originally the pronunciation was “Ahhhdolph…” but everyone clings to Adolph with the long A. I really liked the name when I found out it is German for, “Noble Wolf.”