Keegan Unplugged and other stories

Keegan takes a Liking to the Camera

Keegan Takes a Liking to his Fingers

They Call Me "Blue-Eyes"

Keegan Feels How Soft his Gift from Uncle Mark, Aunt Heidi and Co. is

What a week! We started off the week with a visit to Great Grandma Shary's new apartment. This visit happened to coincide with the beginning of what would be a nasty windstorm caused by the remnants of hurricane Ike. While we were there the power went out so we decided to head home lest we get caught in the middle of the wind. There was already some damage and many lights were out so we hurried home dodging things flying across the interstate. We made it okay though Suzanne's door handle was glad to be free of her grip. Our electric was already out, though we do have a gas range (installed a month ago) and a gas water heater. Since it was nice outside we opened our windows and fared pretty well. We cooked up the food we could and when we realized it could be a few days before we got power back took some food to Grandma and Grandpa Shary's for temporary storage. We ended up spending the evening Monday with Grandma Shary and Tuesday with Grandma Boyle and Aunt Krista. Wednesday afternoon our electric was restored and we went back to our routine and started preparing for the open house. I must say that Keegan probably didn't notice any of this. He was still fed at the usual time and got an extra day with Mommy and Daddy on Monday as we both stayed home from work. The only complaint I think he may have had was that he didn't get his carrots and bananas for a couple days.

Mommy and Keegan by Candlelight

As an addition to the rice cereal, we have started adding something new every week or so. Keegan has tried bananas which he seems to tolerate and carrots which I think he really likes (the rice cereal isn't so bad with the carrots, if I'm honest). He is actually opening his mouth when the spoon gets near and is just as good at blocking with his tongue when he is done. This goes for the bottle as well. We used to be able to sneak some in, but now he knows he can prevent that from happening. For the most part he is doing well with the slids and this week we plan on trying pears.
This weekend we had an open house just so people could stop by and see everything we have done to the house. We had a good turnout and Keegan got to see his cousin Peggy again. It is just amazing because they both can tell the other is a baby and they just look at each other and talk to each other and and reach out to each other and it might just be the most amazing thing in the world. They also came the closest to having what you would call a play session (video forthcoming post haste) that they have so far.

Keegan and Peggy Playing! (But distracted by the camera)

We finished the week with an open house to see cousin Nick off to boot camp and Keegan got to see much of his family again. He doesn't mind being passed around and gives smiles to everyone. I hope all our babies end up as easy going as he is!
As a last little note, Keegan is getting very good at sitting up. Literally every day he shows improvement and I don't think it will be long before he adds crawling to his repetoire.

Gramma Boyle and Her Family