As unbelievable as it may seem, someone is FIVE MONTHS OLD today!!!

Griff has had a very rough couple of days (and nights, oh lordy) due to teething pain. Last night he slept much better than we were expecting, and today I had my happy little guy back.

You’ll just have to take our word for the teeth. If you hold Griff down and put him in a straightjacket and use two hands to push his tongue aside and shine a Maglite in his mouth, you should be able see them poking up about an eighth of an inch through his gums. (However, if you let him chomp down on your hand, you will be in no doubt whatsoever of their existence.)

Griff is sitting up pretty well these days, almost unassisted. If he gets distracted or reaches for something too far away, he tips over, bumps his head on the floor, and starts screaming. He always falls in the direction of the pointiest/hardest/most fragile object in the vicinity.

He certainly seems to enjoy being upright.

Could he look any more like Jag?

After he falls over, he usually ends up on his tummy. Luckily, he’s much happier on his tummy these days than he used to be. Recently he’s been showing a terrifying tendency to creep/hump along the floor.

Also, he’s still obsessed with the measuring cups/spoons I gave him to play with.

On a totally unrelated note, I’m two rows and some borders from being done with a Thousand Pyramids quilt top! I had originally had big plans for this thing involving carefully arranged color gradations, but now that Griff is here, I’ve realized that finished is better than high-concept. Although I used to be strictly in the hand-quilting camp, I’ll probably use some kind of sturdy cotton duck or canvas for the backing and tie this one, maybe for use as a picnic blanket.