January 2014 – Dunster Blackett: The Life of Carly, Matt & Fitzgerald

21 weeks: Returning from Ottawa, Circle of Neglect, and the fireplace

Fitz had a busy week: he went to Ottawa for 5 days with his mom to hang out with his grandparents and returned home to celebrate his dad’s 40th birthday. On the train to and from Canada’s capital city, he attracted much attention from passengers: “He has a perfectly shaped head!” one woman said and “Fitzgerald!? No one in his class will have that name!” said another.

ABOVE: When Fitz takes Via he only travels in Business Class.

ABOVE & BELOW: Carly and Fitz arrive home at Union Station (which is under renovation in the background).

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz got to hang out with Matt’s friends — Trevor above, and Nick below — during 40th birthday festivities.

ABOVE: A mirror-shot on Matt’s 40th birthday (photo is flipped to look normal).

ABOVE & BELOW: We have introduced a new play toy, affectionately known as the Circle of Neglect. Fitz half-sits/half-stands in a cloth seat and can spin around to play with different spinny-springy-soft things.

ABOVE: He is a constant drooler now and is often blowing bubbles because of this. He also doesn’t seem to like the sun toy lurking over his shoulder. He has swatted at it and stared it down numerous times.

ABOVE & BELOW: Fitz spent time in front of the fireplace with his dad before his dad’s 40th birthday dinner.

BELOW: Fitz delivers his 21 week fireside address to the followers of the People’s Republic of South Triller.

20 Weeks: 15 pounds of sitting, jumping, and naked time

Our 20 week-old wonder now weighs in at 15 pounds, 3 ounces and tops 25 inches in height.

ABOVE & BELOW: This week introduced the Bumbo chair which provides a lot of support to keep Fitz upright. In the video below you can see that he likes it.

ABOVE & BELOW: The requisite couch shots. Notice the new onesie, which is a 6-month size. Our boy is growing!

ABOVE & BELOW: This weekend Fitz tried out the Jolly Jumper. As you can see in the video below he kinda loves it.

ABOVE & BELOW: Like most babies, Fitz quite likes his naked time. In these situations we always worry about him letting his little fire hose go wild, so to speak. But we will never have to worry about him finding his feet at they are his new best friends.

19 Weeks: Mostly cat-napping

If there has been a theme in Fitz’s life over the last week it’s been his off-kilter sleeping habits. So it’s no surprise that most photos involve him catching some shut-eye.

Fitz had trouble napping in his crib this week, so we put him in the bed for his afternoon snooze. And Mike decided it was cool to cozy up.

ABOVE: This was how I first discovered them (photo taken with my iPad)

ABOVE: Fitz got to hang out with Nanny Blackett in ancestral Willowdale. He is also wearing one of our favourite outfits.

18 weeks: Feats of Strength and a chatty video

We’ve been doing some fun exercises with Fitz (see the second video from the top in this post) which kinda prepares him for sitting up. Well, the little fella has recently added sitting up for 30 seconds (once balanced into place) to his list of Feats Of Strength. But as you can see in the video below of Fitz sitting up on the couch, he needs a little a little work on his dismount.

ABOVE & BELOW: Here are a set of photos shot in 5-week intervals. Below, Fitz is trying to tell us something and he’s excited about it.

17 weeks: Fitz takes a stand

Fitz has become a very excitable young man whenever he is placed upright on his two legs. He is quite strong and stable, but that shouldn’t surprise anyone who has seen his super-solid-yet-beyond-chubby legs. We have no idea how long it’ll be until he walks but we assume that whenever it happens he’ll hit the ground running, literally.