A funny face and a Grebe

This cute little face might be better explained by the fact that David always wears snowboarding goggles while chopping onions in the kitchen. Rome had apparently never noticed this little fact before and he was very shocked and bewildered about what had happened to Daddy. He normally has his jumpy seat all but flying to the moon, but when he saw David with the goggles on, he really seemed like he couldn't believe what he was seeing. He stopped jumping and just stared.
He is growing so fast! He's closer to being 7 months than being 6 months so here is a 7 month old update:

He seems to be getting ready to crawl. He always rolls from his back to his tummy and then pushes himself backwards.
He still gets stuck and can't roll from his tummy to his back.
He bounces like a crazy man in his johnny jump up.
He used to sleep really good at night, but he wakes up at least four times a night now.
He is still a really big kid. He's wearing 12 month clothes.
His temperament is very sweet. He's calm, like his Dad.
His red hair is finally coming in.
He doesn't seem to have a dominant hand. I wonder if he will be a lefty.
No teeth, yet!
He loves meal times, and eating baby food.
He's almost always happy.
He and Dolce wear the same size diapers and I think he will pass her up in weight soon.
He has been such a good baby, we've been spoiled.


On the way home from work yesterday, David noticed a bunch of these birds all over the place. Later, when he was shoveling snow in the driveway, he noticed this bird. He brought the bird inside because he thought that it must not be able to fly in this weather. We didn't know what type of bird it was. It's body looks like a duck, but it's beak is pointy rather than a bill like other ducks. It's feet are partly webbed and partly talon-ish. David called the Fish and Game office and they told him it's called a Grebe. A lot of these birds were migrating overhead when the storm came in and they couldn't fly through it. David took the bird to the fish and game office where they had a whole truck load of the birds and they took them to St. George to see if that would help them on their way to wherever they are trying to go. No duck soup for us.