Ronan's tree rings

So he pulled himself up yesterday. He's still not interested in crawling.

He has a word. Dog. He leaves off the g, but there's no doubt what he means. He's had it for a week, maybe. He may also be saying Da!. And it's just like that: Da!. Very emphatic. He only says it to Tom, so it might be a real word.

I bought some roll-a-round balls for him because he loves the two ez_mo lent me. He delights in switches and doors and buttons. And screenprints.

He drank honeybush tea from a cup at the teahouse. I'd poured a bit and let it cool. When he was done playing with eidheann (he loved her), he decided it was time to steal cups and everything else.

Mostly, though, he's just laughing and blowing raspberries. Baby spit everywhere.

We've gone for a walk every day this week. Baby swings for the win! After I finish my coffee, I might walk over to Forest Hills Park and let him swing for a bit.

Lunch smeat.

I have discovered that some cuts of beef are considerably cheaper for making roast beef for my lunchmeat. It's worked out well for me. Today I have a boneless bottom round roast in the crockpot with onions, dried roasted garlic, leftover mulled red wine (deglazed the pan I seared the meat in), and a bit of condensed beef stock (to help enhance the broth).

It smells delightful. We'll see how it is with the wine spices.

I've used hard pear cider, apple cider, wine, crappy GF beer, and kagome juice blends (peach carrot, beet & berry). They've all turned out reasonably well, though the juice one was kinda odd. Sometimes I have fun with fresh herbs and veggies, sometimes not. Today's is simple.