a walk in the park

took musa on a hike yesterday - a tiny hike, which i took him on once as a fetus :) before i knew he was a he. the afternoon was mild at centennial lake, cloudy, warm but not sultry. i parked and put him face-forward in the babybjorn for the first time - he seemed to like it, and held onto my finger as i kept my arms around him. i tried to point out things to him (though of course he looked wherever he wanted), tried to notice things myself again: tiny new leaves curling out brightly against the already midsummer-deep-green of the rest of a tree, little birds taking sudden flight from the path and disturbing bits of bark in their wake. walked through a couple of gossamers. the small route i took goes through a patch of woods so small that you can always see the edge of it wherever you are - either the parking lot behind you, the open, paved path on one side or the lake on the other. we stopped by the lake for a few minutes so he could take in the water, then walked up to the main part of the park, next to the pavilion, and sat for a little while on a bench facing a meadow thick with summer vegetation - white clover at its feet, rabbits bouncing into its deep grasses. honeysuckle (still?) threaded through a short fir tree next to the bench, all the way to its top. passersby smiled at musa... but he didn't like sitting too long, and when i saw a bug that might have been a mosquito perched on his fat little middle finger i stood up to go. was thinking of going to the library after that - they have on thursday evenings an activity for parents and infants - but he fell asleep after two minutes in the car, so i came home and made honey-baked chicken, couscous and salad for dinner...
last night, it might have been the mylicon and gripe water, but musa managed to sleep from about 12:30 (when we usually go to bed) until AFTER fajr, about 6 a.m. or so, then after nursing again until 9. i still woke up at night when he fussed in his sleep, but still... major accomplishment. now let's see if we can make it a habit...
he is getting so heavy!! mashallah mashallah :)