In
a few days Kevin will be six months old. Six months is too soon
for him to sit up or to crawl. My hometown has a saying: sit at
seven (months), and crawl at eight (months). Now if you put him
on bed, on his back, he would turn over on his two hands, like
the photo (#4) below, and would crawl backwards. If you are eating,
he would look at the food, then at you, then alternately again,
as if asking: why not for me? I like taking him to the garden
when I water the vegetable and flowers. He would help me hold
the hose, look in the direction where water goes, stare at the
rainbow that water and sunlight create, and listen to the sounds
when water falls on the leaves. To a baby, the world must be a
wonderful place, full of sound, light, motion, and temptation.
Photos below were taken as Kevin
grows up, from five months to today, November 10, 2003.
