Taking on the world

A couple of days ago, Leon has officially graduated from newborn status to being an infant. At least that is what Mommy's phone app says :). He definitely still has plenty of the tenderness and cluelessness of a brand new baby but he has been making leaps in his ability to take everything in, too. If you asked him, he'd say the awesomest thing is sucking on his fists and he's really good at it now, even using it to soothe himself to sleep (bonus!). We took a size picture with the big book but it was a little early because we were leaving for Slovakia and taking the book was not an option.

So, on his three-month birthday we took an alternative size picture with Bimba's (Slovak grandma's) old doll, Evicka, just for fun. Except it started raining a little bit while we were doing that and Leon was not a fan. Ooops.

The trip to Europe was obviously a big event for Leon. He got to ride all kinds of new means of transportation, starting with the plane. He did really well on the flight and slept for about six hours, entirely ignoring the widescreen display in an updated AustrianAirlines plane above his bassinet :). Being his daddy's son, he'll likely outgrow that soon.

While in Slovakia, he expanded his travel routines to include a train ride to accompany starka (greatgrandma) to her town. He expressed his excitement the best way newborns-turned-infants can and had to have his diaper changed right on the platform after we got off. So fun!

And he also got to ride a miniature pony the day after Tetinka's wedding. It is unclear who was more indifferent to that experience - Leon or the pony...

Leon did have a lot of fun at the wedding, where he enjoyed all the attention from our family and friends. It is lucky he is at the age where he readily shares adorable smiles with delighted strangers. He is still pretty picky about who holds him (the closer to Mommy, the better) but from the security of the wrap carrier or his stroller he is quite the social butterfly.