Another milestone

Yesterday Mommy showed me that you know how to clap upon request! Now you can turn our lights on and off!

301 Days

Well you are quite the crawler now. The last couple of days you've also started to imitate people doing a "nose breathe" sneer. You wrinkily up your nose, squint your eyes, and breath in/out through the nose. It's quite funny!

I put you behind your push/walker and you stand there babbling. Then you will squat up and down while babbling. Your thigh muscles must be getting a lot stronger as you can now go from a full squat to standing by yourself.

The other amazing thing you can do is walk while I am pulling the walker. You have to go slow, one tentative step at a time, but it's pretty amazing. You can walk across the room while someone pulls it.

You are also quite social! Last night we went to the mall (Southpark) and you thoroughly enjoyed yourself. You call out to other babies and kids ("Ayyyh!") You also love the elevators and merchandise displays. There is so much to look at!

297 Days - Crawling and standing up

a few minutes ago you crawled across the floor to the fireplace hearth. After a couple of minutes you pulled yourself up to a standing position.

292 Days -- or -- 41 Weeks and 5 Days

You started to crawl today. That is, you've been able to get up on your hands and knees for weeks now. This morning you woke up around 5:30 am and were on all fours in your crib. But this afternoon you made definite forward movement by lying flat on your stomach.

You've been able to work your way around objects also. Here is a picture of you after getting 75% of the way around the coffee table.

 

John's Birthday

 

John turned 13 the day before this picture was taken. For his birthday gala, he took 5 friends to a paintball range in 32 degree rainy weather.

You hung out in the car and went to a McDonald's to get post-battle provisions for the crew.

260 Days -- or -- 37 Weeks and 1 Days

Well this week you've been fighting a cold. It makes all kinds of nice things come out of your nose. It wouldn't be so bad if you would let us wipe it off before you do the job yourself.

Seriously the pediatrician also said you have an ear infection in the left ear and prescribed Amoxicillin. I remember that stuff. You actually seem to like it...at least more than you like Tylenol.

You haven't had much of an appetite since getting your cold and you have a slight fever every now and then. But you're still OK most of the time.

Today you were able to lean forward from a sitting position and actually get your knee back under you. This is what's been keeping you from crawling. We think it will be any day now when you figure out how to move an arm or leg forward. No rush though since we haven't baby-proofed the house yet.

Champ had surgery on his next one week ago today. They put in staples to close the incision and of course there is no bandage. So he looks pretty gruesome. We've nicknamed him "Franken Champ." The staples will come out maybe next Wednesday. He's much happier now that he doesn't have that fatty lump under his neck skin.

What's going on in the world? Let's see. President Bush is in the Middle East. John Kerry endorsed Barack Obama for President yesterday. Hillary won the primary in New Hampshire on Tuesday. All of this will be in a history book by the time you can comprehend it.

 

This was taken on 12/27/07