Its Been Long Enough

There is a lot to catch up on at this point. Now that the holidays are over and life is returning to what we know now as "normal," it is now time to bring everyone back up to speed.

Ian is now 9 1/2 months old, weighs 24 lbs, and is all over the place. He isn't walking yet. However, he is cruising, a term generally describing babies holding on to furniture, walls, chairs, people, etc. to get around. He is starting to eat table food. He loves pasta and anything crunchy. He can also climb the stairs, which I am hoping we can get a youtube video of very soon. For the last few months he has red, chapped areas on his face. The doctor says it is from all the drooling he does during the day. It goes away if the temperature gets near 70 for any significant amount of time.

In order, here are his firsts:

Halloween - For his first Halloween, he and Mark dressed as pirates. Catherine and Juliet came over and we all went Trick-or-Treating. Ian enjoyed just being out and about. No candy for him, though.


Thanksgiving - We took a trip to Savannah for Thanksgiving. It was really nice seeing Grandma and Aunt Sandi. Ian absolutely loves Uncle Chris. Ian got to meet cousin Clay and Aunt Lisa. He also enjoyed eating some of Grandma's dressing.

Just chillin

A photo op before going to cousin Addison's first birthday party

In Savannah, with Shelby

Thanksgiving with Mommy and Daddy

Sitting with Sandi at Grandma's

Christmas - With this being his first Christmas, I was having internal conflict. I wanted to wake up on Christmas Day in our new house with our new baby. However, I also wanted to see my family in Savannah. The compromise was to go to Savannah Sunday morning, exchange gifts with Mama, Sandi, Chris, and the kids Sunday afternoon, have Christmas Eve dinner at Aunt Lisa's, and then drive home that night after dinner. As crazy as it sounds, it worked out really well. Because we were driving at night, Ian slept most of the way home, and traffic was wonderful. We slept in our beds Christmas Eve night, and spent Christmas Day with Gran.

Christmas Pictures

With Santa

Me and my Rocking Horse from Grandma

Crawlin around Christmas Day

Forget the gift, I want the paper!

A sleepy New Year's baby

Now, Ian is back in daycare, and Mark and I are back at work. Ian will be moved from the infant room to the beginner room on the 21st, and I am going to take a cake decorating class starting next week.

I am sure that the next big event that we will post about will be walking. He is already getting brave and using his walking toys with one hand. Twice now he has gotten extra super-duper brave and let go with both hands. It won't be long now.