10 Months!

21 lbs. 9 oz., 50%

Our once rolly-polly baby went in for his weight check today, and thankfully he finally broke the elusive 20 lbs. mark! He weighed in at 21 lbs. 9 oz., which is up about 2 lbs. in the last month. He is now comfortably within the 5oth percentile, instead of the lower 25th percentile. Our pediatrician said that even in the 50th percentile, Ian is built like a line-backer, with broad shoulders and a thick chest. He tried to make Ian promise he would never play for University of Texas. I told him not to worry, that Ian was already a Cougar.

I feel great satisfaction in Ian's weight gain as I have spent the majority of my time during the last month preparing for the big weigh-in. I could often be found preparing baby food and feeding baby food and wiping off Ian's messy self. And Ian has spent most of his waking moments in his high chair this last month. But it has paid off. Whew!

Ian has been sick this week, and has been a very pathetic sight. The first day of the 'cold from heck', Ian wanted to snuggle and be held all day long. Pitiful as it was, I enjoyed snuggling with my normally unsnuggly boy. In the days after that he was mostly ornery, runny nosed, feverish, and didn't have much of an appetite. His fever has been gone for several days now, and he seems to be doing much better. Scott is also feeling much better this week. The Larsons are well on their way back to perfect health.

Ian currently loves pulling himself up on anything and everything, he walks along furniture, he waves bye-bye (including to his beloved bunny, who has to stay in bed when I get Ian out), he claps, throws balls to dad, has 5 teeth, throws his sippy cup and everything else off his tray, likes swings but doesn't like slides, throws his bunny and binkie overboard when he is supposed to be napping, and then cries for them to come back, and to my great frustration, he folds back his bed mattress and then gets stuck amongst the bars, which is not at all conducive to sleep. I will have to produce pictures of this last one -- it is a sad sight to be seen.

Ian is very healthy, is happy as ever, and is such a joy to Scott and I. We love being Ian's parents.

When Ian started to get over his cold, we walked to the park for some fresh air. He really enjoyed swinging, but mostly just wanted to be home in bed. Notice he is only slightly smiling in these pictures? We'll give it another try again soon.