Too Old for His Bed

This is one of those posts that prove parents think everything their child does is adorable.
Ian was taking a long time to fall asleep at his morning naptime, and was making all sort of strange noises in the meantime. So I peeked in, and saw him proudly sitting up, reaching over the side of his pack 'n play.
Two days ago he began both going from his tummy to sitting, and pulling himself up to a semi-standing position, so I knew it was only a matter of time before he would be ready to climb out of his pack 'n play bassinet. Sad day. I have really liked that setup. But seeing him discover how to look over the edge of his bed was so fun. He is adorable. (See, I told you this was going to be one of "those" posts.)




Eventually he pulled himself up to his feet. That was a first! Obviously it was time to makes changes in his sleeping arrangement.

Before I removed the bassinet, I had to get a video of Ian doing the funniest thing-- the bassinet will rock and swing with little effort, so Ian revs back and forth to get it to move. So cute.
A second video is of Ian climbing up the side of the bassinet.

8 MONTHS!

8 months old and the cutest he has ever been. He is crawling all over, climbing, and starting to pull himself up onto things. He likes flapping his arms, blowing raspberries, and giving High Fives (he even gave one to the pediatrician!)Check out his tooth in that last picture. He now has two on the bottom. We are so proud.

Scott took him in for a flu shot on Saturday, and Ian weighed in at 19 lbs. 13. (right Scott?) The little guy is getting taller and thinner all the time, and hasn't really gained more than a pound in the last 5 months. His eyes have settled on being blue-ish green-ish brown-ish.

Hangin' with Dad

I know Ian looks forward to seeing Scott all day. The hour before Scott arrives home from work each day is Ian's fussiest time. I am sure Ian feels like he just can't wait any longer for his daddy to come home and rescue him from his mom, toss him around, and make him giggle. And oh the shrieks Ian lets out and the look on Ian's face when Scott walks in the door... you can tell he's been anticipating Scott's arrival. But such a great dad really deserves that kind of reception!

Here Ian is playing his new favorite game-- peek-a-boo!

It didn't work

I changed our blog settings so search engines like Google wouldn't "crawl" our site. But Site Meter says Google is still sending people our way.

Recent searches resulting in a trip to our blog:

"dry ice" rostov shipping
Ferberization
"cantelope drink"+recipe (apparently I am not the only one who spells canteloupe incorrectly)
Inventor of BlueBell Ice cream

Apparently I use all the right buzz words.

I know you only come here for pictures of Ian. More soon, I promise.