Trip Review

We all had fun..it was great to see our family. I'm glad Judah could be there with us.

Adrian flew on his first airplane ride and did great! Only cranky at naptime but settled right down and fell asleep. Other babies wailed from the pressure when taking off and landing but Adrian was fine!

Adrian met his Gpa Biss and Mima (Karen), Great G'ma Phyllis, and the rest of the family: Uncle Shane and Uncle Bobby(again), Aunt Leanne and Aunt Veronica(again). We had breakfast on Christmas morning with the Biss Family.

Adrian also met his Great Aunt Sharon and Ann, Great Uncle Joe, Great G'pa Amato, Cousins: Eric and Justin and Lauren. Spent Christmas afternoon for dinner with the Amato family.

He tried strawberries, blueberries, multi-grain cereal and cheerios. He's eating cottage cheese now also. He's doing great picking up finger foods like cheerios, curds of cottage cheese, and pieces of whole wheat bread or dried fruits or bananas. He's still eating home-made foods and Barry got me a food processor so I can make even more baby food faster!

He was spoiled with toys and clothes including Baby Uggs from Aunt Ronnie, and professional photos from Great G'pa. We only had to have 3 boxes shipped back to us plus Judah brought an extra suitcase full of jackets, etc from Gpa. G'pa Biss' friend gave Adrian a basketball hoop and a bumbo chair also! They were so excited to meet him since they'd heard so much about him already.

Home Again

We got home yesterday. Flight left a few minutes past 9am. Landed a little past noon. We stopped at Johnson's Corner and grabbed a bite to eat. Judah drove us home and hung out for awhile although I don't know when he left b/c baby and I took a bath and went to bed at 5:30pm. Stayed there till 8am. WOW!

NJ for the holidays

Made it to NJ! Flight was straight from Denver. We made it to the gate 10 minutes before we took off! The flight landed 1/2 hour early. Adrian did great...except for crying for his bed at naptime. Finally fell asleep for about 40min nap, then we landed.

Got to aunt's house and had dinner. Everyone was so excited to see the baby! He was in a great mood...especially loves his cousin Eric.

A Boy in a Box

Although Adrian could be perfectly happy with his box playpen, toilet paper roll toy and box toys...here is a link to Adrian's Amazon Wishlist...books, etc...! Seriously I don't expect anything...people just keep asking what he needs so I thought I'd at least think it through and know what I wanted/needed for him.

Here is my wishlist on Amazon. I'm not out in a shopping mood this year. I think I got Barry and Adrian something...then sent out xmas pics. Sorry for the humbug-ness but I feel like I don't have time...HOWEVER...I am planning on having an after xmas get-together/party at my house maybe on Sat 3rd Jan. for all those who missed Adrian's 1st xmas and who we missed during xmas-time. Maybe potluck style and we'll pick up some beer and wine.

We're leaving tomorrow AM!!! I packed us up today, cleaned the house, did some shopping/returning of things not xmas related, then cleaned house more. Adrian had a tough time falling asleep....probably feels like he's going to miss something with all the comotion around here.

Last two nights he's nursed then almost falling asleep starts laughing when he looks at me, which makes me laugh, which makes him laugh harder. It gets to the point where if we look at each other, it's a new burst of laughter. He's so happy!!!

He's definitely thinning out too. Not as 'healthy' as I was when I was a baby-as my dad said, I was 'too healthy'. Barry said he looks like me today...that made me happy b/c he's always looked soooo much like his daddy.

7 months 2 weeks

Baby Soup! YUM!

Wow! Congrats to all the new mommies and babies out there: Rachel and Leo, Christie and Maddox, and Angela and her little angel! Everyone's story is unique and all we can hope for are healthy babies no matter how easy or hard that road is. I can't wait to meet my cousin/nephew Maddox. I'm sick and can't go visit till I'm well but I can't wait to meet him.

Adrian's such a big boy and I can't believe it because if feels like he was just a newborn! Now he's trying to figure out crawling. He can scoot onto his knees and rock, propell himself backwards away from his toys (?), and move from sitting forward into crawling then SPLAT position! He doesn't cry when he falls backwards or forwards or sideways but he also has pretty good balance and doesn't fall much. I always hope that babies don't skip a step such as 'crawling' or whatever b/c in my experience they tend to be super clumsy! Maybe that's what happened to me.

He also loves standing and holding on, he's pretty good at it and is so strong!

He is becoming so intentional with his social interactions. He leans forward for snuggles and rubs his face to mine. I've gotten a few big open mouth kisses on the cheek! He loves looking at himself in the mirror as well as playing with other babies such as Ashden at childcare. Ashden showed him how to stick out his tongue! I guess today he was getting kisses from Madalynn at childcare and was cracking up for a long time! She's 3 and loves playing with him. He usually laughs at her games.
Adrian Found His Tongue! Now he can't stop feeling his tooth with it and chewing on it. He makes lots of new faces that I've never seen before.

On another note, he's been sick and fussy. We've both been sick. Also whenever he's bored and not being held, he lifts his arms and makes the most sad pathetic 'I'm going to cry with real tears if you don't pick me up now' face when you look at him. If you turn away and are busy in another room, he just moans. He's so dramatic! I have no idea where he gets it. He's moving into the separation/stranger anxiety stage but only gets anxious when he's tired. Otherwise still easy going!

On Dec 11th and 12th I had that training in Denver for work so Adrian got to hang out all day Thur with Aunt Christie and Aunt Doreen!!! And Friday he hung out all day with Aunt Doreen!! He had an absolutely wonderful 'spoiled' one-on-one time!!! The training was interesting: ADHD and Disorders. I was sick with an extreme sore throat, cough, and congested...still hasn't gone away. I feel bad for Adrian who has the same thing. I wonder if it could be strep but who knows. It better be gone before xmas vacation!

Adrian in Aunt Doreen's Nursery!

Adrian has also added a few things to his diet! Broccoli, Spinach, Cheerios broken in half! He's practicing using his pincer grasp and putting them in his mouth. Today was the first time he was consistently successful. His faves are still avocado and yogurt! He likes all his fruits and vegies so far-as long as they're the right texture.

7 Months & 5 Days

Yes...the days still count.

Barry's xmas party was tonight at the Stonehouse Grill downtown. Barry said the food is all Scottish and it was very good, especially the dessert. I met Barry late after I got off work. I was busy until 7 which was when it started. I made it in time for everything though.

There is a big xmas party for my work on the 13th however we have our unit retreat at our supervisor's house this coming tuesday.

Adrian slept from 10:15 until 2:30 this morning at Amber's!!!! He is fighting off a cold with stuffy sniffles and a little cough. He's in a good mood as usual just sleeping more and sounding stuffed up. Due to his long nap he of course did not want to go to bed for G'ma and G'pa tonight and finally fell asleep at 11pm for mom.

My house is in disarray! HELP! I still haven't called my neighbor although I talked to her and she's up for coming over and cleaning for me.

Lots to do this weekend:
Make more baby food-spinach and broccoli
Go to Library
Take pics for xmas card
Set up xmas tree
Clean house
Laundry
Shovel back yard
Clean car
Pay Bills
Make Adrian's xmas gift
Finish ornaments
Cuddle my baby every second I can