Stubborn + Smart = Trouble

We've got a stinker on our hands...just kidding...Curious George is just too smart for us though. He can watch you do something once and then he's got it down!

Snow Day with Mom!

He's very stubborn...tonight (and most other mornings and evenings) he was insisting on playing in the cat's water bowl. When I came home, Barry was holding a half dressed boy and finally explained the puddles on the floor. Our son decided to stick his feet in the water bowl and kick and splash!!! Too bad I wasn't home then, I'd have gotten a video of that! When he wants something, he knows it and there's no diverting him lately.

Yesterday was the first time he fell down the stairs...he rolled like a little log down 4 stairs and then bonk upside down on the floor. I can't believe it's taken this long. He was fine after his daddy snuggled him.

He's loving his bathtimes...I can't keep him on his bottom though and he insists on standing. It's terrifying having a baby who thinks he's so big. Not that he isn't .... I weighed him and he somehow gained 2 lbs without me looking...he's 22 lbs now.

I'm pretty sure he's taller too b/c he reached my dresser and pulled off the Vick's Vaposteam liquid. I woke up smelling it and he was licking the bottle. I immedietely called poison control...fyi: 1.5 tsp of vicks or camphor can cause seizures in kids his size! Who knew. He didn't get much but the bottle was obviously leaking and he smelled like vicks enough to wake me up. ScArY!!!

Now he's safe and sound asleep...and I need to get off the computer b/c my shoulders now have a burning sensation...that can't be good.

Winter Wonderland

I worked from home today. Snow day yesterday for all county workers and schools. And today all my client canceled b/c of the weather. That was nice. I actually got a lot of work done and Adrian crawled around and kept himself entertained and took 2 nice naps!
YAY...G'ma and G'pa in Maui have an answering machine. Now Adrian can leave messages for them since he's always calling them when they're not home.
Adrian no longer looks like a baby. He's a little boy now. I have no idea how that happened.
He's a trickster too...he's starting to feed the dogs when he's eating in his high chair by dropping food and watching them eat it. He likes to pull mommy's earings and laugh when she says 'OUCH'! He starts laughing even before he gets them b/c he knows whats going to happen. He loves patting (Banging on them really) cats around and laughing out loud. He chases the dogs and says 'gog'. He's got the hang of chase and hide and seek. He snuck right around G'pa Tim the other day and then started cracking up knowing he had fooled him. HAHA!
He LOVES bread! And just finished his dinner of asparagus and butter beans with bread on the side.
Anyways...we're excited for a weekend...not that we didn't just have a snow day and mom worked from home all day today! Adrian got to play with snow but I think he's like his mom and enjoys the warm weather better!

A Walk in the Park

Saturdays are turning into park days! Adrian and Cavyn took a walk and played at the park in the sandbox and swinging (together in the same swing) today. Then friend Lexi joined them. Cavyn had to leave since he had errands to run but Adrian and Lexi ran around and played.

Mom has lost her camera :( It's probably somewhere at the house but she hasn't seen it since last Sunday at Ashley's baby shower. She's missing some awefully cute moments.

10 Months + 19 Days

Long time...no write. I've been busy.

What's new with the babo:
Adrian says 'ga' and 'gog' for cat and dog and 'mama' and 'dada'. He waves bye bye and says 'da'. He climbs to standing on everything especially mommy's legs when she's busy or when he's in the bathtub. He's crying from separation anxiety more when mommy drops him off. But he's great with strangers/others as long as he knows mom and dad are near and warms up to them quickly. He won't take bottles from most people: only g'ma, mom, and dad. Otherwise he won't drink anything. He's still a picky eater but is getting much better for mom! He eats just about anything, only when he feels like it though. He LOVES other babies and kids. He LOVES playing outside and going on walks and playing at the park! He loves playing 'chase' by either crawling after and then being chased or by mommy holding him and chasing the neighbor boys or the dogs and cats! He loves crawling around on the neighbor's trampoline. He's great at sitting and playing by himself with his toys. He is mimicing the correct use of objects, like stirring the spoon in the toy bowl at his toy kitchen or pushing his trucks back and forth or banging on his drum and shaking his musical instruments. He loves watching and listening to daddy play instruments. Everything still goes in his mouth including sand and rocks and pennies. Adrian's good at sharing. He shares his food and his toys and his toothbrush! He shares showers and baths and even tries to share sand at the playground!
He doesn't like that mommy is trying to get him to stay in bed all night long, especially since he still wakes up at least twice a night: still going to bed at 9, waking at 11 and again at 4, then awake at about 7/8. He still takes 2-3 naps a day, depending on who is watching him. With mom, he sleeps from 9:30-11, then 2-3/3:30, then 6-7 if he's really worn out and to bed by 9pm. If we sleep in on the weekend he only takes 2 naps. He's been getting more diaper rashes lately but his hives are gone.

(A 1st) He just figured out how to turn himself around on the stairs tonight for daddy. Mommy was so surprised when he came down and no one had turned him around! Less worries of tumbling onto his head now! Although what does that matter since he always bonks his head into the wall on his own accord anyway. He's a head banger but thankfully doesn't do it out of anger. He has started to show when he is 'mad' by screaming and his face turns red and you can tell it's an mad/upset 'I want my own way' look! I just ignore it and talk to him about his other options like crawling his little butt to find his mom the other way and not by means of playing with the toilet since that is not an option for a recent example, as he sat by the closed door and banged on it screaming. He finally realized his options and crawled around and climbed on me instead of the toilet and was over it.

I want to say that (he's not sick anymore and hasn't been since before the rash) but I'm afraid it will come back if I say that. Hopefully he's over it all.

On April 16 and 17th I am spending the whole 2 days and a night away from my baby! I will seriously have to take it hour by hour. I am doing it b/c I have training required for work and I think Adrian's old enough to handle it and it's good for me to let Barry do this and to know that I can do it. I hope he's sleeping through the night by then....hhmmm....we'll see! I am dreading the day it comes since I signed up the other day :( My other potential option is to spend the night in Longmont with family and to drive to S. Denver early in the AM. I figure it's a good chance for me to hang out with my coworkers though and drive/stress less.

Lately we are busy planning his b-day! It's going to be a BBQ in the back yard. We're grilling, probably asking people to bring a side dishes, providing frisbee and other outdoor games in the green belt, thinking about live music, and there will most likely be a keg. 1 year olds sure like to party it up! Hopefully it doesn't snow 5 feet the night before.

Tomorrow I am finally going to get my post-natal massage (a gift from my thoughtful hubby ummm...2 xmas' ago). Does anyone know I am a procrastinator? or maybe I just treasure things for the right moment. And right now my back is in need! Hence the reason I am highly encouraging my baby to stay in his bed all night, even if I do have to go feed him in the middle of the night. I may have even just ignored him last night since I was so tired. Seriously, he only sleeps 2 hours and then decides he's famished. What is that? Maybe it's b/c I work all day and he just wants to be near me all the time I'm home. He's a mama's boy and I love it!
Then at 2 we're meeting cousins and friends at the park to play!

We're so excited for cousin Ashley and her BF Eddie and our new family member Aiden River! He's growing so big and strong and we can't wait to go meet him. He was born 12 weeks early but he's a fighter and is proving that he was ready to be here! We had a baby shower BBQ last sunday and got to meet Eddie and see Jennifer and Ashley! And they got to meet all the babos!!

Busy Baby Boy

7 Teeth

Adrian has 7 teeth now. He had a fever over the weekend and seems to get one every time he gets some new teeth popping through the gums. Poor guy...it's tough to be a baby.
This didn't stop him from having fun though...we went for a walk with cousin Cavyn anyway. Yes...mom forgot my hat and made me wear a sweat shirt on my head. Don't laugh at me.

Yucky Rash/Hives

Our poor baby beluga has a rash. We think it's probably from Burt's Bees Bubble Bath...which we've never tried before. It does have the same ingredients as the shampoo/wash but maybe in different combination or something....Everything else has been the same. I can't explain it but benadryl is supposed to help and if it doesn't in a few days the dr. said to make an appt. We'll see :( It makes him itchy and irritable. He did better today than yesterday and it looks like it might be going away.

Video: Chasing My Daddy

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Pictures 3-1-09

The First Haircut: Mommy and daddy decided to cut my hair before the age of one only because it hangs across my eyes and gets food and boogers in it. Also it is difficult to see through since it is so thick. Aunt Christie cut it of course. Mommy had to distract me and feed me water from the spray bottle. I kept shaking my head 'no no no' when Christie held my hair up out of my face.

Mom's Group # 2 At Rachel's House

Playing with Collette at Mom's Group

Please don't leave....

What do you expect me to do with them?

Cousins Maddox, Cavyn, & Adrian

Weekend Update

Our little baby boy has been through lots these past weeks!

I turned 10 months old AND got my first haircut last Sunday by cousin Christie of course AND found out that my new cousin has arrived in this world AND attended mom's group in Estes with cousins and friends. On Monday we went to dinner at Uncle Chris' for his birthday! Then that night cousin Cavyn got to come to my house so Aunt Julie and Uncle Chris could go out with friends. My grandma and auntie Laurie took me on nice walks this week too since it was so nice out! Then on Thursday and Friday, our babysitter moved and I got to go to her new house to play AND I have a cold and cough AGAIN. :(
I'm becoming more and more coordinated and still haven't fallen down the stairs. However, mommy and daddy are still working on me turning around before going down. At lease I wait for them to turn me while peering head first over the edge to taunt them..hehe...
I'm starting to grow out of 9 month clothes, am teetering between size 3 and 4 diapers, and I'm still the cutest baby in the whole wide world!
My haircut makes me look like a big boy... everyone says so.. and mommy wakes up sometimes wondering where that little baby went. I just smile at her and climb over her to visit the kitty.

His games and 'talking' are so cute and happening more and more. Adrian knows 'uhuh' and 'no' and will shake his head 'no' and stop what he's doing when you say either one. Then of course, not understanding the full concept, will reach again for the cord or outlet or whatever. We still have to redirect and physically move him but he's getting the idea.

Mama and Dada don't bubble wrap my little world though so I've probably eaten some onion skins off the floor in the pantry and swallowed some grass already, maybe licked the dog or cat one too many times...GROSS! Don't tell them though.

His favorite conversational topic is "gak gak" and when he needs something he calls "mama" and when he's just rambling it's all about "dada" or "bababa". He sure has a lot to say. He loves his play room and in the morning climbs down the stairs and plays until breakfast time. Mom hears cars and musical instruments going while she gets dressed. Actually right now, he's hiding his sticks from himself under the couch. Ok...I'll have to post some pics later. Tomorrow we are going to see our cousin Ashley and her new baby Aiden River in Denver. He was born early and will have to stay at Children's for awhile but he's doing well. I can't wait to see him.