Never Before....

Never before would I have thought that the incidence of having a boy come towards me with a slobbery kiss, then put his finger up my nose while pulling my hair followed by a grand finale of throwing up on my face and hair, would have produced a 2 minute long laugh...until my son did it! OMG...so gross, but hilarious and he thought so too!

My sweet Calan is 9 months old now and still full of smiles and giggles (most of the time). He is a crawling machine and also loves to cruise (walking while holding furniture, etc.) along the couch, coffe table, ottoman, etc. This bundle of joy just keeps growing and I'm sure we'll find out on Tuesday at his 9 month check up that he's in the 85% or higher on the growth chart.

He still loves almost all the food we feed him and eats mostly veggies, fruit, cereal and chicken. He LOVES peas, squash and hates tofu....also melon did not go over well yesterday. The boy also loves, L.O.V.E.S other children....mostly older kids....and dogs. Uh-oh....might be time to think about getting a new pooch (Snickers, my 18 year old pup passed away last year before Calan arrived). I love dogs but the thought of caring for a dog and a baby is a little daunting. We'll see what happens...stay tuned!

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Movin' and Shakin'

This boy has been busy!!! Calan has been fully crawling for about 3 weeks now, but he much rather cruise. You would think since he can crawl that he would be all over the place via hands and knees, but he would much rather walk (God help us)! He has been pulling himself up for 2 or 3 weeks and as of a couple of days ago, he will pull up on something and then transfer himself by walking a step or two to something else. This boy wants to walk and I don't know that I want him to just yet! He's not even 9 months old yet and he's already trying to be a toddler. No sir Calan...not yet...I still want my baby to be a baby for a while.

Calan has also been getting over his first bout of illness. He got a little cold about 3 weeks ago and that turned into an ear infection. He has been on an antibiotic for a week now, but he woke up again last night crying inconsobably. I hope it's going away.

We have been really busy too! Neils and a contractor friend put in bamboo floors a couple of weeks ago and we LOVE them! Soooo much better than the worn carpet that was here when we moved in. Calan, on the other hand, was a little scared of them at first. He would crawl to the edge of the rug and then stop when he got to the wood. So funny! He's better with it now, but it was so cute to see him examining this new floor.

This past weekend my dad flew in and a group of us (Erin, Jason, me, Neils, Calan, my dad, Justin, Ryan and Neils parents) went to Eureka to run the Ave of the Giants 1/2 Marathon. There were 5 of us that did the race and I can safely say that it was my WORST half marathon. It was not my slowest, but it was my most painful. I have decided that I need to downgrade to 5k's and 10k's until I regain my core strength. But, the scenery was BEAUTIFUL! We ran along the Ave of the Giants, so all around us were giant redwood trees. Calan was a trooper too. He had to endure a 4 1/2 car ride 2 days in a row. The first day was fine, as we played DVD's for him on the portable DVD player. But we forgot to charge it and it died on us on the way home! So, we had to listen to some fussing for a bit of the ride home. We learned our lesson(s) - 1) Don't drive almost 5 hours in the car 2 days in a row with a baby and 2) ALWAYS charge the DVD player/electronics.

I will post some pics soon!