New Skills

Ian has learned quite a few new skills over the past couple of weeks. He's crawling on his hands and knees, no more army crawling. He's easily stacking his wood pieces on the peg. He continues to work on pulling up on everything and he's shuffling along on almost anything.

Here is video of some of new skills.

Also, since the last time I posted something on his blog Aunt Stephanie took lots of pictures of Ian. Enjoy them HERE.

Work has been really busy which has kept me from doing fun stuff like movies and pictures of Ian. I'm hoping thigns will start to calm down so I'll have time in the evening to do some things I enjoy.

1st Halloween

Ian's first halloween was a success! He lasted in his costume about an hour and then he was burning up but enough time to get some pictures. He played while Caroline and I took turns handing out candy. We counted about 135 kids. Now we're just relaxing before Caroline has to go back and teach swimming lessons. We really enjoyed having her. Wish she could come visit more often but she's "off at school" so we have to let her be. We miss her tons though.

Pumpkins now - cake in 2 months!

We celebrated Ian's 10 month birthday by carving his first pumpkin - well I carved and Ian watched. It seems as though Ian developed so much this month. He is easily pulling himself up on anything he can get his hands on to. Ian has started a new game - when he knows I'm out in the kitchen I'll hear him giggle and start quickly "crawling" towards the back bedroom and he wants me to chase him. He thinks it is so much fun. He has also started babbling "dada" and "mama". Currently he likes to say dada all during the day when he happy and has no worries. However he frequently says mama in the middle of the night when he's crying. It won't be long before he's walking and saying his first words. 2 months from now instead of having a pumpkin on his highchair he'll have birthday cake. WOW!

More 9 months pictures Halloween/10 months pictures

Time Together

Joe, Ian and I took time away from work and regular life for a weekend up north. We also wanted to enjoy the beautiful colors of an up north fall. Today we did a little shopping and then drove through the "Tunnel of Trees" and took in Michigan's true beauty while Ian slept (another beauty of Michigan - the car's ability to put kids to sleep). I am already dreading going home but this visit was exactly what I needed to refocus. We took lots of pictures - enjoy some of the best.

A Fun-Filled October 13th

Hi Everybody,

Joe this time. Tonight was another stellar night for Ian. We managed to get three totally different and interesting/funny/crazy moments on video. He is certainly a very special little guy. Enjoy.

Fun with Video

We've been having fun with the video camera. If you're not on facebook you might not have seen them all but you should be able to with this link.

Video

Apple Picking

We went to an orchard today to pick some apples for Ian to eat and Joe wanted apple cider. We saw a few animals, lots of pumpkins and TONS of apples. We had lots of fun. We love weekends that Dad doesn't have to work!

Other 9-month pictures