He's a talker

I wonder where he gets that?

And if any of you know how to rotate a video in i-photo, let me know! Until then, you're just going to have to tilt your heads to the side =)

Every now and then...

he does take a break.

Four teeth in Four days!!

After 9 months of waiting for that first little tooth to pop out, they decided to come in full force!! The first one was his bottom center/right on Monday. Then, yesterday morning, I was so proud and telling the babysitter. She took a look and said, "oh, I see it" while looking at the top. I told her it was on the bottom and she said, "But, there's one on the top too!"

Then, this morning, while Aidric was laughing on the changing table, I saw ANOTHER one on top. He wouldn't let me get a good look at the bottom, but I didn't think there was anything new. So, we went to the dr. for his 9 month check-up and while she was using the depressor to look at his throat, sure enough- another tooth on bottom!!!

The nine month stats are:

19 lbs. 3 oz. - 25%
29 in. - 75%
45 cm (head)- 50%

PS.....This picture taking with the sign business is getting next to impossible. These pictures are horrible! Actually, I don't have any good pictures of him lately b/c all he wants to do is MOVE!!!! My mom just ordered a backdrop for me for my birthday, and it's supposed to arrive tomorrow. I am hoping I can find something to entice him to sit still and let me take a few pictures with it!

Hope this works...

Babbling, crawling and pulling up...all in one 78 second video!

(My new little point and shoot camera takes video- be forewarned there will be a LOT more videos on the blog!!)

I did it!

I know, it's "Aidric's" blog, but I don't think he'll mind sharing it for the day. I ran a 10K yesterday in San Antonio! I ran with Hannah, Gretchen's sister, who is living in Austin now too. Our goal was to do it in under 60 minutes and we made it! My official time was 59 minutes 36 seconds. (9:34 minute miles)

Chris and Aidric came to cheer us along. It was so fun to see them around the 4.5 mile mark!

Here is Aidric waiting for us to come by.


Hannah is in the pink shirt- I'm in the white.


Every time we turned a corner, I swear there was another hill!


After the race, we went to the Alamo and for lunch on the River Walk.




He was so tired but refused to nap until he finally just couldn't take it anymore!

Just a few pics from the visit

I still didn't get the pictures from my mom's camera, so this is all I have! Grandma and Grandpa Sytsma didn't get to see Aidric for Christmas, so they brought a few gifts and he is loving them! (Especially the little duck- they make noises and every time the duck quacks, he gets a huge grin on his face!)




And here he is in the adorable outfit they gave him! (ready to go shopping!)

He is wearing us both out!!

"Us" meaning me and himself! Seriously, he spends ALL day crawling after whatever he knows he shouldn't have (cords and anything electronic are his favorites) and climbing up on everything. He still loves to jump, but doesn't like the confinement of his jumperoo, so one of favorite things now is jumping up and down on the bed while I hold his hands.

So, I'm always more than ready for a nap....he, in turn, has started fighting them. Where is my little boy who lays down, puts his thumb in his mouth and stares at the bumper as his breathing slows down and he puts himself to sleep? I haven't seen that baby since Tuesday or so. Now, he yells the minute I walk towards the crib. And as soon as I put him in the crib, he crawls to the bumper, pulls it down and pulls himself up. Yesterday, I had to get him and hold him while he fell asleep. Today, I decided to let him work it out for at least a little while and this is what we ended up with. I thought about moving him after I took this picture, but you know what? This is how he fell asleep; this is apparently comfortable. So, I let him be....