Jan 13 2009
We’ve never taken pictures of Sean in the bathtub, which is pretty shocking since he’s such a waterbaby. There’s also some before these of Sean and Reagan playing together.
Check out the cutest water-baby ever:
And…check out TWO teeth!
Jan 11 2009
Sean’s second tooth popped through this morning 🙂 It’s the left bottom one. His two front teeth are getting ready to come any time now; his gums are swollen and red on the top. We can’t wait!
Jan 06 2009
Ok ok ok Uncle Sean!!! 🙂
I finally got some time to edit pictures and videos of Sean from December and a little bit of this month so far. Here are three videos:
First, Christmas with Sean. Kind of a boring video, but may be nice for those who couldn’t be with the little one on Christmas day. Notice the cute red PJ’s from Stephen and Allison!
Next, his new fascination with blowing bubbles with his spit…didn’t learn this one from me…
And of course, his attempts at walking. Here are 4 attempts. I’m sure he’ll be running around the house within a few weeks. Our boy is getting way too big. Better turn down the volume or you’ll hear my “ecstatic mommy screams of encouragement” hehe.
Then, our Christmas pictures that we had taken at a local photographer. If you got a Christmas card (sorry if we missed you…I had a 3 year old address list…) you’ll recognize two of the pictures. When I was trying to order some of the pictures for family, Paul surprised me with pictures that he secretly had taken in November by Steph Carson (did Sean’s 1 month pictures and tons for Brian and Ashley). They are amazing and of course, I bawled my eyes out.
First Light:
Steph Carson:
And here are some pictures of Sean and Opa doing manly things in the yard:
And a couple from January (in the 11th month folder):
Dec 31 2008
No, I’m not pregnant with triplets…
Sean has three more teeth ready to pop through! You can see the second tooth through the gums on the bottom, and the two front teeth on top are just bulging under his gums. Poor guy, he had a rough day at ‘school’ yesterday, and had to get Tylenol through the night to sleep. Pretty soon there won’t be any more of his smushy kisses 🙁 Get them while you can!
He also cracked me up yesterday with his new fascination. I got a short video of it, I’ll try to find time to post it soon. Yesterday he was fascinated with making a bubble with his mouth and letting it pop. I kept hearing him say “mwa mwa mwa” really slowly, and when I looked over, he was making a big spit bubble while slowly opening his mouth, then saying “mwa” to pop it. So cute and funny! He did it about 100 times, guess he liked the feel of it 🙂
Dec 26 2008
We can’t believe that 10 months ago today we met our little boy for the first time! He’s growing up so fast and is looking more and more like a little boy every day, instead of a baby. He’s really close to walking; he actually took 2 steps the other day toward the cat. He’ll do 1 step and then fall forward going from person to person as well. He’s also really into doing “so big,” waving, saying “bye bye” clapping his hands, and playing with his toys. Santa was really wonderful to him this year, he got some awesome toys and very cute clothes 🙂
Sean is having a great time with his Oma, Opa and Aunt Cate here in New York. It’s funny, he slept really horribly the first few nights that we were here, and my Dad and Colleen offered to take him in his room for the night to let us get some sleep. He ended up sleeping perfectly. He slept in their room again last night and slept perfectly again. I guess he’s just tired of his mommy and daddy and wants to be with Oma and Opa! They just love it 🙂
Here are some pictures of Sean from our vacation so far, along with Christmas pictures. Notice his Christmas outfit with his name embroidered on it from Stephen and Ally (Thank you!). What a cute gift. We got it for a baby shower gift and it fit him absolutly perfectly on Christmas morning. He wore it all day 🙂
Here are some more pictures of our time here, mostly of the birds and snow. We havae about 3 feet right now, although it’s packed down on itself some over the past few days. Still…a lot more than we get in KY and it made for a wonderful white Christmas.
Dec 12 2008
Since Sean has had 4 ear infections since August, the subject of tubes has come up. I am pretty hesitant to put tubes in his ears so I did a lot of reading, and found a lot of research about chiropractic and it’s benefits for babies/kids with ear infections / sinus problems. I figured it was worth a try; I’ve found chiropractic very helpful in the past, and it’s a much better option than surgery in my mind!
Sean had his first appointment today with Dr. Heather. She was very nice and Sean was, of course, a big flirt with her. It was really cool to see how she adjusted Sean’s neck, back and hips. She held him and used his own body and body weight to apply pressure to adjust him. For instance, when she adjusted the area around his shoulder blades, she put her fingers on his spine, then leaned him back (like we do – which he loves) and said “weeee!” It entertained him, as well as adjusted him. Cool stuff. She did the same kind of thing side to side to do his neck. I was wondering how they’d do babies, since my only experience is to lay on the table, let our all your breath, then CRACK as they push into your back. Not so condusive to babies. 🙂
So, we’ll go a couple more times and see if there’s been any improvement. Hopefully, it’ll be the miracle cure we need!
Dec 10 2008
Ok, third post today, but it’s been awhile…
Sean’s vocabulary is getting quite substantial. He’s now saying:
Mama
Dada
Baba (bottle)
Ah-dun (done)
More
Nye-Nye (when he’s tired and wants to go to bed)
He’s getting too big for his own britches.
Dec 10 2008
Sean is getting really close to walking. He’s always letting go of the tables and chairs or anything he’s holding on to, and standing on his own for 10-15 seconds. He and I have been playing “come to mommy” lately, where he will let go of what he’s holding on to with one hand and stretch really far to reach me, then take one “kind of” step toward me and fall forward into my arms. He’s turning into a real daredevil, and if you aren’t careful, he’ll launch toward you when you aren’t looking and plummet to the floor. Hehe.
His school (daycare) said that today he stood up from a seated position, without holding on to anything. Wow!! Can’t wait to see that!
Any guesses on when the big “first steps” will be?
Dec 10 2008
I took these pictures awhile ago, sorry that I’m just getting around to posting them. Here’s Sean having some fun with his Daddy; getting thrown in the air, flipped upside down, giving nose kisses, etc. 🙂
Dec 02 2008
Sean got a new carseat on Sunday. He’s getting way too big for his pumpkin seat and HATES being put in it. We’ve been meaning to get a new one for him, especially since he has to be all bundled up now that it’s cold…less room in the already small carseat. We were going back and forth between a couple of carseats, but ended up choosing the Britax Boulevard. I’ve had my eye on that carseat since I was pregnant…it’s pretty darn expensive, but it’s rated as the safest out there:
I installed it yesterday and it actually fits very well in my car. The other carseat we were looking at would probably have been way too big. Anyway, Sean got to ride in it for the first time yesterday. He screamed and straightened himself out like he always does, but once I got him in and got the car moving, the screaming stopped. I looked back at him and he was cooing and talking “dadadadada” (his word for everything these days) while looking out all the windows. I realized that he was having a blast because he could see out of the car for the first time! Hopefully he’ll love the new view and start enjoying being in the carseat. 🙂
Thanks again Gramma Narni for helping out with the cost of the seat!!
