Well Baby Check Up

So yesterday (October 29th) Christian had his nine month well baby check up. WoW! How scary! Everytime I say 9 months it almost makes me want to cry! So as we all know Christian is just fine and nice and healthy! He continues to grow nicely and he is now 20lbs 5ozs. He is getting tall too... already 29 inches!

He also got his last of the hepititis B shots so he is good on shots for another 3 months. He did really good with the shot, barely even fussing. Wow, I remember in the hospital when they had to do that little card with the heel of his foot. I thought all shots would be that bad! Thank God they arent cause if they were I dont think he would get shots. I would be one of those parents that is anti-vaccine for there children.

As for an update on what he is doing these days... he is still not walking, but I keep saying soon. He does a lot of cruising on the furniture and even stands without holding on. He will walk when he is pushing things around the room. Kinda funny though, he walks with his legs spread apart... lol! That is about all for now! He is doing great and is loved more that ever!!

Look at me grow!

So when Christian was only about 3 months old we sat him in our big executive chair. He looked so little in it but he sat there and acted very proud. Victor and I got a good laugh from it so we decided to take his picture. Well with the lines in the chair we thought it would be a good idea to take his picture in it every few months. So when he was a few months older we took another pic and man could you tell he had grown... and today Christian tried to climb into the chair. I thought it was a good day to take his picture again in it. I still can't believe how much he grows everyday! Not just his body but his understanding and reasoning, as well. I never thought the day would come that he would try and climb into the chair. Pretty soon he is going to be the one having to sit in it to type his school papers... what a scary thought!! So here are the new pictures of him in the chair along with the pictures when he was smaller.

Today, October 26, 2007, and just over 9 months old

And now I am standing too... we can't seem to keep him still for one minute!

When I was only 5 months old... it was July 3rd

And when he was so little (yea right, he was already big to me here) at only 3 months old (March 10, 2007)

The holidays are right around the corner

As the holidays are approaching us, I am jumping for joy inside. I love this time of year! Everyone is so much nicer and decorations and shopping and the smells. I love looking at all the decorations people take so much time to work on. I think we are even going to decorate this year. And the smell of everything begins to change with the change in the season. Every morning when I walk outside I can tell that the holidays are upon us with the smell of cold mixed with wood burning. I just love it.

So this year I think I am going to make two attempts to make my life easier. One, I want to have all my Christmas shopping done atleast two weeks before if not by the 1st of Decemeber. And I want to make a pledge to myself that I will continue to loose weight even through this time of candy and cakes and pies and fudge. Well, I plan on still eatting fudge, but I will just have one or two peices instead of 15! Yum, the thought of fudge gives me the urge to bake!
Although I am jumping for joy inside it is getting so scary, too! Christian is already 9 months old and cruisin all over. By Christmas he will be walking if not running and I know he is going to be more of a trouble maker than ever. It scares me to think that will be a year just shortly after the mad rush of the holidays.

As this mad rush approaches us I am trying to keep up with everything. So we went to the pumpkin patch with Christian a week and a half before Halloween. Is that considered keeping up, ahead, or on time? Well, whatever it is we got there. It was fun to watch him as he wondered why we were taking him on the side of the road with all the weird orange balls with stems coming out the tops of them and as he craweled around discovering them. I always wonder what he is thinking about.

So here are some pictures of the pumpkin patch! Enjoy them! And try to stay calm as we enter this mad rush that we call exciting!