9 Months

Finally! The rest of D's 9 month shoot at the beach. Jake is SERIOUSLY talented with the camera, and I had A LOT of pictures to choose from....hence, there are many here to look at! Now my editing skills are no where near Jake's or Gina's, but I'm working on it!

Oh yeah, and D had his 9 month Dr. Visit last month too. On Feb 24th, he weighed 19lbs 9.9oz, and was....28 inches tall? Oh, I don't remember. I do remember that he is still just a little over the 25th percentile in height and weight, but over 50th in head size! "It's like Sputnik! Spherical, yet pointy at some parts!" :) That was a month ago...who knows where he sits now. He's amazing, that's for sure!

Look Colton, it's MUNO!

This pose made more sense in my head!

Jake's awesome-ness....

My lame attempt at recreation....

Trying out the collages.....

I couldn't decide which one I liked better: color or b&w?

Blame Twilight

For those of you who have been anxiously awaiting my next blog, and have been very sad/depressed/felt alone by the absence of such blog, you should blame the Twilight series. You should also know that I am only partly serious.....you should also blame Facebook. :) Ok, really, I bring this up because I did just finish the series, which has been keeping me up till 1am all week. Please don't construe this to think that I am obsessed with Twilight and all that it encompasses.....I really only obsess over Harry Potter. Really. I digress......

This is all to say that I VERY MUCH intend to post again in the near future. I have SOOOOO many things to post about. I have a list. Please stay tuned, your patience will be greatly rewarded! :)

(By the way.....has anyone noticed a pattern here? I sure have: post a ton, wait a couple weeks, post a "I-will-post-again-soon-I-promise" blog, and so on....how annoying is that? Ugh, I don't want to be annoying. I'm going to change! HA! Like you haven't heard that before either!)

Declan's Day

I'm not one to buy holiday shirts. I think it's kinda silly to have a shirt that's generally only used for one day. Even more so for babies who grow so fast they grow out of the shirt as it is being put on them for the first time. I'll give you that a shirt that says "love" for V-day can be worn again, but if it says "Baby's first V-day!" that's pretty silly. Don't get me wrong, I think they are adorable, and if someone were to give me one, I probably wouldn't turn it away. But to buy one myself.....I don't think I could go through with that.

But today is different. I have never really cared all that much for St. Patrick's Day, or rather, not anymore than any other holiday. But now I have a son and his name is Declan. Declan is an Irish name. Now, all of a sudden, today has a much bigger significance. There is a minimal amount of Irish in both Trevor and me, so not that much in Dec......but his name is Irish. So now I love today. And I bought a shirt. With a clover on it. And Declan wore it. And he WILL wear it again if I have anything to say about it! :)

One more complaint

I think that it would be completely inconvenient to have a billion dollars. Even having a million or 100 thousand dollars would be horrible. I wish that I never have to deal with having more money than I know what to do with. That's it.


(In case you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about, let me explain: after blogging about Dec and the breastfeeding, it got better. After blogging about Dec and his pickiness, he started eating better. So I thought I would bemoan about being rich someday since my blog is apparently "Opposite Land" and then we actually would maybe become rich. Just thought I'd give it a try. I'll let you know if it works.)

Walking

Yeah, you read that right. Our little boy is walking! This video was taken 3 days ago, but he had taken his first step almost 2 weeks ago. It was just a couple steps at a time, and not getting him anywhere, but it was still exciting. I just didn't expect it to be this fast! The night we shot this, I was in the kitchen making dinner, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw D walking....like full-on walking, not just a-couple-steps-and-then-falling-over walking. Each day he's been getting better and better at it. Being around the older children at our small group last night inspired him all the more I think! In fact, I think having all his cousins and friends being older and walking has always been a huge influence on his desire to be up and moving himself. He just turned 10 months today, so technically Declan was walking at 9 months! What a genius child! :)

Just Kidding

A quick little update: Declan has been nursing again since Tuesday. All day Monday he would cry at a mere peek of the boob. After getting some wonderful advice from my good friend Gina, I had a new strategy to try to get Declan nurse. And it worked! Thanks Gina!! We've determined that it was a teething issue, though I still think my "scolding" him about the biting didn't help. It needed to be done, but it didn't make eating with a sore mouth any easier. He still gets his nibbles in, here and there, but a quick "No biting!" can usually do the trick. I still don't know if we will make it to a year, but at this point it seems we are not stopping now. I'm a little glad that I had to go through this though because I now I know how I'll feel when it actually does end, and I'll be prepared for that.....ish. :)

Happy 10 Months D!

I don't know if I ever posted this picture here. This was actually taken at 12 weeks.

Trilogy

My mom and Trevor have asked me to write more when I post. They may regret doing so. The following three blogs are a result of an emotional day. I have spent WAAAAAY too much time on them and have been up later than I EVER should be, but my heart wanted to get them out. Before I would forget all that I wanted to say.

And of course, the obligatory picture. I love it because it looks like Declan is the one holding the camera!