Mixed Feelings

Aisea is 9 months old now. He is growing so fast! Some quick facts about him: wearing 12 month clothes, out-grew his infant car seat about a month ago, last check up he was ~75% for weight & ~95% for height (so he's "tall and slim" according to a teasing doctor). He's got his two bottom teeth in, and a single curl on the top of his head that is a lot longer than the rest of his hair.



Here are some short videos of what he's doing now-days.



laughing

Crawling (this was when he first started. He's MUCH faster now. He slithers AND crawls at top speed)

Climbing stairs- he gets up 2 or 3 stairs then screams because he's not sure how to get out of the rut he's in. (sorry, not the best video)

Waving. He says "hi, Mama & Daddy" now. First word was definitly "hi." pretty funny.

Things I don't have videos of: kissing. He LOVES giving kisses-especially to Daddy!

He also has a favorite game. If I'm holding him & standing near my Mom, he'll dive over to her. Then he dives back to me, back to her, back to me, etc. He finds that extremely humorous.

I love seeing him learn and grow and experience things, but I don't like that it's all happened so fast!!! I can't believe how quickly this has transpired.

(On the fun side, I posted a blog when Enos turned 9 months. If you want to see the comparison, click HERE)

Me

It has been requested that I write about me. Instead I will show you thru pix.


Things that make me happy:

(happy kids)

(loving kids)

(and the excitement Enos exuberates at the aquarium. See last post)

Things that make me sad:

(pouting kids)

(Obvious)

(and endless nights with little sleep.)

Things I miss:

(the simplicity, independence, friends, family, ward, ocean and weather in California)

(and my husband)


Things I've been doing:

Cake decorating class

(First attempt. Just practicing techniques learned in class that night)
(Second attempt. Ditto)

(Leftovers. My best cake to date, lol)

(Last cake made in class.)

It's been really busy. I plan to resume soon, but needed a break.

Things I don't have pix of:

Finance Seminar. In addition to the weekly cake decorating, I am also enrolled in a 6 week finance seminar. Boys will start tumbling classes on wednesdays, which is why I have not yet enrolled in the second of the cake decorating classes. Plus I'd like to improve and (hopefully) perfect the techniques I've already learned.

Book Club. I have been part of a book club for most of our time here. This month's book "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. Totally loved it! Check out his actual last lecture here. (Not the same as the book! Read that too!) I've really appreciated being part of the book club. It's given me something to look forward too each month. Plus I've been introduced to so many great books that I wouldn't have known about otherwise! Here's to another year of great reading!

Game Night. Tuesday nights my Dad hosts the 11 year old scouts. I am lucky enough to be friends (or frenemys) with a couple of the Mom's of these boys. Tuesday nights while the boys are busy scouting, we are busy playing games and eating treats in the basement. It is one of my favorite things ever!

Aquarium

We have become fanatics of the Living Planet Aquarium! We decided to buy annual passes, and we have since gone weekly. Enos especially LOVES it! He asks everyday if we can go. I love it! This last time we went was almost magical. Enos took off as soon as we walked in the door. He did his little skip-run over to the sharks (who were agitated & thus more aggressive...He was in HEAVEN!!)

Piranhas

Sting rays...Yes, in open water. The killing devices were removed.

This video is Enos's skip-run (AFTER two hours of being there! LOL)


Thought this video was pretty cool. I haven't seen anything like it before...