Update

An update for whats going on around our house.

Joel is doing projects since his family is coming to visit. I love having visitors because Joel will do my projects before they come. One thing he did a while ago was knock down the wall behind our basement stairs to extend our storage room. It has been really nice to have more room. I did have a picture of it but I can't find it. 

As for me not much is different just the usual. We have started doing the Bountiful baskets and today was our first day. Here is the picture of all the goodies we got for just 15 bucks. (actually 16.50 with tax) I am hoping that doing this will get some more fruits and vegetables in our diet and help us be healthier. 

We feel like it was a good deal. We had some BLT's for lunch. They were delicious! We plan on having some apple crisp with those green apples. I love apple crisp! I am not a fan of apple pie but I could eat a whole pan of apple crisp. 

Here Orin got one of the apples and likes to try and eat it. He has 2 teeth on bottom but doesn't get anything but he loves to hold the apple. 

Orin has a lot going on since he is growing and changing all the time. He is loving food and especially Mom and Dad's food.  I met a friend at KFC and he ate all of my biscuit and mashed potatoes. It made me feel like I was on a diet. Orin has graduated from the baby room at daycare. He is too advanced what the daycare teacher said. He goes to the toddler room on Monday. I hope it works out ok because he was used to being the big kid in the baby room but now will be the youngest but not necessarily the smallest in the toddler room. Here are some pictures of our little Monster. 

Here Orin is on St Patrick's Day eating his green waffles. 

Orin has learned to push the stroller and he loves to do it. He loves to go for walks but it has been to windy to take him out. So we take him for a walk around the house and it puts him right to sleep for his naps. It is a wonderful thing, since he doesn't like to take naps at home. He takes 2 hour long naps at daycare but at home he just fights it and wants to play with Mom, Dad and Kitty.

 

Here Orin was eating rice and loving it. It was a bit sticky though. 

 This was the first time we gave him a plate/bowl at home and this is how it turned out. We have to teach him to eat off a plate though because at the restaurant I don't like putting his food on the table.

Orin loves to help with the dishwasher. If he sees it open he will hurry over just to climb on it or take everything out of it. Hopefully he will always be helpful with it. :)

 

Here is a picture of Orin and Daddy. Orin just loves his Daddy. He gives him five all the time. 

 

Orin loves being outside. It doesn't matter where it is. Here he is on the deck. It was a bit windy but he didn't mind.

Here Orin is trying to get the kitty to  come out on the deck but kitty is too scared to go outside.

 

We are all doing great just loving life and being together. We definitely all live for the wonderful weekends.

Peas Please!

Orin eating his peas. He had almost as many as I did.

 We had peas for dinner today and Orin loved them! This weekend he started wanting to eat off my plate. So we gave him some peas and he ate them really well. So we decided to have them again today and see if he wanted any.  He did! He probably had like thirty.

Orin just finishing chewing up his peas.

9 month old Orin

Orin is now 9 months old. He had his check up on Friday. He is still growing like a weed.
Here is a picture of the cute kid.



At Orin's checkup they checked his iron which was good they had to prick his toe and get blood from it. He didn't cry but he gave the nurse a funny look like "what are you doing? That really hurts!" The nurse put a bandaid on it and Orin stared at the bandaid then looked at me and back and forth. It was pretty funny. Then he reached down and ripped the bandaid off. They also gave him 2 shots. He usually takes his shots really well but this time it must have hurt because it made him scream. It was sad. He loves the doctor and gives the doctor lots of smiles.
They measured and weighed him.
Height: 31" 98%
Weight: 22 lbs 75%
Head 50%

He has been in the same percentiles for the past 3 check ups. The doctor said that was really good. Everything looked good. His ears looked really good which I was worried because he is always grabbing those ears and daycare always mentions it. Thankfully no earache!

The doctor said he could feel 4 teeth on top and one more on the bottom that will probably be coming up soon. Which he woke up this morning with his teeth hurting at 4 AM.

Here he is eating a piece of licorice because it makes his gums feel better when he chews on it. He is very messy but he was loving it!



Orin has learned to climb the stairs and does it all the time. He loves to chase kitty up the stairs. Here is a picture where he is in the middle of the stairs.

Orin also is loving to stand up everywhere. He prefers to stand whenever he can. He does a lot of crawling and is getting really fast. He chases the kitty all over the house.
Here is a picture of him standing at the sliding glass door leading to the deck. If you notice his pj's have gotten a little small on his arms. Those are his 12 months he now has to wear 18 months or it is too small on his arms and legs.

Orin has a favorite word...DA DA. He says it all the time. It is funny he will be busy playing with stuff and just saying da da. He loves to say da da when he is climbing the stairs. Orin LOVES his Dad so much! He gets so excited when his dad enters the room. I always bring Orin to bed to wake up Joel on weekends and Orin will crawl over to him and lay his head on the pillow next to his dad. He loves to sit on his dad's lap while at the computer. In this picture, Orin is sitting there just chatting saying da da.

What else is going on with Orin.
He loves to be read to. Every night we read 2 books before bed. He loves to point at the pictures. We bought his first pair of shoes today. I will have to take a picture of him in them for the next blog.
He doesn't eat solid foods very well but the doctor said to just give it time. He loves pureed food though. He does like ritz crackers but anything else and he chokes. He hates the gerber puffs which all my friends babies love. So I am hoping he will grow to like them I read he can get a lot of nutrients from snacks.

Orin struggles lately with sleeping. I think it has to do with those darn teeth.

For the most part he is a really happy baby and is tons of fun! We love him so much and are enjoying every minute with him. He is always making us laugh with the silly things that he does.

Christmas Project

In December, I started some projects and well never finished them. I finally finished one of them. I made some blocks that we can put on our mantle to hang our stockings.

Here they are.



Here is Joel's.

Here is Orin's and mine.

Can't wait to use them....

A Couple of Firsts

These past weeks Orin had a couple of firsts go on....

First Fever. It was sad he was so sick and just sad. We spent the whole weekend home and he just wanted to be held. So that is exactly what we did untill his fever went away. Here is a picture of him after his fever was gone. He is definitely much better now.

First Tooth. Orin got his first tooth. Well kind of...it is up but not fully. I think this is why he had his first fever. He has had kind of a difficult time with this darn tooth. It has taken forever! Here is the picture he gave me when I asked to see his tooth.

First Cracker. Joel and I went on a date and my brother and sister-in-law Shawn and Jodi watched Orin. I have been really nervous to give Orin any kind of food other than the puree. They gave him a ritz cracker and he loved it! He now eats them all the time.

First Forward Crawling. Orin has been crawling backwards for over a month now. On Wednesday, 8 he crawled forward for me :) and he has gotten so much better at it. At first it was very slow but now he can go anywhere he wants and he does!

Here he is crawling around.

Here he has crawled to the stairs and is watching the kitty who has ran up the stairs to get away.

First Valentine's Day. Orin had a good first Valentine's day. I did his hair (usually it just lays flat) and he wore his shirt that says "Sorry girls, I only date models" to daycare. The ladies at daycare told us how much they love him. They gave him 2 rubber duckys for valentine's day. (1 pink and 1 red with kisses all over them.) Orin loves rubber duckys because he thinks he gets a bath when he sees them. We all went to dinner and of course one of the rubber duckys came with.

I didn't get a picture of before but here is one of him in his bath with the red rubber ducky.