11 Months

11 months, woo hoo!

We are getting so close to Inoke's birthday, we are counting down the days to celebrate this little guy turning 1.  He is so busy, always picking up who knows what off the ground and eating it, ugh so gross! He is walking with such determination now, and seems to be trying to run sometimes.  He is talking up a storm, making so many sounds.  My favorite is it sounds like he is saying "wow".  He is very vocal, just like his momma ;).  There have been some really nice days recently and we have been spending time outside, Inoke loves the sunshine and taking in nature, we can't wait for the summer.

He's crazy!

I got a picture of his teeth.  And my worries have subsided, Inoke's upper right central is finally starting to break through.  Inoke is not as nearly as excited as I am, he has been really cranky and whiney, but hey the upside is he just wants to cuddle most of the time ;) .

Just a random picture of Inoke enjoying some JDawgs

On a side note, I had a personal goal to lose all of my baby weight by the time Inoke turned 1.  I am happy to say I have achieved that goal, early! My work had a biggest loser contest so that helped to jumpstart and motivate me to lose it.  I am really proud of myself, however it is tough losing weight when you are in your mid 30's! Man my metabolism just isn't what it used to be! Anyway I still have weight to lose from before I got pregnant, so here's to health and exercise!! 

Now on to planning Inoke's 1st birthday, its going to be great!! 

Easter

Easter was nice this year, my mom and dad were able to come down and visit.  I wish I had some photos from their camera of them with Inoke, I'll just have to post those later.  My mom made this great Easter basket for Inoke.  Cute new outfit, some teddy graham treats, a book, stuffed bunny, cute little froggy basket, and some other great toys! Thanks Nana Kathy!!! 

Easter egg hunt and The Eyre's

His little Easter outfit, such a stud! 

Washington

Danny, Ezra, Inoke and I flew up to Washington to see the grandparents and participate in The Big Climb. The Big Climb is a fundraiser for Lymphoma and Leukemia where participants climb 69 flights of stairs to raise money for the cause.  It's really cool!

It was fun to go up to Washington and just relax at mom and dads for a few days.  We did go out to Black Lake for an afternoon to go fishing with the Springers... Good times!

At the airport getting ready to leave Utah

Inoke's new favorite snack, beef jerky! 

Black Lake

Sandwiches at Meconi's! 

Waterfront walk with the cousins

Bath time with Ezra

On our road trip back to Utah

The boys and their kilts, Scotty is missing though he was pretty sick.

All in all it was a great trip, the babies did really on the road trip back.

10 Months

10 months, man oh man.  Inoke is doing sooo much.  He is so busy figuring things out on his own, trying to walk everywhere, talking and making all kinds of noises, and wanting to eat and drink everything that we are eating.  I LOVE IT!

He is also getting 3 new teeth in on the top.  His top left central and lateral incisors, and pretty sure his top right lateral incisor, skipping over his right central incisor.  I'm thinking it's his lateral because there is a pretty big gap between the right and left side ... or it could be that he will just have great big gap, or he is missing that central incisor all together! yikes.  Oh well, he will be cute either way and I will just have to wait to see what teeth are fully erupted by his 12month appointment and have Dr. Savage take a look! I wish I could get a pic, but Inoke is not very cooperative, doesn't like mom's fingers in his mouth ... weirdo!
(Thank you memory for remembering some of my dental terms from dental assisting from way back when.)

He's waving goodbye, getting into everything and eating everything off the floor.  Which is scary, I am so paranoid about him choking, thank goodness I am up to date on my CPR skills, let's just hope I NEVER have to use them!

He loves playing with his cousins.  I am so fortunate to have family around that can help watch Inoke when I have to work.  Inoke and Ezra are the cutest, right when they see one another, they both just start jabbering and crawling all over each other, so silly.  Inoke totally lights up when he sees Daniel walk into the room.  Man, that kid really knows how to make Inoke laugh, smile and be happy!

Since posting that last walking video only about a week ago, Inoke has really mastered this walking thing! He is able to walk all the way across the room unassisted and pretty quick too!  We are in for it!
We bought him a little push/sit on activity car that he loves, here is a little video.

This is a fun little video I took the other night, it's kind of long but still enjoyable! I call this video, tired baby.

And he's off!

Well my prediction was semi-right.  I had said at Christmas that I bet Inoke would be walking around St. Patrick's Day.  Well here is the proof.  He has been taking a few side steps here and there, letting go of the furniture and standing and balancing for a while, so really we're not surprised at this new achievement of Inoke taking the plunge and try walking around on his own.  I'm super happy and sad at the same time, so cool for him to reach this milestone, and yet I think he's still too little, he's just a baby!

Coming soon, Inoke's 10 month post .. stay tuned!

Jumping Gym

Last week I met Danny and Ezra at Lowe's Xtreme Gym.  My sister in law Lua works there so we go there quite a bit.  It is really fun, they have a bunch of trampolines, foam pits, a rock wall and tumbling mats.
Then on Saturday March 3 my nephew Daniel turned 8! Wowy time has gone by fast! Daniel had his party at the gym, I wasn't able to go, but here are some great photos from both excursions.  I highly recommend going to jump around and feel like a kid again!

They really did have fun! 

The boys just kept crawling following each other around the little kids area, super cute!

Daniel's Birthday Party.....

9 Months!

Inoke is now 9 months (and 2 weeks).  He is so much fun, I love this stage.  However I got a little sad, because at his appointment Dr. Savage said, "Okay the next time we'll need to see Inoke he'll be 1!" ... Ahhh! She's right, and how crazy is that, yowza, I'll have a 1 year old!  Now that he's got those two teeth on the bottom, we've been practicing brushing our teeth.

9 Month Stats:

Weight: 19 lbs - 47% 

Height: 28.5 in - 52%

Head: 17.2 in - 10% :( 

Okay so I was a little concerned to say the least about his head size .. I mean it's usually the opposite, babies heads are too huge for their bodies.  Not this kiddo.  Shoot. 

 I panicked a little at the appointment because she started asking me questions about his development, she asked if he was clapping yet, my response, no.  She asked if he was waiving bye-bye, my response, no.  My face must have been showing worry, panic, confusion, etc, you get the point.  I immediately asked how far behind is he? I've been doing patty cake, and waiving to him for awhile, why isn't he picking it up?  Dr. Savage laughed, boy did she laugh at me.  She reassured me that he was not behind, that this is just something babies start doing at his age, and he is developing just fine.  Dr. Savage also reassured me that the size of his head has nothing to do with his brain development. Phew! She said she was not concerned because it is growing, just not as rapidly as most babies.  Geez, what a crazy thing to panic about,  I mean really, he is very healthy and such a good baby, man I gotta relax! I guess. 

He is crawling faster and faster, he is walking along the couch, chairs, boxes, anything he can balance against.  He is even letting go sometimes and "balancing" for a bit, then falling down on his bum.  

He loves to dance.... 

And play the piano with Grandpa

He's starting to say Da-Da and Ma-Ma, although I'm pretty sure he's not associating it with either one of us yet, but it's still pretty cute. I'm trying to get that on video.