Solomon Stepping Out

Our little guy is starting to walk little, unassisted steps. The video shows his a few of his wobbly early attempts. It's so cute to watch, especially with his little giggle. Soon enough, he'll be all over the place I'm sure.

New pics posted - Lindi's visit

I've posted new pictures from Lindi's visit to Wichita. Lindi, send this link along to Henry please!
http://www.haverhillstudios.com/gallery/albun09?&page=1

Movies, Steps, Parties and Friends

So as the title indicates, we've been to a couple of movies recently. We went to see "The Strangers" starring Liv Tyler and some others I didn't know at the cheap theater with Brett and Abby. It was so scary and of course Alex and Brett both later tried to scare us more by doing something sneaky at home. Boys.... It seriously made me jump several times.

We saw "The Dark Knight" on Thursday night. Kandi and Zoe nicely came over and watched Solomon for us. It was nice to get out with just the two of us and I enjoyed the movie. Christian Bale is a hotty. I did like Heath Ledger as the Joker. I thought it was entertaining even though it was fairly predictable.

Some Solomon firsts: On Tuesday, the 22nd, he took his first steps.. He can take two to three without anything to balance on and then falls. He's definitely balancing much better than he was before. He's also been progressing on soft veggies, fruits, bread and cereal pieces and he's been doing really well with two of the sippy cups. He doesn't do the others so well. I'll just keep the for when he's a little more skilled in that area.

We had my dad's 65th surprise b-day party on Friday night at the Ville at St. Vincent de Paul. He was TOTALLY surprised too which was fun. I think he had a good time. A lot of people were there, some he hadn't seen in a while. I also enjoyed seeing everyone. It was fun and was a perfect way to end a miserable work day! :) He bought a bbq grill with all of the gift cards people gave him to Home Depot. I can't wait to see it.

Last night was also a lot of fun. We went to Brandon and Tobie's house. They have an 18-mo. old and Tobie told us she's preggers and due in February. There were several people over and we all played Rock Band. Alex did a bit of bass, guitar and singing. I sang and did some drumming, but I totally suck at the drumming. It was fun though. It was a late night and of course Solomon is always up early, so thank God, he actually went down for an early short nap and I slept a little more.

We're getting ready for our trip to Atlanta later this week. It will be Solomon's first trip on a plane, so it should be interesting, but we're both looking forward to getting away and relaxing a bit. We may do less of the tourist stuff and more hanging out since we NEVER get to do that here.

I also have to give Chris Baker a "shout out". He turns 33 today, or rather, 21, or whatever age he is using these days! :) Happy Birthday Chris and many more!

Hope everything is going well for everyone!

Miss Cleo, not the psychic lady, is alive!!

One of my BF's, Erin, had a baby yesterday!!! We're so excited for her, Andy (her husband), Gus (her son) and the new Miss Cleo!!

Name: Cleo Anne
Weight: 6 lbs, 9 oz
Height: 19.75"
Birth date & time: July 22, 2008, 12:47 p.m. CDT

I can't wait to meet the new arrival. I'm sure she is beautiful just like her mommy.

Congrats Erin and Andy!!

10 Months Old - tomorrow

We took this picture at Solomon's 10-mo. check-up today. I like his little tummy. It's sweet.

Here are his new stats:

Weight: 20 lbs. 11 oz. - 40th percentile

Height: 28 1/2 " - 35th percentile

Head Circumference: 46 1/2 cm - 75th percentile

In other words, my child has a huge head. I was wondering where all of the food he eats/drinks was going to. Apparently, it is his head! The nurse practitioner said he is one of the oldest kids she's seen with so few teeth, but she said it's nothing to worry about. He'll get a full mouthfull soon enough. He has two coming in on the top and one halfway in on the bottom. She also said she was very impressed with his language and motor skills. Yea!! Go Solomon! He also had a good iron count, so he's a healthy little guy. We love him tons.

Bedhead and birthdays

This weekend we had my niece Zoe from Saturday at noon through Sunday around noon. We had a lot of fun with her. The first picture of her is from this morning. She had some MAJOR bedhead! It was pretty funny though. Our friends Sara and Shane brought their daughter, Claire, over to play with Zoe. I think they had a good time. They were crazy.

We also spent much of the weekend on our bathroom renovation. It's getting close to being over.. I am SOO SICK OF IT.

Today was also my dad's 65th birthday! Happy birthday Dad! Solomon was so excited that he decided to wear a tie to my parents' house in celebration of my dad's b-day.

So, Alex was one of the Mac nerds that stood in line, starting at 6am on Friday morning to get the new 3G IPhone. He is IN LOVE WITH IT. It is pretty cool. He loves all Mac products. Alex is so not a morning person so the fact that he got up so early means he was really excited about it.

Well, iIt's almost time for bed...

Solomon pictures posted

New pictures of Solomon are posted at: http://www.haverhillstudios.com/gallery/9-5-10-mo

4th o' July & this week

We went to my parents' house on the night of the 4th. It was pretty uneventful, but nice because it was low-key and we could see fireworks all around their house going off. Plus, I ate tons of good food and my favorite cornflake cookies. Yum, yum, yummy. During the day, my dad helped us with the bathroom renovation.

This week, the tile guy came over and retiled our floor and shower. It looks really good. I can't wait to post a picture or two when the whole thing is finished.

Solomon did some fun stuff this week. First, we went to LIndi's parents' house for a bbq last night and he played a lot with Chrissy Henry's little boy. They were crawling after eachother. Chrissy's little guy, grabbed Solomon's hand as if to say, "Follow me this way." Sooo cute.
Today, he was really trying to stand on his own without anything to balance on. I think he will be doing it for more than a few seconds soon. It's so hard to believe that he used to be so small and just sleep all day.

BTW, congrats Lindi on completing your Masters degree while having two kiddos! That's quite an accomplishment. Also, it was her little daughter, Izzy's b-day. She's a cutie.. just like her little sis.

Alex is going to be a big geek and stand in line tomorrow morning for the new IPhone. He has wanted to get one forever and knew he would get the second round of IPhones released. He plans to get there at 6am... Wow, he must really want that thing.

Alex is going to do his radio show tomorrow night and we have my niece Zoe for the night on Saturday. It should be fun. Hopefully we'll mostly finished the bathroom this weekend as well.

I had a seriously annoying day today. Our internet connection was out all day and I was so annoyed. I tried going to two coffee houses and didn't find a working connection. It must have been a widespread outage. It just came back up this evening! I can't do a thing workwise without the internet. Hate it..