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..

Teething really does suck

My friend Lindi blogged yesterday about how much it has been "sucking" having her daughter scream and yell while teething. Same here. Solomon goes through phases in the day when he cannot be pleased and is just sad and weepy and needs constant attention. I guess I'm a bad mommy, but it gets on my nerves. I just need him to self-occupy and he's not capable of it when his gums hurt so bad. Poor guy. Anyway, Lindi said her first daughter had no teething symptoms, so I sure hope that's the case if we ever go insane and have a second child. Maybe the 2nd will be fine with having teeth pierce his or her gums. Thank God that he seriously is the cutest child ever or I would have thrown him through the window so many times.

On a lighter note, Solomon is finally exploring real solids. He snarfs babyfood, but has been reluctant to eat anything that isn't pureed. He will actually now put cereal puffs in his mouth without gagging. He seems to like them and I love watching him negotiate picking up the cereal puff and then getting to his mouth. It's funny.

He is into EVERYTHING. He absolutely pulls on, chews on, stands up on, crawls through and falls on everything he isn't supposed to be in or on. It's cute, but we're dismantling everything as we go so he won't hurt himself. The standing, sideways walking and crawling has definitely moved the whole thing to a new realm. Our house is really not babyproofed at all!

I've posted a few pictures: http://www.haverhillstudios.com/gallery/9-months. Some of them show him digging into all of the places he shouldn't be. When I tell him "no", he simply turns around and giggles at me and goes back to what he was doing.

Alex and I just got back from tile shopping. We are redoing our master bathroom. It's basically gutted right now. I can't wait for this little project to be over. It will be so nice.

I can't wait for a day off this Friday!!

1st Tooth

It's coming. I can feel a very sharp little tooth starting to poke through. Solomon was a complete mess yesterday so that explains why. Poor little guy. Oh well, soon enough, he'll have a mouthful I'm sure.

Our Little Teapot

Alex with the plaque that Solomon made him at daycare.

This is super cute..