Still not crawling- but he can wave...

Tonight when we were leaving daycare Justin finally waved bye-bye to everyone on our way out. Usually we try and get him to and he just looks at us like we're idiots. I made him show me at home tonight too while we were playing..



He still can't quite get the crawl down. He goes from sitting to on all fours - rocks a bit and tries to move...and then goes splat. Then he gets mad..

We're also hearing a lot of new chatter. Last week one night Dave and I kept saying da-da to him and he finally repeated it and has been babbling da and ka a lot. This video isn't that great but I was trying to get the sound without him realizing I had the camera out- cause he usually stops when he sees me with the camera:

Gobble Gobble

Happy Turkey Day everyone! We didn't get to spend Thanksgiving with our families this year- but we had a nice little Thanksgiving here in Dallas. Justin had his first Pumpkin Pie - with whip cream! Grandpa Riggan wanted us to be sure he had some whip cream..I think he's well prepared for his first birthday cake!



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We're very thankful for this little guy and the rest of our family and friends! Hopefully next year we'll get to be in Iowa or Philly - or entertain some visitors here. For now, it's nice to have a weekend at home with the three of us - it's been awhile! We're planning on spending tomorrow with friends and cutting down our Christmas tree on Saturday!

Welcome to the World - Walker Lyle!

I realized that in the chaos that has been the last two weeks I didn't post anything about Justin's new cousin! Walker Lyle was born on November 9, 2010. He was over 9lbs!
Hayden will be a great big brother and I can't wait to meet the new munchkin. I'm not sure when we're going to be able to get up to Iowa - but hopefully sometime in the near future!

Lyle was dad's brother's name. He passed away when I was in high school. Us kids were all pretty close to Lyle and his family and we still miss him terribly. I think it's awesome that Lyle is Walker's middle name and I get all teary every time I think about it.

9 Months!

Justin's 9 month stats:
21 lbs 12 oz
29 3/4 inches long
and his head is still in the 95th percentile....

He'll be in 12 month clothes any day now!

While we were at the doc we found out he has another ear infection so he's on medicine for it again.

Some video from tonight:

4 Teeth!

Justin now has all four front teeth. He still isn't really "chewing" so we're not able to feed a variety of solid food yet. It makes me so nervous feeding him things - sometimes he gags and throws up. So - needless to say we're taking it slow on the non-baby food solids. He's getting small banana pieces, peas, etc - but he isn't ready for the biter biscuits yet (we tried that about an hour ago and gave mommy a heart attack).




We ended up getting a prescription for the diaper rash last weekend. It is much better - though it hasn't completely disappeared yet.

Diaper Rash - boo!

I'll spare you the photo I sent Lori for confirmation that this diaper rash is indeed Dr. appointment worthy. Let's just say - it's not pretty and the little guy also has diarrhea so that isn't helping! I thought maybe we'd get to go hang out with some friends while Daddy was out of town - but instead we're stuck at home waiting for the next diaper change!

But - JD is still happy for the most part (when I'm not changing his diaper). You can see his three teeth in this picture. That fourth one just won't pop through: