January 11, 2012

nine months in, nine months out

Weight: 25.2 lbs Height: 30.25 inches This past month, Preston learned to take assisted steps, push himself to sitting, wave, say “Hi”, crawl, pull himself up on furniture, walk along furniture, and stand, unassisted, for up to 45 seconds. When we were visiting a friend on Monday, he had pulled himself to standing by her [...]

December 31, 2011

2011: Year in Review

One of the (many) purposes of this blog is to serve as a memory bank — so I can look back and remember (fondly, hopefully) the things my family and I did together (because if my children inherit my memory skills, they’re going to need some help), the things we’ve gone through, and the things [...]

December 12, 2011

eight months

Weight: 24.6 lbs Height: 30 inches Clothing size: 24 months My little dude’s weight gain has slowed down, but he’s still above the 97th percentile. I was very sensitive about his size when he was born (not helped by some particularly-rude comments), but I quickly fell in love with him and liked his big baby [...]

November 18, 2011

standing

Someone pulled himself up in his crib the other day. No big deal to him. Just another day in the life of a linebacker.

November 13, 2011

six

So, I promised you a post about our anniversary. I mean, I wanted to write about it, which is why I said I would, but this post almost didn’t happen because Noah went and bought the Settlers of Catan app on Friday and I have been a wee bit addicted. My brother and sister-in-law introduced [...]