Nine Month Milestones

Corbin had his 9 month appointment today, and he was 18 lbs, 13 oz (25%), and 29 inches long (60%), with a big 19 inch noggin. While he has been sleeping through the night like a log, he decided last night to change it up a bit & get up twice!
He is crawling on all fours now, pulls himself up on everything, cruises around wherever he can reach, and he also climbs the stairs as of Tuesday. We put up the baby gates blocking the stairs and he was very mad about it.
Here are a couple of action pics.

I'm gonna make it up there


Here I go!




I'll take a short break. I sure am proud of myself!


Oh there's more!


What? I'm allowed to do this, aren't I?




My 9 month pose


D@mn baby gates!

Sailing

Corbin went sailing for the first time last Friday night, in Holland, MI. We stopped by my aunt & uncle's home on the way back from Chicago. Lake Michigan is so pretty. Now Jon wants to go back!


Getting ready to go!


Sporting their cool Diego lifevest!


Daddy & Corbin


The sun started to set. We left around 7:30 and got back around 11. Corbin got to sleep on the boat. It went well until he woke up & I realized I had no bottle for him- I had forgotten it in the car!


There were a few other sailboats out as well.


Mommy & Corbin


One last view before the sun goes down.

Soon, I will upload some more photos of Holland & our walk along the beach.

Long Lost Zoo Photos

I can't believe I forgot to post about our zoo trip in early August! We went for Jon's company picnic, and Corbin had a great time! Here are a couple of pics.

We got him all dressed up in his monkey safari outfit


He had the best time in the aquarium. It was just his height!


We got a great view of the manatees!


Looking around the aquarium with Daddy


Mommy wore him most of the afternoon


The kangaroos are out in the open- you just walk through the area where they are.


No story here... just a penguin.

It was a fun day- it wasn't too hot, and we got a lot of exercise. I can't wait until next year when we can take him to the waterpark next door!

December '07 Meet-Up

I am so far behind on keeping up with this blog. I promise to do better this week. I think I have a lot of material, I just need to find the time! We just got back from a week-long trip to Chicago/Holland, MI, and I feel like I am more in my element. It was too hard to keep up with internet stuff in the hotel room.

This past Monday, Corbin and I travelled to Bloomington, IL to meet up with some online friends and their babies, who were also due in December of 2007. We went to an aquatic center & let the babies splash around in the pool while we chatted.



Corbin meets Miss Mina


Stephanie arrives with Mr. Carson


Three Little Waterbabies ready to go! Look- Corbin and Mina have matching strollers!


Corbin & Mina play ball. Carson is in the background getting used to the pool. It was great- zero-depth.


Mina is a good splasher!


Here are the three of them playing. Shortly after this photo was taken, Mina decided to crawl over Corbin, so I had to nix the camera in the pool idea & pay more attention!


This is cute- they are both reaching out for baby shoulders!


Carson & Corbin crawl for the coveted puffs


Mina decided she could pin Corbin down


My lil guy gets some tickles from Andrea


Andrea starts collecting babies


We brought toys, but the best entertainment came from a puffs lid and a water bottle


Cutie Carson goes for the camera


Kisses!


I asked the lady next to us to take a photo. She did & I looked at it in the LCD screen & thought it looked great. I was shocked that we all looked at the camera on the first take. When I uploaded the pics, I realized that Carson had his finger in his nose. But it gives the photo a lot more character!

The other night, Jon & Corbin were playing & Corbin was in fits of laughter. I had to run downstairs to get the camcorder & then be careful not to "ruin the moment"...

Teeth Shot

I don't know why, but i am fascinated by my son's teeth. I think it's because it makes him look & seem so grown up to me! When he was eating spaghetti for lunch, I noticed that he is looking quite toothy!

How Big is Corbin?

Soooo big!

The Inchworm

Many of you have already seen Corbin's "crawl," which is really a scoot. But he gets where he needs to go and fairly quickly at that, so I don't know if he will ever master the "all fours" crawl that we're used to seeing.

Fangs

It's official- Corbin has 6 teeth! I took this photo to show #5 & 6 coming in, but I realized that it shows off his "fangs" well.