Redneck Morning

So last weekend we think Ari may have been partying in the back of the truck with the redneck neighbors down the street. We woke up to see him in this outfit. Ok, not really but it sounds like a good story. Actually he peed out of his diaper that morning and since someone likes to take his diaper off we have to put some clothes on him. These were not only the closest but I also figured it would provide some good blog material.

First Haircut Video

So here is a little video of Ari's first haircut. It's pretty self explanatory. You'd have thought we cut off his ear not his curly locks.

First Hair Cut

We took Ari for his first hair cut yesterday.

The "before" photo of his shaggy, crazy do.


Momentarily distracted by the cool car and TV.


Not distracted anymore.


And the "after" shots.



The lady did a really good job, it looks SO much better now. :)

Mmm Cupcakes. :-)

I am going to an old co-worker's baby shower tomorrow. She is due with a boy in October. I already gave her a whole bunch of clothes that Ari has outgrown plus Ari's baby bath tub, so I didn't feel like I needed to go to BRU and shop from her registry. But I didn't want to show up to a shower empty handed either. So I found a package of Gerber onesies that we never opened, plus some newborn socks (Ari was born in July, he didn't need them) and I made some onesie "cupcakes." I didn't find big cupcake papers at Target today so rather than going from store to store to look for them, I just used some plastic cups we had left over from our wedding (over two years ago...) and napkins I had left over from Ari's birthday party to hold the cupcakes. I also didn't know where to find a windowed bakery box that doesn't have "Fry's" or "Safeway" or whatever logos on it, so I used one of the tupperware containers that I cleaned out of the cupboard earlier today that was headed to the recycle bin. Then I used ribbon and shredded paper for the finishing touches.







And a few recent Ari pics, just for fun. :)

Walking, walking, walking...




Trying to play with off-limits stuff by mom's desk.

We don't know either???

I came home today and as usual was met by an excited little boy, one of the highlights of my day for sure. I got loves and kisses and we settled in. I came out to my computer to check my email and after a few seconds he'd had enough sitting at the computer and wanted to play. I put him down and this is what he started doing....

You can't really hear it in the first segment it's right the beginning but if you listen towards the end of the second you'll hear him. He did it several times before I could get the camera out but this is all we captured. We don't know what he was doing either, we think he was trying to give the floor a zerbert.

If you take a walk....

I'll tax your feet! Some more rock lyrics worked into a blog. Seems only appropriate considering how much Ari seems to like music. If you hadn't guessed by the title, Ari took off walking this afternoon. We got a few steps on camera. Cara had to lure him to her with the remote after I got the camera out because he wanted the camera. But at least we got some of his first steps on video and we both got the see them at the same time.

Guess what I'm doing??

So I took these picture the other morning when we went to breakfast. As you can see my phone doesn't take the greatest pictures despite it being a 2 mp camera. Anyway, they are some cute photos and I'll let you guess what he's actually doing.

I'm smelling my napkin of course!

And the hilarity that follows smelling a napkin!

Just for fun!

I had a bunch of pictures in the camera and on the computer that I thought I would post just for fun and a video from messing around tonight at dinner. This might be the strangest little boy ever, for dinner tonight we had chicken fajitas. He mowed through 8 strips of bell pepper, 4 red and 4 green, and 4 chunks of chicken. I've never seen a kiddo his size eat bell pepper, must be my exemplary cooking ability. :) Probably helps that he got his six tooth and seventh and eighth all in about 9 days. After 6 weeks of fussiness waiting for number six we couldn't figure out why he was still cranky, because there were two more teeth just beneath the surface. Hopefully we can get a little break before the next round. We are also in the process of trying to night ween him so that mama can get some more sleep. That's just a mini update on the boy, now on to the fun pictures.

Aunt Renee gave us these knee protectors since we have all tile in our house to help cushion his knees while he's crawling. Unfortunately, Ari doesn't have one size fits all legs, they were a little small for his chubby thighs.

Ari and I were left to our own devices on Saturday while mama went to a board meeting for Desert Dove. I went into the kitchen to throw away his applesauce container and when I turned around this is what I saw. I guess we didn't get as much in his mouth as I thought. :)
Is this a cute face or what, with or without a cheerio on his cheek?
Saturday night's bath shenanigans. Gotta love the baby mowhawk!
I'm glad he has decided it's cool to smile for the camera now.
Check out this boy's curls! And it just keeps getting curlier!
Not much to say about this video except TA DA! Just some dinner time fun.

One Year Dr. Appointment

Yesterday we took Ari in for his one year check up, on his birthday no less. We were a little disappointed when we got there and found out that his normal doctor, Dr. Bean was on vacation. No one told us he would be out when we scheduled the appointment. So Dr. Shee was covering for him and much to our satisfaction we liked her a little better that Dr. Bean. She seemed a little more attentive to Ari where Dr. Bean I think focuses more on us. If we could put them both together we'd be seeing the busiest Dr. in town. But let's get back to what's important here and that would be Ari.

He weighed in at 21lbs 13ozs, he's 30" in length and his head was 48 cm. That puts him in the 50th, 50th, and 90th percentile respectively. To give you and idea of how much he's grown, when he was born he weighed 5lbs 7ozs and was 17.5" in length. So he's quadrupled his weight and almost doubled his length in a year. Man the fridge is gonna be empty when he's a teenager. Most importantly he's a healthy little boy!

Unfortunately, he had to get shots yesterday. Three of them to be exact and he was none to crazy about them. He was already screaming when we laid him down because now that's he mobile he doesn't have time to just lay down, even for diaper changes. Fortunately the two nurses that we've had give him shots are very quick. It just seems so traumatic for the little fella. Today was no different than most following shots, he was pretty cranky all day probably from being a little sore. Hopefully tomorrow will be better and if not then by Monday when Momma doesn't have any backup.

Here's a little retrospective. From this....
to this in just one year!

Happy 1st Birthday

Well folks, as of last night at 7:05 we officially made it through one year! We have some catching up to do here so lets get right to it. It seems as though our little man learns something new everyday. It's amazing to see the changes in him. Currently he can sign daddy, milk, more, eat & all done. He says mama and if you ask him if he wants a bath he says, " bah bah" very softly, it's very cute. He can also tell you what sound a doggy makes as he starts to pant. He is a crawling master at this point. He doesn't seem all that interested in walking just yet but you can tell he's dieing to go faster. He does cruise along the furniture more and more each day so I'm sure it won't be long. In the afternoons when I come home if he's not sleeping, he usually hears my truck pull up and starts making a beeline for the door to greet me with a smile and a kiss. Let me tell you that's not a bad thing to come home to, twice as many kisses! Kisses are another one of his new skills, Cara gets all the credit for working on that with him.

Last weekend we had a party for Ari, his cousin Ian who will turn 3 on the 13th and Papa who is turning 60 on the 15th. It was a great turn out, lots of friends and family. We even had a surprise visit from Aunt Robin, my dad's sister who lives in Kentucky. She was here hanging out with her sister Susan, so we had all my dad's siblings together at once. But enough family reunion, let's get to the good stuff.

I just had to throw this one in, Cara says I make this face. Probably when she's telling me I make that face is when I do.
Mom and Ari in the pool before presents.
You have to keep your eye on these two they are hell raisers, Kaitlin and Camden.
This was my Dad's present from my cousin in law Vanessa. It's a Spiderman Pez dispenser, I think she's still bitter about my Dad luring her into his Elvis Pez dispenser at our Christmas white elephant gift exchange a few years ago.
Cousin Ian, this boy loves him some cars!
Check out the size of this ball.
New clothes.
Unwrapping an eco-friendly dump truck. It's made from all recycled goods. It was a big hit.
The best cup in the world was from Aunt Renee and her crew. The straw has a flared bottom so he can't pull it out. He didn't put it down for a while. Fortunately for him Mom is testing it to make sure that it's totally kid approved. There might be a power struggle involving the cup someday.
Cake time!
I'm not sure about this....
Ok, I'm sure!!
I can't wait to see what the next year holds for this little boy! Oh wait, that's when the terrible two's start, maybe I can wait a little longer.