Crawling & Stats

I forgot to mention Simon's 9-month stats in the last post. He is doing just fine, overall quite healthy, though he's had a slight stuffy nose for too long and we're not really sure why. Although we still occasionally get comments on Simon being a big baby, he really isn't anymore--in fact, he's now around the 25th percentile for both height and weight. In other words, about 75% of boys his age (in the US) are bigger than him! He weighed in at 19 lbs 3 oz, 27.5 inches tall, at his 9-month well baby visit.

Thanks Paloma!

Thanks to everyone for great advice on finding a battery-free activity table. We got several suggestions on new models to buy, and used ones from Craigslist ads and Ebay auctions. Simon is now the happy owner of this battery-free Fisher-Price activity table, procured for him from Ebay by Paloma. Its great--activities on the one side, and the other side is a surface to use for building/stacking those jumbo-sized lego/blocks, so we think its a great table to grow with him.

Liz, Simon, and the llama :-)

Liz spent last weekend with us, doing lots of babysitting so Jess could go to a conference. Having recently returned from Ecuador, she brought along this awesome knit llama (with a dad, mom, and baby riding on it!) for Simon. We're glad that she is helping him start a love of knitted toys, as Jess has recently shifted her knitting aspirations from clothes to toys, at least when it comes to babies who outgrow clothes so quickly. Unfortunately, Liz, we haven't seen it since you left...any idea where Simon stashed it last?!

We took advantage of a gorgeous Saturday to go for an early fall picnic on Harriet Island. It was a little chilly, but a nice way to spend an afternoon/evening, especially knowing that winter is just around the corner! Here are a few photos from our picnic outing:

Hehehe...Aunt Liz makes me giddy!

Hey look, its the hoodie family!

Oh boy, there were swings...Simon had a great time. He gets so animated when he's excited, flailing his arms and legs, that we were a little worried he might be scaring the much more subdued baby in the swing next to him!

Also, we caught a nice little clip showing off Simon's new crawling skills. This was taken just his second or third day of crawling. He hasn't quite figured out that he can use crawling to go farther distances, or get to something out of sight (e.g. us in the other room), but of course that's just a matter of time!

New Crawler (29 seconds):