Nine Month Portraits

It's that time again. I have added a new ablum of Destry's nine month portraits. You can see them here: http://picasaweb.google.com/destry21/NineMonthPortraits#.

Happy 35th Birthday!

Today is Destry's 35th Brithday. I hope he has a wonderful day and all his birthday dreams come true!

9 month checkup

Yesterday Destry had his 9 month check up. The Dr. said he looks perfect and is growing nicely. He's 19 lbs 14 oz (40%), 28 1/2 in. long (50%), and his head is 17 1/2 in (25%). He's tracking the same each check-up with the exception of his length last time when he was in the 75% percentile so they think the last nurse what a bit generous.

He seemed to have a good time in the Dr's office and the only part he didn't like was his shot, but he only cried for a second then was back to playing. He's such a good little boy and we are really lucky.

Fun filled day!

Destry had a big day yesterday. First we went to Jazzercise and for the first time he played in the back room with the babysitter and a few other kids. It's the first time he has been watched by someone he doesn't know, so I thought he may do a lot of screaming. Not the case yesterday, the babysitter said he was good the whole time so I'm happy that I can go to Jazzercise more often!

After Jazzercise we went to my mom's house and met up with Lori and Samantha (11 months) for a play date. The kids had fun playing and getting into things. Their favorite toy was the stairs. They both had a great time climbing up them. They were so cute together, and my mom was so happy to have all of us there.

While playing with Samantha, Destry started clapping for the first time. It was so cute. Sam must have taught him how. They were doing a lot of talking.

Clapping

It's My Son in a Box

I know, every kid loves boxes. But ours likes to be in boxes. Don't get me wrong, he likes to play with them as well, but it always seems like he ends up in them. Check him out.

In a box for "indoor Sledding".

In a box lid.
In a TSA bin at the airport.
A variation on Son in a Box, Son on a Box.

And here is my favorite. He combines Son in a Box with his other favorite pastime, climbing. He was climbing on his toy box and fell into it. From there, he climbed out and up onto the recliner.

In the toy box after falling in.

Starting to climb out of the box.

Out of the box.

A White Christmas...

isn't always what its cracked up to be. Those of you in the Seattle area know what I'm talking about. We were delayed in Idaho Falls for three extra days because of the conditions in Seattle. We actually had more snow in Idaho but without all the hills and with enough equipment to deal with it, it really wasn't as bad. We were scheduled to get back in Seattle Sunday night around 4:00. With the three day delay and an addition 4 hour delay on our next filght, we finally arrived in Seattle around 8:00 on Christams Eve. However, because of the snow, we were not able to get home to Duval until Friday night. We statyed at Tiff's parents until the conditions got better.

My parent's backyard in Idaho Falls.

The front porch. There was a 3 foot snow drift acroos the whole front.

Check out the snow on these fenceposts.

A huge drift in the backyard. You can see the grass in the foregound. The drift was over three feet tall.

Tiff's parent's front yard.

The backyard.

Another shot of the backyard.

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

We took Destry Jr to see Santa Claus for the first time while in Idaho Falls. Did he scream and cry wondering who's lap we'd just placed him on? Nope, he just checked him out to see what he was all about. To tell you the truth, I think he was telling Santa what he wanted for Christmas. We also took him to Santa's home to visit with him and Mrs. Claus.

Idaho Falls

We are having a great time in Idaho. Destry's family is having so much fun with Little D, and we are enjoying our time with them. We have been staying busy getting pictures of Shelby and Destry, visiting Santa, shopping, and just hanging out.

Little Destry loves his cousin Shelby. She has been keeping him entertained with toys and helping us make sure he doesn't get into anything he shouldn't (which is a full time job). He has started to "cruise" along furniture better so it's easier for him to get into everything.

Destry and Shelby playing. The box was a fun "sled" inside the house.

Shelby and Destry

"Peek-a-boo"

Trying to grab grandpa's remote control.

Driving the firetruck stroller at the mall

SO BIG

1st Airplane Ride

Destry Jr. had his first airplane ride, and I think it was harder on Mom and Dad than it was on him. On the plane he was great. He slept most the time, and when he was awake he was happy and not too loud. We were worried he would start screaming his happy screams like he does at home, but luckily he didn't.

The hardest part was managing all the bags. We each had carry on bags, plus my purse, a diaper bag, Destry's car seat, our jackets and of course little Destry. It was a handful, but only got harder when we had to go through security. We had about 10 bins full and all our stuff, plus Destry (dad not baby) kept getting stopped through the medal detector. I was trying to get on my shoes and gather all our stuff while holding little D...it was a funny sight. Once Destry got through it was fine and we bonded with another couple that was going through with a little girl.

Destry and I will all our bags!

Destry Jr. sitting in a TSA bin while Destry and I gather all our stuff.

Waiting to board the plane. Sitting on mom's lap as we get ready to go to Idaho.Checking out his surroundings.

Waiting for the plane to take off -- we had a little delay.
Asleep on the plane...yeah!

Yummy!

The other day Tiff cooked up some squash for Little Destry. Now he loves the squash baby food but as you can see, he did not care too much for this.

Baby Tessie

Lori, Samantha (10 months), Destry and I visited our college friend Jennie today to meet her little girl Tessie, who was born on Nov 30th. She's so cute and slept almost the whole time we visited. It was so fun to visit with Jennie, Troy, and give them a sneek peak into what it's like to have a 8 or 10 month old!

Destry and Samantha getting ready for the ride to see Tessie!

Tessie - she has so much hair.

Troy and Destry having fun.

CWU Gals and their kids.

Playdate with Kai

Little Destry and I visited Kai and Andrea (an old coworker from BDA) to have a play date. It's one of the first times Destry has been with another little guy his age and they did great. They played nicely so Andrea and I could catch up and have lunch. We had a great time and can't wait to visit with them again.