Things have been so slow....

Crowd: "How slow are they?"



Things are so slow that we are resorting to posting video footage and pics of Austin eating his first Oreo cookie...not exactly something the docs consider a milestone when the kids come in for a check-up, right?



So...short story even shorter...he liked it. He only had less than 1/2 of a cookie, but we wanted to see what his response would be. Of course, he had to finish it off with a little milk.

Battered and Bruised

Apparently, Austin is a bit clutsy. According to Christine, Austin was walking in the living room and fell head-first into a large toy train. How did he happen to fall into a large train, you ask? Well...it seems that he tripped on an even larger chair. He didn't even have a chance to get his hands out in front of him to protect himself during the fall...it seems to have all happened too quickly for him to gain any control.

Fortunately, he is a tough little guy and pushed through this little trauma coming out stronger little boy...but you gotta admit, that is a nice little shiner, no?

Quick Explanation

In case you checked the album recently and were curious...Austin tripped on the sidewalk and scraped his nose. We thought the resulting "skid-mark" was cute

The Orange Win!

Your author was being very good on Saturday....as he mentioned, going out to lunch with Christine. What wasn't mentioned was that the Syracuse vs Georgetown game was at noon. Many of you may not know, but this is one of the biggest rivalry games in all of college basketball. But Keith didn't even try to turn the game onto the radio broadcast. Christine didn't even know the game was happening.

That is course until we were perusing a local shop (Name Brand Deals--very shady place that sells seconds, returns, and overstocked items for you to buy at your own risk) where he game was being shown on the televisions for sale. The Cuse was up by 8 with less than 2 minutes left, so we walked by like it didn't matter to Keith....until he started hearing screaming and moaning from other customers. Syracuse lost their lead and ended up going into overtime.

So...we went home and Austin joined Keith on the couch to take in the game. Keith needs to chant during the game ("Let's Go Orange" and "De-Fense" seem to work well) to keep Austin's attention, but he enjoys it. In the end, the Cuse pulled out a much needed victory, improving their chances of an at large bid in the field of 65 at the NCAA Div 1 Championships.

Happy Belated Valentine's Day

Nothing to special on our end...Keith and Christine went out to lunch (for free, courtesy of a gift certificate from Lizzie) and had dinner in. Austin had on this real cute outfit that said "Great Catch" (get it?)...but we only got this picture taken before he needed to change it. After his first nap, Austin had soaked through his diaper, t-shirt and over shirt. Suppose that is what happens when you drink a full glass of milk, a full glass of water, a bunch of water during a bath....and then sleep on your stomach in a crib for over 3 hours (yes, that is a VERY long nap).

We will have to put him in the outfit again in the next few days (before he grows out of it), so that we have a few more pics to reference later in life.

Our Not So Happy, Healthy Boy

Went to see the doctor yesterday for his 15 month checkup...he screamed his head off (Mommy thought it sounded like we were trying to pull off his toe nails one by one). He didn't receive shots or anything, he just didn't want to be in the same room as the nurses or doctor. He would be fine when it was just us in the room, but the minute a medical person came into the room he would scream again.

Regardless of his auditory volume, however, he is doing very well. His measurements were as follows:

• 32 inches (75th percentile)
• 25 pounds, 12 ounces (66th percentile)
• 49 cm (75th percentile)

His weight is a smaller percentile than it has been, but the doctor attributes this to his up/down eating habits coupled with increased activity levels (walking).

'Tis it for now...

Our snow is melting!!

It was a balmy 45 degrees yesterday...and the forecast puts us in the 40s for 3 of the next 5 days. Christine will be happy to see some green grass! We can already see it in our neighbors yard across the street, but their snow doesn't accumulate on their front yard because of how the wind blows and drifts here, so we have some more melting do ourselves.


So...being that our snow is melting (although we certainly will have a few more storms to contend with later in the month) the bigger snow piles for Austin to climb on were a bit farther North, at Grandma and Grandpa's house.


Austin had a wonderful time playing outside for nearly 2 hours...it seemed as though he couldn't get enough. He went sledding by himself, riding through the woodlands, sledding more with the "big people" and played in the snow around with the snow around the house.


He had TONS of fun...as the pictures and videos illustrate.

Couple of Cute Vids...

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His teeth are geting strong!!


Cool Phone Play

Hair Cut #2

Sorry, no video this time...figured one time was enough.



Austin was happy when we entered the shop, and was content in the waiting room. The minute we started to walk into the "trimming" area, he started to cry...and continued to cry intermittently throughout the haircut. He started crying quite fervently, but he was only lightly sobbing intermittently by the time the experience had drawn to a close.



Once he got out of the chair, he was happy again...waving good-bye to the girl who cut his hair (same chick as last time, still don't know her name), and blowing her a kiss--you know, trying to make up for his earlier tirade with a little well crafted charm.

ALBUM: 2009-02