Gotta learn to walk before you can run...

I don't think Dev really wants to crawl.  Little man loves standing.  Loves being walked around and clinging onto things that allow him to be above the ground.  Its pretty cool.  He gets so elated and excited to stand up it`s so cool. 

But I'm starting to think he's going to forego the whole crawling thing.   I know they say ``you got to learn to crawl before you can walk" and of course "you got to learn to walk before you can run", but I think Dev's is forging his own path.  6-months old and standing.  At this rate... he`ll be driving a car by 4.  Oh lord.

So here we have Dev standing in his crib.  Uggghhhh.  Guaranteed I`ve got to drop it down another level.  This kid is going to escape from his crib before we know it.  In case you haven`t noticed... cutest baby ever.  And you can take that to the bank.

October 20th Update - Our Son is Awesome!

Yuppers.  Its definitely been far far too long since I last updated this blog.  Sad thing is, is that I just don't have all that much time these days to sit, think, write, be articulate and try to be witty.  So here's the updates since my last September post.

Things Devin has accomplished to date:
Making strange noises - check
Sitting up-right - check
Crawling - check
6-month birthday - check
Eating solids - check
Standing - check!
Job - negatory  ;)

So this is how awesome my kid is. Oops.  Going to try that one more time.  This is how awesome Our son is. 

What I want you to understand is that Dev is kind of crawling.  His arms and upper torso get him places, but his hind haunches are just kind of dragged behind.  Not a bad thing.  Not a bad thing at all.  He's getting places and that's all that matters.

But what's more shocking is the fact that at 5.5 months Devin was standing.  Oh ya.  On his own.  Albeit aided by an automan - but standing nonetheless (see below).  That's my boy!  And that's me going hands free.  Maybe there's a chance Dev is going to bypass the whole crawling thing and go straight to running. 

The picture may not do him justice, but what you need to understand is that Devin is completely holding himself up.  No assistance there what-so-ever.  Impressive.  Legend - wait for it - dary!

As I also mentioned in the previous post, Dev's started eating solids.  As you can see in the video attached, Devin is probably the cutest and most amazing child in the world.  The other day we started feeding Dev cereal.  Whooo hoooo!  And he took to it like a natural. Not to get all lame and sentimental... but Ash and I are the luckiest parents in the world.  Enjoy the vid if I can ever get it to work.

Dev's first solid meal - updated!

I know they say that its their first solid, but seriously.  It looks pretty darn watery to me.  6-months and three days old.  We have officially started the camapign to solids.  Or as I like to call it... The campaign to getting a job.  We're one step closer Devin!

Update - Dammit!  I can't get the video to load so I guess this pic is going to have to suffice.  This is after 4 table spoons of cereal and cleaning his face about 5 times.  Here are the number of places the cereal manged to make it:  his hair, his pants, his shirt, the kitchen table, the curio located to the left of him, the floor, the window behind him, my jeans, my shirt and yes.... my face.  I can't wait till we get to spaghetti and meatballs.  He's going to be wrapped in a bubble-room by the time he hits 1 year.

Check out the cute vid a friend put together on her iPhone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tChjFqsKhQs

Thanks Kimberly - this is awesome. 

The coolest baby on the block

Or at least that's what I think. 

1.  Thanks goes out to Marissa and Jason for this sweet undershirt pick-up.  I mean, how awesome is this?  RUN DMC.  Do our friends know me or what?!?  "Mary Mary... why ya buggin!"  I am getting so much tread out of this undershirt as long as he fits it... you just can't imagine.

2.  Updates... updates...  People probably want to hear less about me and more about Dev.  C'mon!  Cute right?

Dev's grabbing his feet.   That generally means he's about one pendulum swing from rocking himself into the upright sitting position.  And this also means his next step is a job.  He's got to start earning his keep.  No.  Just a little humor.  He can get a job next month.

Next steps should be crawling.  But I'm starting to think there's a good chance Devin is going to skip this stage. He's got crazy strong legs.  With a little bit more balance... he should be pulling himself up and grabbing onto objects. 

I'm presently writing this at the end of week 3 and think this is as good as time as any to drop a little science on everyone who thought me taking over was a little insane.  Yes.  You are 100% right.  God-bless the mommy's of this world.  I had no idea what it is you go through day-in and day-out.  SOMEONE REALLY APPRECIATES YOU!  Thank you Mom.  And thank you too Mom2 (Lalitha).

It sometimes feels like I'm packing 9 days of full-time work into a 7 day week, that happens to work on a 36 hour time clock.  Make sense?  It does to me.  But I'm sleep deprived. 

Sleeping in cycles.  Loosing weight.  Clearly not on a vacation. 

But he makes every second worth it.  I mean... look at this boy.  Soooooooooooo cute!

A tough day at the office

FYI - This is 7:06 pm.  Transition week has been rough on us all. 

Day 1. Yah! We're still here!

For those who said... "Hey Rob - enjoy your vacation!"  You can now officially bite me.  Seriously.  Bite me.  Here's a breakdown of today's itenerary.

3:00 am:  Dev wakes up for a night time feed.  Mom takes care of the feed.  God bless her!
3:30 am:  Dev decides he doesn't need anymore sleep.  So him and I go downstairs and watch an episode of Top Gear.  I pray he will one day own an Italian super-car.  I'm thinking Bugatti Veyron.
4:10 am:  Finally falls back to sleep.  Luckily - me too.
6:40 am:  Ash gets up for work.  She is clearly not a ninja.  I hear every sound eminating from her washroom.  Ugggghhhhhhh.
7:40 am:  Dev's up.  Yeaaaaaaaahhhh.  Change diaper.  Change clothes.  Feed bottle and thus begins the days entertainment (oh ya - that would be me!)
9:30 to 10:05 am:  Dev naps.  Daddy showers.
11:05 am:  Next feeding.  Continue to entertain little man till his next nap.
12:30 pm:  First poop of the day.  Oh Goody.  Change and then we go for a walk.
1:10 to 1:40 pm:  Passes out somewhere on the hour long walk.
2:00 pm:  Poop2.  Babies should poop more, no?
2:40 pm:  Bottle again.  Put on a puppet show.  As soon as he crawls I'm building a fort in our living room.
3:30 pm:  Nap!  THANK GOD!  Seriously... this was insane.  Guess Dev wasn't used to having me around 24x7, so all day was play time. I was able to sneak in an hour nap there myself.  But was up by 5:00.
5:00 pm:  Start dinner.
5:45 pm:  MOMMY RETURNS!  And Dev wakes up.  Long nap, but the poor little guy needed it.
6:00 pm:  Feeding - mommy.
7:50 to 9:00 pm:  Naps on mommy.  I really should have gotten a pic.  Sooooo cute.  Definitely next time.
9:00 pm:  Bath time.
9:50 pm:  Bottle.
11:20 pm:  Dev is down for the night.  Ok, till 3:00 am-ish anyway. 

So there you have it.  Its about 11:45 pm right now and I felt compelled to get a post up on my first day of my new job.  And that's exactly what this is.  It's a new job.  An amazingly fulfilling job... but it has even greater risks and rewards than my paying one.  Bad decision there means boss is unhappy.  Bad decision here means... let's just say I'm sticking to good decision making.

An individual may only get a chance like this once in their lifetime.  I'm going to make sure I get to expereince every last second of it.

Vacation my ass people.  ;)

Thankfully mommy came home today and did not run away... sadly... no 6 pack of beer.  Fingers are still crossed.

Hugs and kisses,
Rob