opening presents

2nd tooth is in!

aunt anna just noticed that sayan's 2nd tooth broke through! so he got his two front (bottom) teeth for christmas :)

happy 1/2 birthday sayan!

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first christmas

Here are a few highlights from Sayan's first Christmas:

jackson hike with papa and mimi

snow bunny

sayan enjoyed bundling up in his little snow suit for our walks. even though it was regularly in the 20's he stayed nice and warm and thoroughly enjoyed the outside time.

catching up with friends

when we got home from our 3 week extended holiday sayan couldn't wait to catch up his old pals gecko and toucan on his adventures

uncle matthew

sayan got to spend quality time with his uncle matthew in jackson-- apparently next year uncle matthew plans to take sayan out for his first snowboard venture... we'll see about that one!

out to lunch

while in jackson sayan tried out restaurant high chairs for the first time. he really liked the independence and seemed to enjoy participating in the group as an "equal" rather than being "babied" on our lap.

a bit of national geographic

while in jackson over thanksgiving sayan got to see all sorts of wildlife including elk, bison, moose, hawks, and a fox who came right into the backyard and proceeded to catch and eat his thanksgiving dinner:

auntie ro

sayan immediately took to his auntie ro when we saw her in boulder-- come visit soon ro!

christmas carols

i had set sayan in his exersaucer and he usually makes a racket banging toys around and jabbering but i realized he'd been totally quiet for a few minutes and when i looked over he had turned 180 degrees so he faced our big speaker and was gazing at it listening to the music. he was listening just standing quietly for a while before i decided to get some video (extended 3 part version for the die-hards).

good times with gramma in Boulder

first tooth documented :)

if you open the full-sized pic and look at his lower right gum you will see his first tooth sliver

rolling over!

sayan rolled over today for his first time on a hard surface! a couple of days ago he rolled over 3 times on the bed but today was his first start-to-finish by himself on the floor.

sitting up

sayan was pretty mellow after waking up one morning, checking out his toes and then trying to sit up




so i sat him up and he's doing pretty well sitting unsupported but definitely still needs a soft landing area for when he topples over

baking cookies

a few days ago we made cookies all together and every time we'd try to put sayan down he'd whine to be picked up again so he could help. he was very involved in cookie time.

first tooth?!

we think sayan cut his first tooth today! you can just see the tip that broke through the gums, his bottom right front tooth. he's been a little delicate today, sleeping lots, but generally still in good spirits though he keeps rubbing everything he can on that tooth. we'll see if we can get a picture tomorrow. oh, more confirmation: nursing hurts!!! well, just when he bites and scrapes his tooth on me.

morning sunshine

laughing out loud

sayan is starting to squeal and laugh out loud when he is tickled or in anticipation of being tickled. he's even starting to laugh loudly when he thinks something is funny like a silly face or noise that we make. it is sooooooo cute!!!

my turn!

still no luck with the bottle or sippy cup but sayan is obsessed with trying to drink out of the glasses and water bottles that we drink out of. whenever we pick up a glass or even open the fridge and he sees a water bottle he reaches for it. so we tried to get him to drink out of this cup--- most ended on his shirt but he got a little down!