getting there however he can...

so in addition to crawling sayan now does whatever it takes to get somewhere-- rolling, scooting or in this case dragging himself. before this week he would occasionally roll over to something but never with the frequency and one pointedness which he now does.

crawling

sayan's crawling has definitely been increasing every day-- he realizes now that he has the ability to get to something if he wants it badly enough. these days what he really wants is the stereo and daddy's video games.

apple

first crawling!

sayan did his first crawling today on his nine month birthday! both jai and i were playing with him on the floor and he was wanting to get to a little stuffed pooh bear that auntie lu made him. we helped put him on all fours and he took several little wobbly "steps" or whatever it would be called-- he moved both hands twice and his knees once or twice. then he did it again a few minutes later. baby steps but he's getting there :)

i am ordering the baby gate right now.

nana's 90th birthday

the whole family gathered in boulder this february to celebrate nana's 90th birthday. very sweet and lots of fun.

achoo

he loves the fake sneeze!!

messy eater - live action

messy eater

every now and then we give sayan a shot at feeding himself... usually when we can take a bath right afterwards!

morning play

hanging out with auntie lu and uncle jonny

oatios

thanks gen for the cheerios suggestion-- he loves them!!

train

waved bye-bye!!!

sayan consciously waved "bye-bye" today for the first time!!!! we've been doing that with him for the last couple of weeks and sometimes he flaps his arms but we never knew if it was just excitement or he was trying to wave but today we were waving bye-bye to daddy and he very purposefully did an obvious wave then looked up like he was proud. i immediately burst into tears :)

tub time

we had to get creative with sayan's baths in california-- he had fun in this tub at his uncle jonny and auntie lu's!

Hiking in FF (to Everybodys)

Beautiful 70 degrees today, thought we'd take the baby hiking carrier
for a test drive and Sayan loved it! Bring on the mountains -- or
actually any terrain other than campus potholes :)
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Self Portrait-- not as talented with the camera as Daddy!

Genevra taught me how to email/post directly from my phone in hopes of
getting more blog action. So here goes!

music with daddy

little boy has been sick today, super bad cold and a bit of a fever. despite his discomfort he has been such a trooper with only the occasional moaning and tears. here is he enjoying some music time with daddy...

paparazzi

granma and nana got sayan these sunglasses for his cali trip-- he really liked them! we tried on a few pairs in the store and he took off every other pair. these he took off once to look at them but then put them back on. oh, and the "achoo" i was trying to get sayan to smile for phil's camera. sayan gets a kick out of sneezes. whenever he sneezes he laughs and when we pretend or real sneeze or even say "achoo" he usually laughs. of course when being filmed or photographed it didn't really work!

sun play

ocean baptism

while in california we had a baptism ceremony for sayan at a malibu beach. it was very sweet and special-- as we arrived at the beach we saw at least 8 dolphins right off shore and they stayed around playing for 10-15 minutes.

fun in the sun

we had such a wonderful time in california, it was so nice to get a break from the bleak iowa winter and spend time outside. it was so fun seeing sayan play outdoors-- we'd set him up with his basket of toys and just let him enjoy.

the face

a couple of weeks ago sayan started making the funniest face-- he would scrunch up his nose and mouth and breathe really heavy then start laughing. we attempted to capture it on video and camera but it doesn't really do it justice.

puppies!

so it turns out sayan is definitely a dog person-- he was obsessed with his "cousin" axle, kept wanting to follow him around and would get sooo excited to pet or otherwise have contact with him. here is a clip of sayan meeting dominic, one of axle's friends. i think i have some video of sayan and axle but can't find it yet. though maybe not, we (read me) misplaced our camera for a good part of the vacation.

my boys

red shoes

papa gave sayan these red shoes when he was 3 days old-- i remember thinking then "those are huge, they'll fit him in a few years, maybe." well, he's almost outgrown them!

moccasins