THEY GROW TOO QUICK!
Austin is already 9 1/2 months! I cannot believe how time has flown by. I can't believe how little he once was. Here are some flashbacks from 0, 3, 6, 9 months old. Check out the GIANT paci!
Above he is playing with his new table that sings & makes music. He loves it & dances along with it. Lately he's been trying to climb over it...seems to be a trend with all of his toys. He has been "crusing" as they call it along furniture. His new thing is opening & shutting drawers & cabinets, especially the squeaky ones around the house.
This is how we'd find Austin in the morning - bright and early. It made us a bit nervous, so we kept lowering the crib mattress. It's now as low as it goes. I can't even easily put him down at night. On my tippy's & still have to let him drop like 1/2 inch down. That's better than him tippin' out! He normally gets up anywhere from 5 to 6:30. 6:30 is rare, but we love it when we get it. Otherwise, it is nice to spend that extra time with him in the mornings.
Yum! Austin has been experiencing lots of yummies. Here he is snaggin a "bite" of Erik's apple. Last night I let Austin do the same thing to mine, but he bit a decent chunk out. I freaked out...no more of that...I will cut it up for him!
He has been doing a lot of teething lately. He either has a teether in his mouth or his toy hippo below when in his jumper. As you can see, he was really tuckered out!
After a nap, I got him to show me his 6 teeth. Yes 6! You can only see 5 in this picture though.
Christmas at the Raml's. We both love decorating for Christmas, so we like to enjoy it a bit longer. We put up the decor last weekend already. As you can see Austin fits right in with us & was excited to decorate.
However, he had to take a nap, so by the time he woke up, he got to see the tree up (minus the decorations). He got to help us with that. We have some plush ones on the bottom for him to 'check out'.
Here are the 'kids' with their stuff animals. Stella with her puppy & Austin with his bear. He loves this thing, it's one of my old bears. Thank goodness I didn't get rid of all of them, they come in handy! This day it was like Austin was having a 'tea party' with his bear at his table toy.
It was fun to watch him learn how to go from a stand to the floor again. He is much more graceful at it now, but here are a couple snapshots when he was learning. Over the last couple weeks he has had more boo-boo's than I can count. Get the Boo-Bunny ready!
Here is a cute one with Grandpa Allen one weekend playing with Austin (and Stella getting jealous). When I was putting this together, I had to do a double take because I thought it was a picture of me when I was a baby...then I saw Stella & the grey hair on Dad!
Here is his other favorite toy of the moment - his fire truck. We could sing you all the songs, but we'll spare you. He loves going for rides on it & crawling over it.
This is a sweater from Great Grandma Raml made for his arrival, but fits in it now at 8-9 months.
With all the warm weather this fall, we try to get to the park on occasion to let him swing & go down the slide. We're hoping to have a swing set next year sometime, hopefully the spring.
He has graduated out of his infant car seat, so today was our first adventure riding in a cart like a big boy. Thank goodness for the little germ cover for carts that I have. He loved it & was just chatting away while we shopped. He was hitting on the check out lady too, just smiling & squeeling.
Above he is playing with his new table that sings & makes music. He loves it & dances along with it. Lately he's been trying to climb over it...seems to be a trend with all of his toys. He has been "crusing" as they call it along furniture. His new thing is opening & shutting drawers & cabinets, especially the squeaky ones around the house.
This is how we'd find Austin in the morning - bright and early. It made us a bit nervous, so we kept lowering the crib mattress. It's now as low as it goes. I can't even easily put him down at night. On my tippy's & still have to let him drop like 1/2 inch down. That's better than him tippin' out! He normally gets up anywhere from 5 to 6:30. 6:30 is rare, but we love it when we get it. Otherwise, it is nice to spend that extra time with him in the mornings.
Yum! Austin has been experiencing lots of yummies. Here he is snaggin a "bite" of Erik's apple. Last night I let Austin do the same thing to mine, but he bit a decent chunk out. I freaked out...no more of that...I will cut it up for him!
He has been doing a lot of teething lately. He either has a teether in his mouth or his toy hippo below when in his jumper. As you can see, he was really tuckered out!
After a nap, I got him to show me his 6 teeth. Yes 6! You can only see 5 in this picture though.
Christmas at the Raml's. We both love decorating for Christmas, so we like to enjoy it a bit longer. We put up the decor last weekend already. As you can see Austin fits right in with us & was excited to decorate.
However, he had to take a nap, so by the time he woke up, he got to see the tree up (minus the decorations). He got to help us with that. We have some plush ones on the bottom for him to 'check out'.
Here are the 'kids' with their stuff animals. Stella with her puppy & Austin with his bear. He loves this thing, it's one of my old bears. Thank goodness I didn't get rid of all of them, they come in handy! This day it was like Austin was having a 'tea party' with his bear at his table toy.
It was fun to watch him learn how to go from a stand to the floor again. He is much more graceful at it now, but here are a couple snapshots when he was learning. Over the last couple weeks he has had more boo-boo's than I can count. Get the Boo-Bunny ready!
Here is a cute one with Grandpa Allen one weekend playing with Austin (and Stella getting jealous). When I was putting this together, I had to do a double take because I thought it was a picture of me when I was a baby...then I saw Stella & the grey hair on Dad!
Here is his other favorite toy of the moment - his fire truck. We could sing you all the songs, but we'll spare you. He loves going for rides on it & crawling over it.
This is a sweater from Great Grandma Raml made for his arrival, but fits in it now at 8-9 months.
With all the warm weather this fall, we try to get to the park on occasion to let him swing & go down the slide. We're hoping to have a swing set next year sometime, hopefully the spring.
He has graduated out of his infant car seat, so today was our first adventure riding in a cart like a big boy. Thank goodness for the little germ cover for carts that I have. He loved it & was just chatting away while we shopped. He was hitting on the check out lady too, just smiling & squeeling.
