September 11th, 2008 by Robert

No he hasn’t started a tunnel out of his crib.  However our son is now able to pull himself up and reach over the top of his crib.  We have already lowered the bed once.  Looks like we are going to have to lower it again.  The last couple of days Zaiden has accomplished many new things.  Last Sunday during the Bears first game of the season Zaiden crawled over to me as I sat on the couch and pulled himself up to a standing position.  I couldn’t believe it.  Also, up until last night he was unable to sit up without assistance.  He overcame that obsticle with ease.  I have made the prediction that he will be walking by October 22th.  That will be 2 months short of his first birtday.  Although all this excitement has us wondering what he will do next, we still have to remember that he is just learning.  He has a small scrape on his face to prove it.  He was trying to talk to the people on the TV.  Unfortunately there is nothing to hold on to and he face planted on the carpet scratching his cheek on the way down.  Here are some pictures of him trying to escape from his crib. 

September 2nd, 2008 by Robert

Traditionally Labor Day weekend signifies the end of summer.  Zaiden’s first Labor Day weekend definately went out with a bang.  On Friday he spent the 2nd half of the day with family from Iowa.  On Saturday the entire family loaded up in the car and drove to Chicago.  Cousin Blaze wanted to see the Sears tower and I’m not talking from the ground.  Let’s put it this way, Zaiden enjoyed his lunch 99 stories in the sky.  The rest of day was spent barbequing and playing bean bags.  Sunday Zaiden said goodby to his family from Iowa as they boarded the Amtrak train back west.  Monday was spent relaxing and catching up with some laundry.  All in all it was a good weekend.  Too bad all weekends are not “Long” ones.  Here are some pictures of his excursions.