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Christmas this year was a blast. Alex was more aware of the Santa concept and the backstory to it. Here are some pictures from this year:

Christmas 2008

I surprised Nikki with a couple goldfish for a present. She’d made an offhand comment a month or so ago and it sorta sat there in the noggin’ gestating. You’ll see a couple pics of Poseidon and Neptune and the little goldfish bowl I got for them. Then at the end of the pics you’ll see today’s update and upgrade…

Ryan, while far more into it than Alex was for his first Christmas, still wasn’t too excited. He would grab at the paper and rip it but it wasn’t anything structured or thought out – more like reaching out to grab and pulling back.

Let’s see how Ryan is doing this month.

By seven months, Ryan…SHOULD be able to:

-feed self a cracker – I’ve given him an arrowroot cookie and he can do pretty well with those.
-razz – yup.
-coo or babble when happy – yup.
-smile often when interacting with you – yup.

…will PROBABLY be able to:

-sit without support – He still can’t do this.
-bear some weight on legs when held upright – yup.
-object if you try to take a toy away – oh yeah, big time.
-work to get a toy that’s out of reach – yup.
-look for dropped object – yup.
-rake with fingers and object and pick it up in fist – yup.
-turn in the direction of a voice – yup.
-babble – yup.
-play peekaboo – not yet.

…may POSSIBLY be able to:

-creep or crawl – yup. The baby gates are back up.
-pass a cube or other object fron hand to the other – yup.
-stand holding on to someone or something – he’s very close. Rob keeps trying to get him to do this. He can do it for maybe a second or less.

…may even be able to:

-pull up to standing position from sitting – no.
-get into a sitting position from stomach – no.
-play patty-cake or wave bye-bye – no.
-walk holding on to furniture – no.
-say “mama” or “dada” – no.

Hey everyone, just uploaded some more pics. Here’s the link to view them:

2008 Fall/Winter Random Shots

Enjoy!!!