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Oops. A day late. But then I worked all day yesterday. So, anyway, let’s get to the update.

By nine months, Ryan…SHOULD be able to:

-work to get a toy that’s out of reach – Yup. He zooms to his toys now.
-look for a dropped object – yup.

…will PROBABLY be able to:

-pull up to standing position from sitting – he still doesn’t sit, but he can pull himself to standing from lying down.
-creep or crawl – yup.
-get into sitting position from stomach – nope.
-object if you try and take a toy away – yup.
-stand holding onto someone or something – ALL THE TIME! He doesn’t like lying down or sitting at all, he’s always standing now.
-pick up object with any part of thumb and finger – yup.
-say “mama” or “dada” indiscriminately – it’s still just “baba”
-play peekaboo – no.

…may POSSIBLY be able to:

-clap hands or wave bye-bye – both.
-walk holding on to furniture (cruise) – Yup. Back and forth along the couch all day.
-understand “no” – I don’t think so.

…may even be able to:

-”play ball” – haha. Alex rolls the ball to him, he just stares at it and laughs until Alex runs to get it back and do it over again.
-drink from a cup independently – haven’t tried.
-stand alone momentarily – nope. He let’s go of the couch, but it’s usually followed by a thunk and him falling to the ground.
-stand alone well – see above.

Ok and now for a little Alex update. I was coming out of the bedroom today and he looks at me and says, “Am I going to toot?” Before I can respond, he let’s one rip. He says, “Yup.” LOL. He doesn’t even need to hold his finger out to pull that joke!

Did something tonight I haven’t done in months! Actually it’s probably been well over a year. I went out to karaoke. Brent, Miechele & I ventured out in the cold to The Bristol for an evening of karaoke. It was a blast! Brent, apparently a karaoke virgin popped his cherry tonight and let me tell ya – the guy has absolutely NO FUCKING FEAR! He’s up there belting out songs that I wouldn’t dream of trying. Miech, on the other hand, played the wallflower and refused to go up. Even after Brent’s offer he made. The deal was this: if she went up with him to sing Aqua’s Barbie Girl she could pick ANY song in the book and he would sing it. And she turned it down!!!! Man….even if I couldn’t carry a tune in a goddamn basket I’m not passing that one up just to hear him belt out The Divinyls I Touch Myself or Britney’s Hit Me Baby (One More Time)! She still seemed to have fun though in her role as audience member and cheerleader!

For those that care, here was my setlist:

1. Stray Cats – Rock This Town – This is my usual warm-up opening song
2. The Knack – My Sharona – Haven’t sang that one in years not counting Rock Band
3. Prince РWhen Doves Cry РI always think of Aim̩e when I sing this
4. Garth Brooks – Ain’t Goin’ Down (Til The Sun Comes Up) – Yes. Garth-freakin’-Brooks. This song is kinda like rap but with steel guitars and cowboy boots.

I was also gonna put up Wonderwall by Oasis but it was getting late and we decided to call it a night. Miech seems to think that karaoke should become a semi-regular kinda thing. I’m all for that. There were actually a TON of songs I wanted to try tonight.

We used to go there a few years back. By we I mean Steve, Carrie, Sabrina, Alicia, Kevin, Teresa, Peacock and others that I know I’m forgetting and I’m really sorry! Some things just don’t change. Karaoke is still Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. It’s still hosted by Maggie! And it’s still an awesome way to spend an evening!

On a semi-related note, albeit a geeky one – Microsoft’s surface computing in restaurants will revolutionize the karaoke industry. Just picture it – you choose your song right from your table and you’re automatically entered into the rotation. You can view where you are in line, what songs are coming up, etc. Also, as each song is playing the lyrics scroll at each table. No need to have monitors throughout the bar! Get movin’ M$. I want me some surface karaoke goodness!