A New Trick

"Dad!"

Me: Thayne, can you say, "Dad"?

Thayne: Dad! Da Da 

Me: Thayne can you say, "Mom"? 

Thayne: [mischievous grin] Dad!

He knows who Dad is and what the word means. In the morning Thayne usually comes in bed with me while Tyler gets ready for work and now he says "da!" when Tyler comes in to get things, or when Tyler leaves the room and Thayne wants him to come back. He can tell when Dad is about to head out to the car, and he'll start to cry, hold his arms out, and say, "Da da da dad da!" Thayne loves his Daddy.

Here's just a small glimpse of Thayne's new favorite Dad game:

9 Month Stats

Thayne is slowing down a little in the growth department, but we're ok with that

Weight- 22 lbs 10 oz, 79%
Height- 30 in, 91%


No shots at this appointment, but they did need to prick his heel for a hemoglobin count. I was bracing myself for a scream, but Thayne didn't even notice the prick. Hemoglobin was normal and little man is doing great!

When Anna Comes to Town, She Gets...

ATTACKED WITH KISSES!

Thayne loves his Auntie Anna

Christmas!

We had such an awesome Christmas break. Can life get any better than 2 weeks spent with family? I submit not. We flew up with my mom on Monday and were surprised by how well the 3 hour layover in Boise worked out. Thayne slept from Salt Lake to Boise, played in the airport:

And slept again from Boise to Spokane.

We started off the break at the Miller's, and Thayne started pulling out new tricks the night we got there. He was looking at my Dad, and all the sudden he started clapping! He was really proud of his new trick, and we loved it too.

We loved spending time with our Miller parents, my little sisters, and the Sagens. Thursday we headed to Southwick's and were so happy to see our Southwick parents, and Chris & Siri. This picture is really blurry, but it's the only one I snapped of Thayne playing piano with Grandma Jana. He loved it

Taylor, Martha, and Nelli came Christmas Eve and it was so good to see them again. That night we made Christmas Eve homemade personal pizzas, opened our Christmas Jammies and listened to the Christmas story. During our stay we played lots of games, watched good movies, played at the pool, rode aboard the Ceour D' Alene Christmas Cruise to the North Pole, made it to Edwin and Andrea's wedding reception, puzzled, went on bike rides/runs, ate lots of good food, and had a ton of fun with family. Here are the pictures from the break:

Thayne LOVES his Auntie Siri

Daddies and their babies

They took many relaxing naps with Grandpa in that chair

Sweet, sweet girl

Siri's helpers

Siri's AMAZING dinner

Stopping to give Thayne loves

Twins in their twin outfits and twin hats 

My dream house will have a laundry sink/perfect baby tub

And more Grandpa loves:

At the end of our two weeks, we drove to the Spokane airport around 11 for our 12:40 flight back to Utah. Spencer and Allison were planning on picking us up around 4, but due to a minor plane malfunction we didn't end up leaving Spokane until 6 PM. They gave us vouchers for $200 each, sooo we didn't mind too much. Thayne loved it: there were an unlimited number of people to smile at and dote upon him. We made so many new friends and got to see a lot of my old friends as we all waited to get back to Utah. 

Cousins

Photoshoot. Four kiddos, and and five adults to make it happen

 Thayne was really hamming it up whenever he saw the camera

 And a quick look behind the scenes:

Lessons Learned the Hard Way

On Monday, I gave Thayne a small child-proof bottle of Ibuprofen to shake and play with while I got some things done in the kitchen. I was going through the mail and turned when I heard something drop on the floor. There was Thayne shaking the empty bottle above his head, with pills spread all over his highchair tray, and pills scattered on the floor. I rushed over and pulled him out of the chair and swiped the pill out of his mouth that he was starting to choke on. I frantically counted all the pills I could find, including the one rescued from his mouth, and let out an audible sigh of relief when I found all the pills, except the 2 doses I had taken, were accounted for.

No more pill bottles for toys- check

Yesterday, I was getting ready in the bathroom while Thayne was playing in the freshly vacuumed family room. He army crawled to the hallway and I was happy he was so content just rolling in the hallway talking to himself. Next thing know, I look over and Thayne's lips are blue, and he is obviously choking on something. I throw him over my legs and start pounding his back, trying to help him get whatever it was up and out. He starts throwing up a little and I fished out half of a wall anchor from his mouth. He's been just fine since, so I'm sincerely hoping the anchor was broken before it went into his mouth and the half unaccounted for is already in the garbage where it belongs.

Scan every square inch of the floor before he starts playing- check

I am so grateful that he's ok and there have been no incidences thus far today. But I'm keeping my eyes open and my fingers crossed