Nine month stats and a pic with Kooma

We took Kieran for his nine month well visit on Friday.  He is now 22 lbs 1 oz and 30 inches long.  That makes him 95% in height and 75% in weight.  Looks like he has officially outgrown his infant car seat.  Time for a new one.  

Also, Kieran's great grandmother Raber, a.k.a. "Kooma" has come to visit a few times in the last couple of months.  Kieran always has a great time with her.  Here is a pick from one of her last visits.

9 Months!

Kieran turned 9 months old today and to celebrate he finally figured out this crawling thing. He's been pulling himself around for awhile, but today he took off.

Bigger version here

On Easter Sunday we took Kieran to his first baseball game with our friends Chris and Elspeth. It was a Cubs game of course. The minor league Iowa Cubs started their season against the Round Rock Express. He had a great time and even lasted the whole game. In his first game he got to see a grand slam and a Cubs victory and even had a little bit of a ballpark pretzel, not a bad way to start.

There really were people at this game besides us. This must have been taken at the very beginning.

Kieran and Sydney preparing for a nice walk.

Another day at the park. Kieran loves the swing and we get him out there as much as we can.

Chris and I went to the big league club's opening day game in Houston earlier in the week. What a great trip! Lyle Lovett sang the national anthem, Soriano started the game with a home run on the second pitch of the season, Aramis Ramirez homered in his first at bat (pictured below in the luckiest shot I ever took), the Cubs got the win, and we sang Go, Cubs, Go on the way out.

Spring

It's been a while since we blogged.  But we've still been taking pictures.  Kieran has been a busy little dude this month.  He is not very interested in crawling, but he's been pulling himself up and walking with assistance.  If he is really determined and no one is around to be his walker, he'll pull his body across the floor with his arms, but no legs involved yet.  This morning mom watched him on the monitor as is sat himself up in his crib.  He was so proud of himself!  

He's had lots of visitors and has attended many functions in the last month.  Here are some pictures from some of these events.  

Abigail's Birthday Party

Kieran attended his first birthday party.  The guest of honor was Miss Abigail.  She turned 1.  Happy Birthday Abigail!

Kieran learning about puffs from his friend Rory at Abigail's party .

And entertained the rest of us too.

SXSW

Kieran attended his first SXSW music festival outside of the womb.  Last year he attended in mom's belly.  For those of you not familiar with SXSW, it's a HUGE music festival here in Austin where bands from all over the world come and play at just about every venue in town.  It is lots of fun.  This year we saw less than what we usually see, I'm sure you can guess why, but we were still able to go to some of the family friendly events.   Scott got to go do some of the shows by himself too.  It was still a great time as always.

Here's a pic of us hanging out with our friends Monica, Derek, and Abigail.

Spring Break

Krista's father and family came down for spring break.  They rented a house on the lake in Marble Falls.  Krista's sister Rebecca got to tear up the water on her new jet ski.  And everyone enjoyed some time with little K-man.

LaVerne, Rebecca, and Kieran sitting in front of the new jet ski.

Windy days make great hair for both Grandpa and Grandson.

Kieran basking in the sun.  OK, not really.  Mom made sure he had plenty of sun screen and wore his hat.  Can you see all six of his teeth?

Now, this looks like a boy having  a great time!

Hail!

We had a pretty sizable hail storm a couple of weeks ago.  It did quite a number here in north Austin.  Our house got some pretty serious damage, which means we get a new roof!  Sure glad we were all safe!

Story Time

Kieran's favorite book is Tails, which was given to him by his dad's cousin Pat.  He MUST have it read to him every night before bed.  So as good parents, we must oblige.

Next month, mom needs to start taking using the camera, so we can see some pictures of dad!

A little music

In the last couple days Kieran has really taken to his xylophone. I took a long video of him jamming, here's a piece of it. (larger size video here) It cracked us up because it seems like he's trying to sing along with it. This morning he learned how to strum the guitar. No video of that yet, but I'm sure it's coming.

This kid is so much fun. It seems like he's just happy all the time.

A day at the park

We took Kieran to the park yesterday.  He had a great time.  He really enjoyed the swing.  Mom took him down the slide with her but he didn't seem to enjoy that as much.  I am sure that will change.

Another GREAT Weekend

Kieran had another plane ride this past weekend.  This time it was to Chicago for his Great Grandfather's 90th birthday party.  Kieran met about 20 members of his family, including Mickey (great grandma) and Jack (great grandpa).  He and his great grandparents hit it off great.  Once Kieran met Jack, he started talking (da da da da) away and didn't stop for the rest of the weekend.  I guess he felt inspired.

He was hamming it up for this second cousins Madison and Emily.

A group photo of all of Scott's dad's siblings with Mickey and Jack.

Scott is one of 21 grandchildren.  That's quite a number!  Eleven of them were able to make it to the party along with one great grand kid (guess who).  Kieran is one of only two great grandchildren.   The other one is his cousin McKenzie who is only a week older.  One more great grandchild is expected in May from Scott's cousin Andrew.  We are excited!

But there is only one cutie for us!

A couple of weeks ago.

We've been sick in this house for the last couple of weeks.  Kieran started going to day care, so he's been bringing the germs home.  So, we've gotten way behind on or posts.

Three weekends ago, we went to Colorado Springs to Krista's Dad's house.  We had a great time! Krista's grandmother was in town too, so Kieran spent some quality time with great grandma.  

It snowed, so Scott and Rebecca built a snowman.  I (Krista) was really impress with my husband's skill in snowman building.  Not bad for a Florida boy.

And grandpa had a great time showing Kieran his toys.    

Here's a picture of the whole family.  What a great bunch!  

As for the K-man, he's doing great.  He has one tooth!  I think the second one is about to come in.  He loves to stand now.  That is about all he wants to do.  He is so proud of himself.  Who knows, maybe he will skip the crawling and go right to the walking.  

He loves to play and just be plain silly most of the time.   He is such a happy little boy!