A few more recent pics

Kieran is walking around everywhere now. It didn't take long to get his confidence up. He's also liking swimming more and more. Less than a month now until his first birthday.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

At Katarina's birthday party. 

They had a little petting zoo in the backyard! They even had pony rides. We held off on that this time around.
Here's Kieran trying out his sweet paleontologist uniform.

Almost 11 Months

Just some pics from the last few weeks:

Kieran getting ready for bed.

Kieran reorganizing the tupperware cabinet, which I agree needs to be done.

Kieran enjoying another day at the park.

Scott and I (Krista) went to NY to Erica and Sals wedding.  We also stopped in NJ and had a wonderful evening with the Cucciniellos.  Unfortunately we were poor photographers for that evening.  But much thanks for the wonderful food and hospitality!  We also met up with some of the other cousins while in the city.  

Congratulations Erica and Sal!

We visited Krista's friend Jennifer in Brooklyn.  She has the cutest little girls!  

Thanks to Michael for housing us in NYC for a couple of days and for Pat, Peter, and Beth for coming out for the evening.  It was great to see everyone.

Look who's walking!

It is official.  The little guy is walking.  We have been escorting him around for a several weeks, but now he's on his own.  Our backs will finally get some rest.  Enjoy!

10 Months

Our happy little guy has reached the 10 month mark. He becomes more active and playful every day. I made a new 'best of' photo page for the last 4 months. You can see that here. I'm also adding a new link to the right side of the page.

Here are some of my favorites.

Very smooth.
We finally got Kieran into the pool. Here he is getting ready.

He seems to like the water. I wouldn't say he loves it just yet, but he didn't complain.

Look Ma

Kieran has gotten really playful lately, here's one of his new tricks.

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.