I’m not sure if this is odd or not, but Ajax will only roll in one direction. What I mean is, when he rolls form his stomach to his back he always rolls to the left. Lately when he’s been rolling to his back he’ll immediately start clapping and looking around to make sure you notice he’s clapping. His clapping however, is a bit off as he’ll hit the back of one hand with the palm of his other hand, it’s pretty funny to watch.
I’m so very sorry for the lack of updates recently! Dara was down visiting, Dave was out of town, runnin’ around, laundry, cleaning, oh you get the picture.
Ajax rolled over from his back to his tummy this weekend. He was so proud of himself. He snatched the toy that was his motivation and then promptly flipped over to his back again. Ajax also has a case of the squigglies (not sure if that’s a word), but this child is constantly in motion. You have to be extra careful while holding him because he’ll suddenly lunge to the side to grab the light switch, or you’ll be sitting on the couch with him and he’ll flip head first off the couch to explore the floor (a few close calls, no accidents yet). We also need to lower his mattress as it will not be long now before he is crawling and pulling himself up.
We had friends over for dinner last night, and Ajax screamed throughout the entire meal. It seemed like every time someone tried to speak, he would begin yelling over top of them (as if to say, pay attention to me!).
Dara- thank you very much for coming down last week and babysitting, we loved having you!
Ajax is attracted to shiny objects- rings, watches, earrings, he will take his pointer finger and thumb and try to pinch the shiny object. He then inevitably tries to get the object into his mouth. He certainly wants to get everything into his mouth, however, now that he has the little tooth it makes it a little more dangerous for him. For example, my mother in law today said that Ajax got his toe into his mouth and promptly bit down, which obviously hurt, making him cry.
My mother in law came down on Tues. night and is staying through Sat., she’s been watching Ajax and they have been having a great time. She also brought down H1N1 vaccines for Dave and I, so watch out swine!
For the first time in a long time, I am home alone. Well, not totally alone, Ajax is here of course. Mr. Dave is in Grand Rapids tonight to see a Metallica concert with his friend, Andy,and will be home tomorrow. I must admit it’s pretty weird. I’ve never been in this house by myself without Max and it’s been a long time since Dave has been away from the house overnight. While I am a little nervous (I mean honestly who would protect me from the zeds should they attack?), I have coped by turning on every light in the house, a beacon of light in Garden City, and turning on the TV in the living room for extra noise. After putting Ajax to bed I made my favorite dinner- eggs, tomatoes, and rice; and watched Entertainment Tonight, while reading coupon blogs on the internet. Awesome.
Ajax can roll from his tummy to his back, but has yet to figure out the rolling from his back to tummy. Today while he was on his stomach, he started pushing himself up with his arms and scooting backwards. It was darn cute. Here’s a video of it.
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Well another weekend has come and gone, gosh weekends are just to short! This morning Dave got up with Ajax at 6:30 am and I got to sleep into 8:33 am, it was wonderful (I get up with Ajax on Saturday and Dave takes Sunday, that way we both get a chance to get some extra sleep). Not too much to report on Saturday, just general running around stuffs and yard work. We also went for a walk as it was in the 60s. Love Michigan weather, it may snow tomorrow. Sunday we attended a birthday party for one of Dave’s cousins daughters who turned 6. It was a very good time and Ajax loved seeing all the children.
Well, Ajax is feeling better and as a result he has decided that he only needs to nap twice a day. This leaves a lot more awake time for the little guy and he is a very busy kid learning about his environment. I think it won’t be long before he’s learning how to crawl, as it is is he’s lunging forward toward objects and reaching for everything. Nothing is safe from his exploration!
Ajax’s new motto is: I am a big boy now [insert activity here]. For example, I am a big boy now mom, I no longer need to nap. Or, I am a big boy now see how far I can throw this sippy cup. Or, I am a big boy now I hold my own bottle. Or, I am a big boy now, see how loudly I can scream, pay attention! The list can go on and on.
It’s amazing, but it seems this shift occurred rather suddenly, he went from a rolly polly baby, to a little guy (7 months today) with all these opinions. His personality is really starting to come out and I think we have one hot tempered, stubborn kid on our hands.
Well we are not sure if Ajax is congested due to an incoming tooth or just a little cold, either way it has made him a frustrated little baby. Along with the general frustration of a stuffy nose, he has been getting frustrated with little things that just make you kind of laugh.
He now gets mad if you take something away from him; he is no longer immediately distracted by something else because he remembers the thing he had before! He has also been screaming lately. Now this is an attention grabbing, high pitched yell that makes you cringe. When we are at home it’s kind of funny, in public however it’s a different story.
Today we were out and about. He was great at Target and was happy in Best Buy for a short time. Then he somehow managed to get ahold of a paper pamphlet and began chewing on it. When I realized what he had I tried to do an old switch a roo on the kid and gave him a teething toy. He started screaming, I mean screaming! The kid who was helping us, started working at a quick clip in the hopes of getting us out of the store as quickly as possible, while other patrons stared at us. Ajax was not interested in much else except for that piece of paper he couldn’t have.
Some other new developments – He’s also started holding his bottle by himself. He’s been doing this on and off for a while, but starting Friday night, he immediately grabbed the bottle from Dave and was like, yea Dad I do this now. So ok there you go.
Ajax has been a bit under the weather lately. It seems if it’s not a tooth, then it’s his vaccines, then he’s had a touch of a cold, and now a majorly runny nose. Poor little guy. I’ve also learned that unfortunately there’s not much to be done for a congested baby. I keep thinking, when will you learn to blow your nose? If only you could blow your nose! Because Ajax was so congested today, his nap schedule was off , so our day wasn’t exactly as planned, but that’s ok.
We were up and about pretty early today, Dave cleaned out the gutters and worked outside, while I did laundry, started a stew for dinner, and made some baby food (sweet potatoes- Ajax’s favorite, and cauliflower- which it seems Ajax simply hates). We then headed over to my grandpa Nader’s house as a few of my aunts and cousins were going to be there decorating pumpkins and going trick-or-treating. Well, we got to grandpa’s house, dressed Ajax as a lion, and bam, the fact that he hadn’t napped well all morning/afternoon hit and we were home by 3:30. So no pics of Ajax with his cousins in costumes, but he’s too young to know the difference yet anyways.
My parent’s came over for dinner and to see Ajax. We only had about 8 trick-or-treaters, quite pathetic really. Since we have no sidewalks, we get very few kids, which is a shame, because we sit on the couch and watch out the window, is that a kid? do you see anyone? are they coming to our street?
Overall, a very nice Saturday and a great first Halloween for Ajax.
