Category: Family news/Updates

Don’t laugh but one my Christmas traditions is to do an all day bake-fest while watching all 3 Lord of the Rings movies.   It makes for a very long day.

Yesterday, Dave and I both had the day off, we bummed around and then met my mom, sister, and friend, in Tecumseh (small town about an hour from our home).  We had a late lunch at a great restaurant, that was completely empty since we ate at an odd time- 2:30, which turned out great because Ajax kept wanting to walk around the place and talk rather loud.   After lunch we walked around town and looked at some shops.  We also hit up Cabellas (a mega camping/hunting store in Dundee) and then my mom came home with us to stay the night.

So, that brings us back to today, my mom and I began baking pretty early and got several batches of cookies done- Russian teas, PB, Oatmeal, and Butterscotch.   My dad and Dave, both self-confirmed cookie testers approved of the work product for the day and I have one more batch to go before calling it a day.

Today Ajax came to work with me.  I don’t know many offices that would encourage (and near threaten) you to bring your 8 month old into work, but mine did!   Ajax did great on the drive in, sleeping about 45 min.  At first he was a little shy, but after waking up a bit, he was thrilled with all the attention (as everyone was coming to say hi!).  He even napped for Alison, the legal secretary, while I had an appointment and made Lesley, my boss, take him for a walk around the agency in his stroller.  We then went out to lunch and did a little shopping and home by 4:30.  Overall, Ajax did wonderful, only toward the end of lunch did he start to fuss, which was pretty amazing as he hadn’t really napped all day.

Ajax new thing is that he wants to walk (and crawl).  He loves to grab hold of your hands and have you walk him all over the darn house.  Now, our house isn’t that big so we can only do so many rounds of the living room, hallway, bedroom, etc.  I think we are also going to have to get a more baby friendly TV stand as Ajax has already discovered things on the second shelf and promptly pulled them down.

Well the article came out today in the Allen Park Harald regarding the baby class my aunt started.  There is a very cute picture of my aunt and Ajax in the newspaper that is just precious!

http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2009/12/11/news/doc4b212d8843a58055334826.txt

Overall, our week went very well.  We tried introducing Ajax to baby food beef, which just horrible and Ajax refused to eat it.  We also gave him baby food with a little pasta in it, which he seemed concerned about.  On a up-note he loves eggs and cheese!

Well, I assumed that Ajax would be a vegetarian till he had some more teeth, but when I was at the grocery store today they had some organic baby food with meat that actually didn’t sound terrible.  I picked him up a few different kinds and for dinner he had chicken with tomatoes and some sort of pasta.  He loved it and Dave and I were both surprised.  Go figure?

We also got a few boxes from Amazon today (that’s how we did a lot of our shopping this year.  So much easier).  Ajax loved the boxes and had a ton of fun playing in them; he didn’t even seem to notice the toys that were coming out of them.

Ajax has now decided that, although he isn’t into finger foods, he wants to spoon feed himself.   This of course makes a terrible terrible mess.   He will grab the spoon from you and then turn it sides ways while cramming it into his mouth.   He discovered that when his hands are covered in baby food, they make a fantastic squishy sound when he makes a fist.  That is now our mealtime, lol.

Like I’ve said, we are now making an effort to get Ajax more accustomed to finger foods and feeding himself.  As it is, he really has no interest in feeding himself, unless it’s some form of fruit; veggies are out of the question.  Tonight I gave him soft green beans, peas, and carrots.  All of which ended up on the floor.  I also gave him a strawberry and that kept him occupied for a good ten minutes while Dave and I ate dinner.  We shall keep trying!

Ajax will be 8 months this week (on the 3rd), I really cannot believe it.  I figured I should start introducing him to different textures and get him accustomed to finger foods.  As it is he’s not really into feeding himself and makes a horrible face if something isn’t a smooth puree.   So some things we have tried- banana pieces, apple slices, jello, toasted bagels, teething biscuits, and apple puffs (little baby rice puffs that melt in your mouth).  It’s funny, for his puffs he’ll open his mouth but won’t actually feed himself yet.  Oh well, he’ll get used to it.  Oh we’ve also given him a few peas, which he played with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One tiny tiny complaint my husband has about the holidays with my family is the fact that we are incredibly loud.  For some reason we cannot speak to each other without yelling; and all within about 3 feet of one another.  I think it has something to do with the fact that we cannot control the volume of our voices.  That’s maybe why Ajax screams all the time… I don’t know.

The point is my son seems to love attention and being loud.  We had a birthday party on Saturday for a cousin (Gavin who turned 1) and Ajax was such a ham every time the camera came around, while the other kids cried and shied away from the photographer, Ajax beamed and yelled, ha!  (Unfortunately I forgot my camera so I don’t have pics of the get-together).  Ajax has also been working on the bas, was, and las, so his vocabulary is certainly expanding.   Today was an easy Sunday, we went visiting over my Grandpa Naders and then home.  Ajax is now getting around by rolling everyplace and so wants to crawl.  Very soon we will have a mobile child.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ajax has a second little tooth coming through.  He is therefore feeling a lot less grumpy and over all seems much happier!  Ajax also had his first newspaper interview, well ok, it was really my Aunt who was interviewed by the local newspaper regarding her baby class, but the reporter showed up late so the only baby there was Ajax.  By extension Ajax had lots of photos taken and the article may be in the weekend news.  If it is, I’ll post the article.  How wonderful.