Our Family Adventure

Ajax did very well with his first out of town trip!  We left the house Thursday night after bath time.  It took us longer than usual to get up north (Mikado, MI- Dave’s hometown) as Dave decided to get off the freeway and take a “shortcut,” which ended up adding another hour to the drive.  By time we got up north Ajax was demanding to get out of the car.  There were quite a few people up north to help roof Dave’s parents’ house.  It was nice seeing everyone (especially the family from out of town whom we don’t get to see often) and everyone got to see Ajax.  Ajax even slept through the night up north.   We headed home Saturday night and got in around 1 am.  Ajax slept through the fireworks that we passed along the way.  Sunday was used to try and get Ajax back on his schedule (as it was a bit off up north, understandably).  Overall a very successful trip.  I was so nervous about Ajax getting off his schedule and possibly not sleeping well, but he proved me wrong and did great.

Ajax has again discovered that he can sleep through the night without getting up to eat, which is just wonderful.  I believe he is going through yet another growth spurt.  I had to pack away some more of his clothes, as the 3 month outfits are now getting a little tight on him.  This evening I heard his first real laugh, not just a little chuckle.  I got so excited I called for Dave, who was in the other room, and my shout startled Ajax and well that was the end of that laugh for the evening.  By the time Dave made it to the living room, Ajax was busy shoving his hands into his mouth, which prevented any further laughing.  For the 4th we’re heading up north to visit Dave’s family.  From our home it’s about a 4 hour drive.  As Ajax has decided he now hates the car, we plan on leaving tomorrow night, after bath time, and hopefully he’ll just sleep all the way up north.  It should be a good time and I’ll have some cute “up north” pictures on Sunday when we come home.

Not too much to report, just wanted to post a cute picture and say that Ajax is developing into quite the happy boy.  Dave and I are just so proud.  Though he has now come to dislike car rides and has taken to screaming throughout most of the drive.  My mom suggested that Ajax now knows that the car puts him to sleep and will do anything to fight it.  I think she may be right as I’ve noticed him fighting sleep more frequently now, where he doesn’t want to miss a thing.

Well we had quite the busy weekend!  Today Ajax and I were up early, playing and talking, my mom and cousin came over and we went to my Grandpa Nader’s to visit.  We then ran to the grocery store to pick up some stuff for my cousin Ryan’s graduation party.  I dropped Ajax at home with Dave so that he could take a good nap, then my mom and I helped set up for the party.  The party was quite the hit and Ajax was both mesmerized by all the loud Italians and slightly intimidated.  It seems that when we are out with a lot of new people and sounds Ajax definitely wants to kind of watch what’s going on from the comfort of either my lap or Dave’s.  I also notice that he isn’t as loud and outgoing when we’re out.  For example at home he was laughing and talking all day, but at the party it was a bit difficult for an unfamiliar face to pull out his smile.  Oh, on another note- I think Ajax is going to be left handed.

The graduation party was also the first time that me and my cousins were all able to get our babies together; it’s neat how close in age all our kids are.   Below is a picture of us all- Left: Jillian with her son Gavin (born Nov. 2008); Ajax and I (born April 3, 2009); June and her two daughters – Emma (June 2009) and Jordan (age 2); and Rachel and Alex (born April 8, 2009).  The only cousin we’re missing is my family in Seattle, Washington- baby Daniel (April 2008)!

Well I should be back in business with this blog thing now.  The Dell has a new harddrive and Dave was finally able to reinstall all of it’s inner workings (this after a terrible storm that left us without power for over 24 hours).

Some new things- Ajax is now holding his head up and looking around.  He now wants to be carried around, either on your shoulder so he can look behind you, or facing outwards to see where he’s going.  He likes to explore new things (the other day I showed him everything in our pantry and he was amazed by a glass jar of pesto).  He still doesn’t care for tummy time, but it’s part of the day.  He has also been finding his hands and will stare at his fists and then jam them into his mouth (sometimes he misses and gets his eye or check).  He’s been getting up about once a night again, but not at the same time each night, so it makes me think that it won’t be too hard to get him back to where he was sleeping through the night, but who knows.

(Dave said I needed to redraft this entry wasn’t making much sense.  I must have been pretty tired).

Well, I dropped the ball on father’s day.  We ended up having cereal for dinner after Ajax went to bed and I never made it to the store to get him a gift.  On Monday, however, I made up for it by picking up chicken and ravioli from Primos Pizza (Dave’s fav) and I picked up a movie for him – The Road Warrior (now he can stop saying- the Iotola of Rock n Rolla!).  I also wanted to get him the original Planet of the Apes and Mad Max Beyond Thuder dome, however, the kid at Target looked at me like I was crazy when I asked if they were in stock.  How can you not know these movies?  Kids.

Other than that it was a laid back father’s day weekend.  We had a BBQ at my parent’s on Saturday and Sunday we bummed around the house.  I didn’t  feel like doing much as it threatened to storm all day.  We did make it outside for a walk; however, it was so hot and muggy we had to practically drag the dog during our walk.  On a computer note, we received the new hard drive from Dell today and I should be up and running with photos tomorrow or Wednesday (yea!).

Hello Hello-

I’d like to say sorry there are no photos, but our Dell’s hard drive died and we won’t get a new one till next week.  But I thought I’d post some updates.  Dave has started taking Ajax to the sitter in the morning and picking him up in the evening.  Ajax is settling in wonderfully to this new routine.  He is definitly a child that likes routine (his father’s son).   We have also had a few nights where Ajax has slept through the night (8 pm to 6 am).  The first time he did it I hardly slept as I kept listening for him and watching the monitor.  I tell you what those few nights of whole sleep have been the best thing ever.  

I also think that Ajax is very close to discovering his hands.  He keeps batting at dangling items.  He also seems to want to put everything into his mouth (though he can’t get them there by himself).  It’s pretty funny.  

Anywho-  I should be able to upload pictures next week.

Today I finally took Ajax to my grandpa Nader’s home for dinner (it’s common for about 20 family members, sometimes more/sometimes less, to go to my grandpa’s home for an early dinner every Sunday).  Till now I’d been visiting during the week, as a Sunday seemed to stressful with so many people and I’ve noticed that Ajax does not like to be passed around.  It was a full house and Ajax seemed mesmerized by all the people and noise and did very well taking it all in.  I guess he needs to get used to it… that’s his family  🙂

I’ve also found it hilarious how much he has been “talking.”  I swear today he said, hi and wow.  He also seems intrigued by all the different sounds he can make.  What a little fellow.

Something funny Ajax has started doing- sticking out his tongue at you.  Dara was babysitting Ajax this week and she discovered that if you stick your tongue out at him, he’ll concentrate really hard and then stick his tongue out at you!  He won’t play this game with me, but loves to play it with his grandma and Mr. Dave.  I keep trying though.  

We also had the first situation in which Ajax screamed in public.  I wasn’t there for the event, Mr. Dave was solo.   Dave had the day off so that he could watch Ajax.  It also turned out that he had a client meeting in Ypsi (Dave does web design on the side).  He told the client that he was free, but that he had the nino.  The client said- Oh bring him along!  Dave said Ajax was good about half the time and the other half with inconsolable screaming. lol.  It all turned out well though.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Hello!  Ajax had his 2 month checkup today, big event.  My mother-in-law, Dara, was able to come with me, which was great (she’s a nurse).  The Doctor examined Ajax and exclaimed that he was indeed perfect in every way.  Well he didn’t use those words exactly, but did say that Ajax was healthy and everything looked good.  Ajax weighed 13 lbs, 3 oz (putting him in the 75th percentile for weight) and was 24.25 in long (putting him in the 90th percentile for length).  Dara and I both agree that he’s actually longer than that as the nurse didn’t really measure him accurately.  Ajax also received his vacinations- three shots and one oral.  He was a true champ and did wonderfully.  I was worried that the shots would put him in quite the mood for the rest of the day, but he was actually in a great mood and very smiley.