Dylan actually napped in the morning this past Friday, so we rushed out to Blue Ball where we were meeting up with Heather and Taliana as well as some other moms and babes! I forgot Dylan’s hat — and my camera — but luckily, Dylan’s pal Ben had a spare…!
Every first Saturday of the month, Joya does Mothersong at the Attic downtown so that working parents can join in the fun….Since Dylan just loves Mothersong, we went to last Saturday’s performance.
Dylan barely spent any time with us! He spent a lot of time crawling around in the center area, playing with scarves, shakers and bells, and he only came back to us for a snack (at the 24-hour “breastaurant”). Once he was done eating, off he went again!
Auntie Cindy, Jason and Tyler came over just to visit and to accompany us to Dylan’s 9-month check-in at the doctor’s.
Dylan’s in the 10th percentile for weight (18.3 oz) and the 50th percentile for height (28.5″).
On our handout from the doctor, it mentioned that we could play games like peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake with baby…! Quite coincidentally, I videotaped Jason busting out this tune for Dylan before we headed out of the house!
This is a follow up on this earlier post where I nearly swapped in my new cameraphone for a lesser model due to no Tom Tom Club ringtone! Dylan and I were appalled by the lack of availability….
Well, I am happy to report that I successfully set Tom’s ringtone to “Genius of Love”. The sound quality isn’t great (I had to buy the song online for $0.99, convert it and send a PictureMail message to my cell phone and, finally, set the ringtone to Tom’s caller ID), but now it’s there!
Rejoice with me or not…!
Now, I’m thinking of buying the Addams Family theme song for mom….
Incidentally, I keep trying to clean up his little play area, but his favorite activity is spreading the mess!
This morning, Dylan and I rushed out to meet Heather and Taliana at a benefit concert for a family whose poor little 10-month old, Hazel, has been diagnosed with an extremely rare but very aggressive and often fatal brain cancer (ATRT — 90% of the tumor was apparently removed in an emergency procedure done in January, but she will now face ongoing chemotherapy, with side effects that include, nausea, potential loss of hearing, and potential kidney damage…I have included the link here in case anyone is interested in making a donation…).
It was a great turnout, and we saw some really good performances by Joya (Mothersong) and ZunZun (singer Gwen performed while wearing her baby!) as well as Freesia and Ken Beswick, two folks new to me.
Right after Joya’s performance, I got a whiff of something unsavory coming from the direction of Dylan’s posterior!
Oh, no! Biiiig diaper-ful! And, he peed twice while I was changing him. Per his standard MO, he twisted and turned and tried to make a break for it the entire time! It took nearly 15 minutes to get him back to the performances!!!
After the show, Heather and Taliana came over for a bite to eat and a lot of play on the stairs…Dylan climbed all the way up, then crawled all the way to his bathroom! Now, he’s out like shout and I am thinking about how lucky we are to have a healthy little one….
Dylan is definitely showing signs of dogged persistence of the things he wants! For one, you’ll note that he is not in his play yard in this picture (the constant climbing up on the ZipBin was a huge factor as was his constant “I want out” pleas!). He’s also standing at the coffee table (a dangerous piece of furniture that I keep moving him away from). There were many things of interest there today — rice puffs, Oatios, my phone, the home phone, books and mags he wanted to chew on, our Alhambra board game, a couple of remote controls (ok, ok, yes, the table is messy!), etc. Every time I tried to redirect him, he went right back to it!
But, that’s ok, ‘cuz when he flashes those gums, it just seems like letting him have his fun is the right thing to do…!
Wow, this new cameraphone really does take good pictures (the downside seems to be that I can no longer have “Genius of Love” by the Tom Tom Club as Tom’s ringtone…! Such a bummer…it was nearly enough to make me swap the phone!))!
Anyway, today we learned some very important signs in class — signs for the playground (swing, slide, dirt) and the beach (sand, seashells, swimming, surfer(!), waves, boat and sailboat). Well, we also learned signs for football, baseball, soccer, running, walking, train, bicycle, and taking turns.
The class turnout was small today, but here is another cameraphone shot of Dylan with the teacher and a couple of friends from class!
Dylan likes my phone, too….See??
Dylan didn’t have a cool outfit like Taliana’s or Heather and Assaf’s, so he wore his Giddy Up overalls…a kind of “east” meets “west” fashion non-statement, I s’pose!
Anyway, they had a feast (hot and sour soup, tofu dishes and steamed rice, bok choy, asparagus, and rice ball soup) and a platter of prosperity piled high with macadamia nuts, almonds and dried fruits (plums, chili mango, mango, ginger and papaya)!
Dylan hardly napped, but he was in a good mood nonetheless. He was showered with attention from Jamilah and Heather and, of course, he loved playing with Taliana. Now he’s out cold, hopefully, until 7:30am tomorrow!!!
After swinging in the park and taking a short nap and then having a meal of some sweet potatoes, peas, bananas and multi-grain cereal, Dylan was ready for more action.
Here he is (wearing his little mountaineer onesie) pulling himself up on to his ZipBin again! Yes, this is the same little trick he developed a couple of weeks ago…! This time, I managed to catch him in the act!
