Happy 15,638,400!

or 6 months. whichever is easier.

until about a week ago, i was telling people Alexander was 5 1/2 months old. it dawned on me last week that he's a lot closer to 6 months, then 5 so i might want to adjust his age. to 6 months.

man that went fast.

6 months ago, i was writing this:

Nov 25th, 2009

by philip.

for those of you followong along at home, we had an uncomfortable night last night as contractions finally kicked in. this morning we had our regularly scheduled appointment with the doctor. we are now about 3 cm and about 60% effaced (referring to the thining of the cervix). the doctor said she expects to hear from us in the next 24 – 36 hours!

so, we’ve reiterated to him that we’d prefer him to come after thanksgiving, but, it’s up to him.

I’ll do my best to keep posting here, but as we get closer, obviously it’ll get harder.

seems like quite awhile ago - but i remember distinctly sitting, exhausted and nursing a large coffee, in Starbucks waiting for Dina to wrap up her work (she decided that this would be a good time to start maternity leave) before we headed over to my parent's house to help with Thanksgiving prep. we all know how that ended. :)

it's been a fun, tiring 6 months. some of Alexander's most recent accomplishments include:

rolling over. all. the. time. only from his back to stomach right now, but we know what's coming. sitting up. the dude loves to sit up and look around, grabbing his toys and his new favorite pastime, his feet. various versions of engaging activity - looking behind him to find you, rotating around your body when you hold him to find his topic of interest or rolling over and moving around (not crawling yet) to get what he's looking for - preferably his book, "El Coche de Bomberos"

writing his first symphony. ha! take that mozart! i kid. but still - he's a genius, right?

additionally - he's been wine tasting 3 times, had Zachary's twice and visited Arizona, Temecula, Paso Robles and Sonoma and his future alma mater, the University of California. (I don't have to say Berkeley, right? We all know there's only one Cal, right?) the kid's a road trip pro and as a seasoned traveler is looking forward to more.

but, perhaps most importantly, neither of us can imagine life without this wonderful, fun, and heart warming adventure of a boy. he's taken over our lives and we're loving every second (all 15 million so far...).

happy 6 month birthday, Alexander!

big toe tastes the best!

this past week AAA has deliberately been seeking out his feet (in particular his toesies) and putting them where he puts everything else: his mouth! it's pretty awesome to watch him discover himself at this stage. each day is a wonderment!

road trip!

tonight we head up to San Francisco for our good friend Matt's graduation. Alexander is very excited, if a bit perplexed at LA traffic!

wine tasting is tiring!

This past weekend we all went up to Paso Robles where Alex's abuelitos were staying with the Chinook. While we went to a fantastic tasting at the Hospice du Rhône, Alexander got to hang out with his abuelitos.

The next day we did some more tasting trying a few great new places, and as Alexander found out, wine tasting is an exhausting task!

tummy time!!

it's a new day and AAA appears to have bounced back from his bout with the oatmeal last night. he's playing tummy time with Dad here. smiley boy is back!

tummy trouble

poor lil boy had his first tummy trouble last night when he vomited the oatmeal we'd fed him earlier in the evening. here he was sleeping in my arms after throwing up intermittently for a couple hours.

photo update

That's right. We've got new photos up on the site. Find them here: http://dinaandphilip.com/site/media/photos.html I think I've figured out how I'm going to make posting video work the way I want, so you should be seeing some new videos soon.

Meanwhile, the boy is well!

In bloom

A last minute day trip to see the flowers in full bloom in Carlsbad was a wonderful outing for such a beautiful spring day! As you can see, AAA could hardly stand it.