Corbin's new favorite places

Again, it's been a while since my/our last post...

Many exciting things have happened and continue to happen at our house as Corbin started crawling and is now getting into plenty of mischief.

Thank God for railings... this is one of Corbin's favorite places! He loves to throw his toys down the stairs and watch Daddy and Mommy pick them up, it's a fun game of peek-a-boo too.

Here is another of Corbin's favorite places... Dash's food and water bowls. It's official, Corbin has eaten dog food. In fact, he seemed to really like it, he tries multiple times a day to find more!

The "bubble wash" is a car wash magnet game that Corbin loves to play with. He dances to the tunes but mostly likes to bang the magnets off the kitchen floor. I find myself singing along to the music, it's kinda catchy :-)

Our first family outing to the park happened recently. We think this will also be one of Corbin's favorite places to hang... he absolutely loved the baby swing.

It's been a while...

Since our last post Corbin has been attempting to feed himself... Here's what happened when Mommy left him alone to go do some dishes.



He's also started to rock back and forth on all fours... it won't be long and our world will be torn apart!

We survived!

We recently took a trip to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. We didn't know what to expect on the plane rides (there were 4 of them) or in the heat.

We were pleasantly surprised at how well Corbin did on each of the plane rides. He didn't make a peep and when he finally got comfortable he slept. We couldn't have asked for anything better.

Turns out the heat in Punta Cana isn't like the heat here. It's super humid but not in the take-away-your-breath kind of way. My hair didn't frizz at all, just felt damp all the time... and nothing ever dried out. Corbin didn't seem to mind the weather at all. He even escaped without so much as a hint of a tan :-)

Below are two pics from vacation.



Daddy taking Corbin in the ocean for the first time... Hopefully Corbin will learn to love the ocean as much as his Daddy cuz Mommy sure doesn't! You can't see it in this picture but Corbin didn't like the cold water at first. Each time we put his legs in he would lift his right one up and put it on the left one like a flamingo. It was pretty cute!



Here Corbin is just chillin on the beach checkin' out the topless babes and the Europeans wearing speedos!

Spring is here!

Since my last post Corbin has changed a lot! He can now roll over and roll back, he used to get stuck on his tummy... We would find him in his crib on his stomach mad as heck, grunting, with both arms and both legs in the air (like a belly flop would look if he was jumping into water). It was pretty comical actually :-)

Corbin is sitting like a champ, he only banged his head twice so far. Both for Mommy of course, once his forhead off the ottoman of the glider and second the back of his head on the floor when he flung his body backward in his excitement. My nurse friends can identify with me checking his neuro status and his sleep after each of these episodes... luckily these were just two of many bumps and bruises the guy will have in his lifetime.

The biggest news is TEETH! Corbin has two little toofers sticking out of his gums on the bottom... YAH! I am such a lucky Mom... my child is so well behaved and even tempered, he only cries when he is hungry and is almost always happy. I've been attributing his recent "crabbiness" (a little discontent/fussiness once or twice in the last month) to his 6 month shots. Looks like I was wrong, he was teething, I guess he's got a lot to teach me!

More pictures and video to come...

Water fun

Corbin found his feet! He recently had a growth spurt in length (instead of weight) and can finally see his legs sticking out from under his belly... Here he is in the bath tub playing with his new toys (his feet) instead of his ducks.

We had the chance to get away and enjoy some time at Chula Vista in Wisconsin Dells. Corbin loved the water (his expression says it all) and was completely exhausted after about an hour.

Dancin' Dancin'

Corbin shares his parents love of music. It turns out he's got the best rhythm out of the three of us! Watch him groove to Daddy's tunes.

Corbin 4-5 Months

My last post before I can just update daily happenings...

In December we started putting Corbin in his exersaucer... this new toy quickly became his favorite! He loves to move and groove in it and look at himself in the mirror (a boy after his father).

It's no secret how much time John spends in the bath tub. We thought it would be a good idea to get Corbin some sort of float toy for those evenings when Mommy is at work and Daddy wants to take a bath. Turns out Corbin shares his fathers love of the bath tub, check out these photos.

Corbin had to have surgery to drain a fluid collection in his scrotum (it sounds worse than it was). The surgeon took a look at his legs and said "this kid has biscuit poisoning". I think biscuit poisoning is another way to say your kid is FAT! So surgery is over and all is well but Corbin is still a chubby, chubby baby!