Ready Set Go

Apparently a week of sleep deprivation caught up to us all. I woke up yesterday in a daze and glanced at the clock - 9:47am. Church starts at 10:30. I spent a few seconds debating whether I should just go back to sleep and pretend I never woke up and saw what time it was (after, of course, I checked the monitor to make sure Orrin was still breathing), then I shook Scott. We spent 3 minutes discussing if it was possible to make it on time, and if it was worth even trying. At 9:50, we decided to go for it. Flying into action, we dressed, brushed our teeth and combed our hair in record time (no shower - sorry to the people around us!). Scott shaved and dealt with the dogs while I went and woke Orrin up (he was still sleeping at 10). I changed him and fed him and crossed my fingers that he wouldn't have his normal morning blowout before we got out the door. We buckled him up, grabbed 2 cereal bars, and left.

We got to church at 10:27am. We have not been to church that early since before Orrin was born! This apparently is the secret to being on time. If only Orrin would sleep til 10 every day!

5 months

Ok, I'm a couple weeks late on this. But I did take the pictures on time!

Fun Facts

As of two weeks ago, Orrin weighed 18.5 pounds. He is quickly outgrowing 9 month size clothes!

He has been obsessed with rolling over from his back to his tummy, but can't quite do it. He practices all the time, including the middle of the night. I'll wake up to a weird clanking noise and turn on the monitor to see him kicking his little aquarium trying to fling himself over.

He also can't roll from his tummy to his back. Except I left him on his tummy for a minute to go blow my nose and came back to find him on his back about a foot away. So I guess he can do it, he just likes to be stubborn and won't let us see it. For all I know, he is rolling all over the place at night.

He is still talking a ton and is testing out all kinds of new sounds. The newest is a scream to voice a complaint. Not a crying scream, but a high pitch, guttural type scream. Then he stops and looks at you like "did you hear that?". Its pretty great.

He can sit unassisted for about 30 seconds. If I put the boppy around him for a little support, he can stay up for several minutes, or until he gets bored.

He loves books and music. Books that play music are even better!

So far he seems to like avocado and banana. He's only had them a couple of times and I'm not sure how much actually ended up in his stomach, but he was trying! We've taken a brief hiatus from solids to get through this cold.

He has two bottom front teeth that are just beneath the skin. He has had some miserable teething days, but they haven't seemed to move in a week or so. Which is good b/c now he is miserable with a cold.

All the sudden, one day several weeks ago all of our sleep problems disappeared. He decided to fall asleep on his own, in his crib, and stay asleep for more than an hour at a time (for naps) and all night. That is, until the cold happened. I think we may have created a pacifier monster recently, which we are kicking ourselves for now b/c he is waking every hour coughing and wanting his pacifier to go back to sleep. Except he coughs it out a few seconds after I get comfortable in bed and cries.

He LOVES his johnny jumper!


These pretty accurately document the times so I gave up on trying to get a smile (he was teething that day) We love the outfit! :)

Oh yeah, I did get one with the flap down, but probably shouldn't post it on the internet. It's definitely one that will be pulled out for future girlfriends though.


Scott is starting him youngThis one just melts my heart


This one tooHe likes to pull things up over his face, hasn't quite mastered removing them yet.

Christmas 2009

A little late, but some of our Christmas celebrations were late. Orrin had an excellent first Christmas!

We had celebrations every other day for a week! Starting with Oma, then Scott's family, then our own family, then Grandma and Grandpa M. We also went to the Christmas Eve service at church. Orrin loved the music! He fell asleep on grandpa at some point. A week later, we celebrated with my family - Mom and Ed on Saturday and Dad on Sunday. We are suffering party withdrawal now!

Here's some pictures from all of the craziness.





(Scott and Orrin both mesmerized by a Praise Baby video on Christmas night)


It was wonderful to spend time with our families, we are so blessed and thankful for all of you!