Movies!!!

I think I finally got the movie thing working...hopefully! And because I am so sure, I have posted a few to view. The first is the now infamous crawling video. The second is a video taken at the beginning of the year of Alistair in his Jumparoo...the one he now mostly despises! If you listen, you can hear him growling away as he jumps. The third was obviously during the Christmas season after we discovered Alistair's affinity for tissue paper! He also is making noises in this video. Enjoy!!

Standing in his crib

Alistair woke up from his nap yesterday afternoon and I went in to get him and he was standing there smiling at me, looking very proud of himself. My mom kept saying that one day I was going to walk in and find him standing there smiling at me and what do you know! (: In addition to him discovering the multi-purposes of his crib, he may have said his first word tonight. Seth had been out of town for a night and Alistair hadn't seen him since Monday night. So tonight Seth got home and we were playing in the living room (Alistair's new favorite play area) and he kept saying "Da Da" and looking toward Seth when he said it. He "talks" quite a bit and it is usually fairly incoherent, but he was saying those syllables together and looking at or gesturing toward Seth. We will take it. Figures...the person who spends ALL DAY with him doesn't get top billing! ;)

Alistair pulls himself up on anything he can!

Alistair gets around pretty quickly now. He is going all over the place. I tried to post a movie, but no luck. I will continue to try to find a way to post them. But suffice it to say that Alistair has become an old pro at crawling! In addition to crawling, he is also pulling himself up on anything that will support him. His favorite thing to pull up on is his walker. He loves standing there and playing with all the things on top. But don't make the mistake of interpreting his motives as wanting IN his walker or you will be very sorry!

Crawling, Climbing, Sitting Up...all at the same time!

Alistair has suddenly mastered a few skills all at once. He is crawling on a more consistant basis now...although he still resorts to rolling occasionally. Now that he is crawling, he has become intrigued with the stairs in the living room (sunken room, two shallow stairs). He LOVES climbing them both, climbing one and sitting on it or just using the bottom one as support while he stands. He also has figured out how to sit himself up from crawling - although he hasn't completely mastered that skill yet. Sometimes we will go to sit and his hand is too far out and he doesn't have the strength to push off. Then he will resort to whining until someone helps him or going back down and moving on.

This photo is just funny. He has just finished a teething biscuit and has it pasted ALL over his face! Obviously it was a bath night!(:

New Camera Test Drive

Our current camera is starting to fall apart (literally) and so before we were rendered cameraless, we decided to purchase a new one. We went with the Canon Powershot SD1000. It is a nice, compact little camera with lots of features. Our other camera is nice too, but sort of clunky and definitely not a pocket camera. This camera will allow us to take it along more often as it will be more convenient to carry. I did some test photos the day after it arrived. It has a face framing setting, so you are focusing on the person's face and not the flower on the ground or something. It also has red-eye reduction which means it has a orange-tinged light that shines on the subject right before the photo snaps. If you are focusing the camera and waiting for just the right shot, then the light continues to shine on the subject. As you can see below, Alistair is NOT a fan of this feature: It's a little better in the next photo, but still clearly not a fan:
Sadie didn't seem to mind, and brought Ken along to pose with her: This photo is much better. We took Sadie to the dogpark yesterday and Alistair had a great time. He loves watching the dogs run and play. Some even come to say Hi to him. If you click on the photo and get a larger version, you can see his tooth fairly prominantly! Sadie is ducking into some shade as we haven't hit the water yet and she is HOT!

Happy Easter!