May Recap, Part 8: Inen Clears His Throat

At some point last month Korie cleared her throat, and Inen thought it was hilarious. Of course then we both started to clear our throats just to get a laugh out of him. Some time later he just started clearing his throat to try to get a laugh out of us. It worked. Here's our little throat-clearing boy:



... and again:

May Recap, Part 7: Inen Brushing His Teeth

During this last month, Inen has also learned to brush his own teeth! Well... not with the best technique and latest hygienic methodology, per se, but he's getting there. Take a look:

May Recap, Part 6: Inen Sees the Light

Okay, so the title of this post is a bit misleading. Inen was sitting in the living room in the sunlight streaming through the window. He did one of his little raspberries and noticed the spit particles illumined by the sunlight. When he grabbed at them it was nothing short of precious – and a bit amazing. I love that he is noticing little things like that. I tried to get him to notice again, and this is the resulting video:

May Recap, Part 5: Inen Chuckles

Inen loves taking a bath. More than that, he LOVES the naked time and winding down time after a bath. He started doing this funny chuckle thing when we were at Newport (which you can hear a bit in the last video post). I get a kick out of it.

May Recap, Part 4: Inen Riding Korie

Every child loves riding on the parent's shoulders and playing "horsey." Inen likes doing this with me, but it's more fun with Korie because she has so much more hair to hold on to. This video was taken during our Newport trip:

May Recap, Part 3: Nye Beach

As I mentioned earlier, we visited Nye Beach during our Newport trip. Here's a video of me being silly while Korie walked along the beach with Inen strapped into the Ergo Baby Carrier:

May Recap, Part 2: Inen Says "More"

When we were at Newport on vacation in May, Inen did the "more" sign! He asked for more O's (in the video below), and later on when he was playing with Korie's foot, she moved her foot away, and he signed for "more" then. We are so proud of our little boy!

May Recap, Part 1: Inen on the Swing

Inen went on a swing for the first time in May. He loves it! The video below is his first time on the swings, with Mommy and Daddy, and all that joy and excitement. I love how he giggled and squealed with delight! He held his arms out to Mommy and just beamed. I love having a child and being able to experience those moments.

End of the Day Hysteria

When he gets tired enough, Inen will laugh at everything. When he gets really tired, he'll go from laughing to crying and back. We try not to let the latter happen, but the former is fun. Below is a video if Inen at the end of the day, laughing hysterically at... well, whaterver the heck I was doing off camera. Check it out:

March Recap, Part 5: Inen's Happy, Mommy's Not

Inen had a blowout. He was thrilled. He squealed with delight as Korie changed him. Korie may have squealed when she changed him, but it probably wasn't with delight.

March Recap, Part 4: Inen's First Word

Another big first happened in the month of March: Inen's first word. This happened on the same day that he sat up by himself for the first time. (Through 15 minutes of story time!) On March 17, Inen said "Dada." Some skeptics will tactlessly respond "Oh, but that's just a sound that he's making. Lot's of babies say dada, but they don't know what they're saying." Those who would so flippantly rebut an excited father declaring his son's first word to be the ubiquitous paternal epithet are nothing but cold-hearted and soulless lamentable excuses for humanity. (Can you tell I had that happen?) I have plenty of evidence to support this first word theory, chief among them being that Korie says so. Behold:



Oh, in case you were wondering what happened at the end of that video, the rice started boiling over. ("Save the food!")

March Recap, Part 3: In 'n' Out

So one night Korie was feeding Inen, and I guess he just needed to make room. Each time Korie would give him a bite to eat, he would hunker down in this strained position to try to push something out in order to make room for what was coming in. Hilarious! Poor little guy... :)

March Recap, Part 2: A Good Laugh

You can't help but laugh at a baby giggling. Especially not at Inen giggling. So if you need a good laugh, take a look at this:

March Recap, Part 1: Epicurian Opinions

Inen had only been eating solid food for like a month at the time this video was taken, and already he has culinary opinions. Here's Inen commenting on the squash I was feeding him.

February Recap, Part 4: Flatulent Baby

First of all, happy birthday to my beautiful, wonderful wife! This post is for you!

Inen started blowing raspberries on his mom. This is quite possibly one of the funniest things ever. I have way too much fun blowing raspberries on his little tummy, and it seems he's picked up the habit, blowing raspberries on Mommy. Now that he knows how to create mirth for all around him, what else does he need to learn? My job here is done.

February Recap, Part 3: Giggly Baby

Inen laughs. I love it. Inen laughing is the best thing in the world. When he laughs, it's like the world's problems melt away, the sky becomes bright and sunny, and my insides get all warm and squishy. Here's a little bit of Inen heaven for your enjoyment:

February Recap, Part 2: Sick Baby

This last month both Inen and Korie got sick for nearly 2 weeks. (See this post for a snippet of what that entailed.) During that time, poor Inen lost his voice. We have the pitiful and heart-rending video here:

February Recap, Part 1: Munchy Baby

I've got a bit of catching up to do for the month of February. The pictures in the February slide show aren't as numerous or as representative of the last month as they could be. Since I managed to take a good amount of video, however, I feel the need to supplement last month's slide show with a few movies. So this is part 1 of a four part series illustrating Inen's first February.

This last month Inen started on solid food! Yay! This is such a fun milestone, and I love feeding this little man. So here for your enjoyment is a (lengthty) video of the first time Inen had solid food. (Just rice cereal, for those who are wondering.)

Future Football Player?

I frequently joke with Korie that Inen will end up playing football, because she hates the idea of her son participating in a sport that lends itself so easily to injury. (I don't blame her, but it's fun to tease anyway.) Could the moment caught on video below be a portent of future football exploits? You decide.