Fall and technical difficulties

I had to work my customer service magic with our AT&T internet account. I was nice, and after several conversations, we have a new modem coming in the mail. Needless to say, we have been experiencing some trouble and are hoping it will be worked out with the new modem. I am told it will arrive on Tuesday....I hope another call isn't needed.

On to the real content.
Every parent claims that they have a smart child. Of course I think Q is smart, but more than just thinking it, I am always amazed when I watch him figure out something new. The other day he was in his tunnel, moving back and forth in it. He often pulls himself through and then does a u-turn to come back the other way. Anyway, at the top of the tunnel there are little toys that hang down that can't reach. He was really trying and was making little exasperated noises at his failure to reach them. He kept trying from different approaches and finally started pushing the sides of the tunnel. He made a final effort and flipped the tunnel onto its side. Quinlan was very pleased with himself to get to the hanging toys, which were now at an easy to reach level.
I wish I had the video camera on to catch this. Katharine did get some photos after the fact. The successful effort made him smile.


You can see the apple that is right at his hip, which is one of the little toys attached to the ceiling of his tunnel that he wanted to eat.
Crawling out after getting what he wants, Q is spending a lot of time on his arms. It reminds me of the old western movies where there is a man getting around after having both legs removed.


Tuesday was the first day of fall, and after a summer in Austin that was one day short of tying the record for most triple-digit degree-days ever, we really have started fall off quite coolly. Q had to break out the warmer clothes to be comfortable, and of course, he looked quite cute.



Q is very excited about a visit from his Mossil this week, though it will mean he will miss his friends at daycare and won't be able to steal anyone's animal crackers. Yes, this week Q had his first "solid" food, quite inadvertently when he snatched a cracker from another tyke's leftovers. He then hid part of it from Andria, who took it away and was amazed to see he still had some to gnaw on. That's my little boy, food lover and cracker stealer.

Let's celebrate!

7 months ago.....

Quinlan Rian has been part of our physical world for the past seven months, though in recent days that has come to take on a whole different meaning.

In the past seven months, he has brought us countless moments of joy and smiles, and we have enjoyed it all, even the moments where he wanted something at 2 AM.

He measured at 28 inches long today (ish . . it's hard to keep him still) and had a head circumference of 17.5 inches. We missed out on weighing him because we lent our Wii controllers to a neighbor, but we will edit and add that when we have it.

Enough of me.....the pictures......


If you look closely at his smiling mouth, you can see the two fangs there. Scroll down for a closer look. (don't you love the babylegs? leg warmers for crawlers. . . )


Sitting up all by myself, another milestone in the seven month journey.


Ready to wrestle? Hey Mom and Dad - when do I get a sibling?


The Fangs.


Just the fangs....he now has another one popping out in between those two, making it five and counting.



The bottom chompers-watch your fingers, folks!

Scooting

The life we once knew has changed forever.....Q is officially mobile. Last Thursday, Sept. 10th (yes, this is very late), Katharine got some footage of Quin moving around. It is an awesome piece of historical filming that occurred while she was on the phone with Jenni (see post here and here), so any random comments she makes on film that don't make sense are probably part of that conversation. She is a wonderful multi-tasker, and since I had to be at work that night for an open house, it was very nice to have footage of the earliest known scooting.

To move around, Q is reaching forward with his right arm, putting his palm to the ground and pulling himself forward. Sometimes his left leg gets enough traction to push forward as well. He is getting up on all fours and rocking some, but not really making forward progress from the knees, though he does fall forward and so he can inch along that way. He finds his real speed in the pulling.

The video is a non-edited grouping of several smaller clips. I particularly love his movement under the coffee table and then the final segment where he does a three-sixty spin on his bare belly wearing his rose colored, manly, diaper.

Enjoy.

Labor Day Weekend....a week late

Now that school has started, Katharine, Q, and I are working on figuring out the new routine. Between hours at work for me, and Katharine staying on top of all of the things that a working mom needs to stay on top of, there hasn't been a whole lot of extra time. We are both still loving every minute of Q time, and it has been fun as he keeps playing and moving more and more.

I did hear from a few people about the lack of recent updates. We were a little delayed in updating due to traveling over the Labor Day weekend. We were so excited to be able to see Grandma MJ and Grandpa Roy's new place and get to see Q's great Aunts and Uncle: Avis, Bill and Vangie. Q, of course, loved meeting more family: he sees the hands of people reaching to hold him and he loves it.


Q and his Great-Aunt Avis


Q with his Great-Uncle Bill.


Q smiling with his Great-Aunt Vangie


The (partial and extended) Riedlinger Clan in Granbury, Texas.


Q at his first visit to Grandma and Grandpa's new place in Frisco, Texas.