Ari Update

I forgot… the reason I started the blogging program last night was not to talk about Arnold’s speech (admittedly the only speech of the two conventions that I’ll probably see or care to see… heck, had I not ran across it, I probably wouldn’t have watched it at all) or the water softener, though I was going to mention the hopeful move to WordPress. The reason I started the blogger was to give an Ari update.
Ari is cutting teeth. We can make two in his lower jaw at the moment, and I thought I felt one in the upper as well. Ari does not seem as happy with this as we are, I wonder why?
He doesn’t sleep much during the day anymore, which is a bad timing development, but we can deal with it. His naps seem to be 15 minutes and then he’s up again. He is wanting attention more, perhaps due to his teeth coming in, again, bad a bad timing development.
He’ll hold a bottle himself and finish off 8 oz with us needed to catch the bottle, or put it back in his mouth a time or two. Generally he’ll do it all on his own.
The only spot of small concern we have so far with him is that he hasn’t really started with any consonants. I don’t expect him to say Yggdrasil (heck, I don’t know how to pronounce it properly, but it’s a fun read and I got lost for over half an hour just reading different links further and further), but how about a dada. Today however he seems to be tossing out stuff that isn’t a vowel, but not a consonant either… just odd sounds, so he may be getting there.
Last time he was weighed, I believe he was 16 lbs, 10 oz. So he’s probably over 17 lbs now.
Remember, friends and family, if you want photos, just let me know. I know I need to get the photo updates online for those who have the original version of the CD… Someday…