Easter and some other stuff

Sorry, things have been very busy lately. Gus started getting sick almost two weeks ago, and finally went to the doctor last week for his nine month check up and we found out he had a double ear infection. All things considered, he wasn't acting all that bad, mostly just not eating or sleeping well. Since he's been on antibiotics, he's been getting better and finally slept all night again last night, but he has a fever again, so I might get to take him to the doctor tomorrow if it isn't gone by this evening.
At his nine month checkup, he weighed 21.75 lb, and was 28.5 inches long. They never told me and I never asked about percentiles, but I'd guess he's big-ish.
Gus has been getting into A LOT lately. He started trying to eat the dog food just the other day, and last night he even hovered on the floor right by Satchel trying to steal some. I tried to take a picture but it didn't turn out very good (I dropped my camera and it's still working but something isn't quite right....).
The worst thing that happened to me with Gus being sick was that he threw up all over me, which caused me to throw my clothes into the wash right away, and my iPhone was in my pocket. Miraculously, it still works. I just discovered that the camera isn't working though, but I need to try turning my phone off and back on again.
Also, on top of Gus being sick, he got me sick. I coughed all last week but didn't feel too bad....then this week I had coughed enough that all the muscles in my back ache. So I finally went to a doctor monday, and hopefully I'm on the mend (still really hurting today, but I have stuff that has to be done!). Then Kevin came home sick from work yesterday with an earache, and he's going to the doctor in a couple of hours, so hopefully soon we'll all be better!

Anyway, some pictures.


Erin and Max and me and Gus at the church egg hunt (even though mom told me not to bring Gus, haha)



Gus's attendance prize were some bunny ears. And this is his I'm-showing-you-my-teeth smile


Gus was more interested in the other kid than in the bunnies


Gus didn't feel too good on Easter, but I had to get a picture of his Easter outfit and his new Easter socks (that will only fit for a tiny bit longer)


Poor sick Gussie is out for the count.


Gus's new favorite game is to steal the bone from Lucy.....


....and taunt her with it.


And some pictures from the Botanical Gardens, where we went with mom this weekend....





Gus has the cutest smile!

I've Been Remiss.....

.....in posting pictures lately. Here are just a few.

Gus wearing an extra cute cardigan, during his almost-crawling phase.


Eating puffs, making one of his funny faces


Using Satchel as a stand-up helper


Climbing into my lap while I've got the camera


Eating puffs with Great Grandma


Gus found this giant plastic Easter bunny at Aunt Sue's - he crawled up to it and stood up with it numerous times during the day

Teeth, crawling, and some hair!

Wow, a lot has been going on! Work has been crazy busy (I've even been working on the weekends, which is something I almost never do!), and Gus is getting more and more mobile. He has been crawling backwards for a few weeks now, and then Friday night he crawled forwards for the first time that I've witnessed. He always crawls towards something he shouldn't have....the first time it was telephone cords. But he's getting better and better. He has been pulling himself up to standing on things for awhile now too....he's a brave, crazy boy! Gus also got his first tooth the other weekend, and I think the second tooth should break skin any day. And he finally has a head full of hair growing. It is so much lighter than the beautiful dark hair he used to have, but I will live.
I have other pictures to post too, but no time right now.....so here's a video of Gus's early crawling moves. He always crawls until he's just close enough to lay on the ground and reach for what he wants, which you'll see here. Enjoy!

Gus is getting ready to crawl....

So movies haven't been working on here very well lately, for whatever reason. So please let me know if you have problems seeing them, cause I'll just start a blog elsewhere where things work reliably.
I have a short video of Gus up on his hands and knees rocking back and forth - I assume this will lead to crawling soon. Yikes!
Gus also started laughing kind of weird sometimes. It's hard to explain, but here he is doing it a little bit.
The videos might be in the opposite order, but it will be obvious which is which.....

Just a few pictures....

Just so you know I didn't forget about my blog, I thought I'd post a few pictures. Not much has been going on and I haven't taken many pictures lately in general. In fact, the only thing I can think of that we've done recently is we went to Quincy for Kevin's cousin Dena's wedding reception. So that was Gus's longest car trip (he did great!) and his first overnight at a hotel, so exciting! Unfortunately I never took a family picture while we were dressed up. Shame on me. Other than that, Gus is getting closer and closer to trying to crawl. I'll have to take a movie of him soon on his hands and knees rocking back and forth! But here are some recent pictures.

Gus was playing on the floor while I was doing something in the kitchen - when i walked back in Lucy was laying right by him and Gus was petting her. I'm sure I missed a few face licks too....


Gus passed out sitting by dad on the couch


Super smiley in the bouncer!


Gus and Grandma June at Dena's reception


Dad putting a Fussy Gussy to sleep at the reception


A nice picture of my favorite dog :)

Bouncing and Puffs!

I know these aren't the most exciting videos ever, but remember Gus is only (almost) 7 months old and doesn't do all that much.
In the first video....he has been bouncing in my lap a lot lately. I'm not sure if one of the exersaucers at day care bounces or where this came from? So I tried the doorway bouncy thing from Jenny again, and now he goes to town bouncing. (Before now when I would put him in this, he just stood there relatively bored).
In the second video....I gave Gus his first Gerber puffs this past weekend. He made horrible faces and kind of gagged on them. I tried them again last night, and he keeps making horrible faces, but then opens his mouth cause he wants to eat another. We also experimented with him trying to grab them and put them in his mouth himself, but he'll have to work on that. Enjoy!

Party in the Desert

Hooray for some warmer weather! Gus and I just returned from a visit to Phoenix to see Mandy and her family. I figured there was no better time than January to head to the sunny desert. Thankfully, all the crazy rain happened in Phoenix the week before we went, so while we were there it was about 70 and sunny every day. Not too shabby! Gus survived his first plane ride pretty well, and slept almost the entire way. He also slept pretty well there (although he half woke up every morning at 5:30, I could always make him sleep until at least after 6).
Mandy hosted us out at her beautiful new house in Gilbert, about 30 miles outside of Phoenix. Gilbert seemed kind of strange because everything was really new (less than 10 years, I would guess) and looked the same. Then sprinkled among this was some farms. Literally there would be horses and cows on a block with giant new houses. Very strange! I have some highlights from pictures below, or you can see them all on my snapfish page:
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The Eyrich family at the Phoenix zoo


Me and Gus with some saguaro cacti at a park near Mandy's house


Me and Gus on top of South Mountain, which is just south (I know, shocking) of downtown Phoenix, so you can see it above and just to the right of us. You can just drive to the top, so it was very convenient....I wasn't sure I was ready to hike with the baby bjorn. There were cacti all the way up the mountain!


Spencer and Gus playing. Spencer was almost ALWAYS in Gus's face if they both were awake. I think Gus was a little lost last night without someone to constantly entertain him!


The kids at Tempe Town Lake


Cool cacti and some big red rocks at the Phoenix zoo


The ultimate zoo habitat - the zoo has the bighorn sheep out on these giant rocks. So cool! The red rocks at the stl zoo pale in comparison....


Dad, this one is for you. If you can see past the reflection of my shirt, I took a picture of a field. They have these parallel mounds of dirt, and Mandy said they flood the fields instead of regularly watering them, and the dirt somehow contains water without washing stuff away. Mandy said they even grow corn there, crazy! Just very different looking than fields at home. I guess this is alfalfa?