We're home. . .

Ready to get on the plane

First subway ride

The Freedom Trail

We got back from Boston Sunday night after a wonderful long weekend there and out at Cape Cod. The wedding was beautiful, and as I suspected, JJ was a big hit with the ladies (actually, everyone seemed to love him). He did really well on the flight there, he slept the whole way. The weekend was a very eventful one for him, with lots of first. His first time "driving" a car (he learned to adjust the mirrors before going), first time on a subway (he fell asleep for 5 minutes of the ride), first time in the Atlantic Ocean (warmer than the Pacific right now, I think), first time in the swimming pool (he seemed nervous at first, but then really started to enjoy it), first time wearing suspenders (Brian picked out his outfit for the wedding), and first time "talking" during a wedding and wedding reception (after the parents were seated, the chapel was silent so JJ decided to say "mwbaba mwaba" then during the Maid of Honor's toast he was eating his dinner and being very vocal about enjoying it)! We didn't really transition him into Eastern time, so he was able to enjoy all the fun late night events with us. Brian was amazing though, and brought him back to the hotel to put him to bed so I could have more time with my girlfriends. JJ got to go out to dinner one night, then to the rehearsal dinner the second night, and the wedding and reception the third night. At the wedding reception, people kept commenting on how happy he is and he's such a good baby. I have to agree : )

The flight back was interesting. The plane was delayed for about an hour due to a sudden rain and wind storm and tornado warning. JJ was very patient waiting to board and we let him crawl around awhile to get some energy out. Once we boarded, we were all sitting nicely in our seats when The Jerk came to sit next to us. Right when he saw JJ, he said, "oh, great" while slamming his bag into the overhead bin. My response, "sorry, is there a problem?" His response, "we'll see." Who does that?!? Then about 10 minutes into the flight, he asked Brian if we were going home to San Diego and Brian actually answered him politely with, "yes, we were at Cape Cod for a wedding." I then hit Brian and gave him "the look." How could they make small talk with my blood still boiling?!? That was the end of that conversation and the last words exchanged for the next 6 hours between us and him. JJ did very well on the flight, he slept for the first hour, then played for about 3, then slept for the last 2 hours. Part of me wanted JJ to cry and scream the whole time just to torture the guy, but I guess it's better that he proved him wrong and didn't cry or scream at all. Maybe he'll be nicer to the next person he sits by with a baby.

I've been thinking about stopping making his baby food. It's pretty time consuming and I've been feeling lazy lately. Before the trip, I went and bought baby food since it was going to be a lot easier to travel with. In the span of four days, he ate 35 jars of baby food!!! He did!!! At almost $1 per jar, it looks like I will still be making his baby food, unless we can take out a small loan just to pay for his food!

Yesterday was his 9 month check-up with the doctor. The doctor said his cold is completely cleared up his ears look good. He passed all the "tests" and is officially a "well baby" except for his skin. He still has spots of eczema that haven't cleared up on the back of his knees, his elbows, and his chest. The doctor gave him a prescription for a medicated ointment that should hopefully help. He also gave us the ok to start feeding him meat. Brian is gone this week, so I'm going to wait until he gets home on Friday and then JJ gets chicken! He's very excited : )

Current stats -

Weight - 20 pounds, 39th percentile

Length - 30 inches, 93rd percentile

Head - 47 cm, 90th percentile

Basically, he's a tall, skinny, bobble head!