Month: July 2006

Despite Mommy and Daddy’s predictions to the contrary (Austen hadn’t seen Grandma and Grandpa Rodey in over a month), Austen immediately embraced her excited grandparents. No fear, or lack of recognition, whatsoever. This after crying at the sight of other somewhat familiar adults (read: Kimball) that very same day.

Austen went to Devan’s 1st Birthday party, hosted at his Grandparents house in Brooklyn. There was plenty of food and two ice cream cakes! Austen enjoyed playing with Devan (and some of his birthday gifts), Ian Sun and the other kids.

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Mommy has been buying them ahead of time because Austen seems ready.

For the first time ever, Austen walked more than she crawled today.

Uh, oh, here she comes!

Sixty seconds later:

…and Mommy and Daddy haven’t convinced her to wear one just because she looks so cute.

Since we had a good time at the previous amusement park trips, we decided to go to Hershey Park. It was also a chance for Mommy and Daddy to take an overnight trip. We stayed for 3 days at the Hershey Lodge.

Splashing around in the kiddie pool at our lodge.

Enjoying food at one of the local restaurants.

Daddy and Mommy played a game and Daddy won Austen a stuffed doggy. Daddy enjoyed beating everyone but Austen didn’t seem too interested in the toy.

Mommy tricked Daddy and Austen into riding this water flume ride (rated as a 4 out of 5 on the thrill level). As you can see, it has a good size drop that lasted about 3-4 seconds. Although Austen didn’t like the slow buildup to the top, she was very intrigued by the new sensation when going down!

Sitting securely between Mommy and Daddy while going for a gentle sky ride.

On the Merry-Go-Round with Mommy and Daddy.

With a late night spurt of energy, Austen climbed these stairs 4 times! After humming the Rocky theme, we decided to create this video.

On the last day, we decided to eat lunch at the Hershey Hotel. It was pretty fancy and Austen got to walk around the ornate lobby seating area, which had an entertaining water fountain.

In her ninth month, Austen developed advanced cruising skills, walking from one object to another (sofa to coffee table, one big toy to another), provided it was only 1 or 2 steps away.

Now, early in her tenth month, she’s started to walk towards something even if it’s not so close. She can take 7-8 steps before she tumbles to the ground and crawls the rest of the way.