Week of Milestones and Anniversaries

McKay
McKay is now 3/4 of a year old! Here's his nine month photo montage taken on January 26th:


McKay is quite independent, but there must have been something magical about the nine month mark because he now allows us to rock him in the upright head-on-shoulder position. I thought it was a fluke the first time it happened, but now every time he wakes up he'll let us hold him this way. There does seem to be a time limit though...five minutes tops. We'll take what we can get. Since the day he was born he would push and fuss when we tried to put him up on our shoulders. If Nathan is home when McKay wakes up, we try to beat each other to his crib in order to experience this little slice of heaven. Also, McKay has fallen asleep in Nathan's arms twice this week---without any resistance. He still prefers to fall asleep in his crib, but hopefully he'll be more easy to handle during naptime at church on Sundays.

McKay's grin got a little more toothier (it's a word...promise) this week. After a few days of abnormal fussiness, I noticed FOUR bumps along the front of his upper gum. The two front teeth have broken through and it looks like the others won't be far behind. He also has another one trying to break through next to one of his bottom teeth.

He continues to do his army/inchworm crawl. I'm not sure if he'll actually do a crawl on all fours. He prefers for us to walk with him where he wants to go. (He also started pointing this week.) He walks along the furniture when he's motivated by an object he wants to grab. McKay loves to make me scream, either by splashing in the bathtub or swinging his pacifier around on its holder. When I scream, he copies it and then laughs and laughs. I've been trying to get it recorded, but am always too slow.

McKay went for his first dip in the pool while we were in Las Vegas over the weekend. He wasn't pleased at first (he was pointing at me to rescue him), but he slowly warmed up:

Janet
My beautiful sister Janet celebrated a birthday on the 28th. Since I've been neglectful in my posting, I didn't write about how wonderful, smart, talented, witty and generous she is, along with how I'm so lucky to have such an amazing sister. Oh, I guess I just did. ;)

The Price is Right
I can't believe two whole years have passed since we took my dad to the Price is Right (January 29th). It really was one of the most incredible experiences of my entire life. Two of my sisters (Janet and Suzanne) and I (plus Nathan) took my dad with the intentions of getting him chosen as a contestant. We came up with clever t-shirts, camped outside CBS studios overnight to get a good place in line and acted crazy in front of the casting producer. It all paid off and I'll never forget the feeling that came over me when I heard the words, "Dean Pearson, come on down! You're the next contestant on the Price is Right!" These pictures are priceless (thanks to my cousin Susan for getting stills from the recording---thank goodness I'm not in any of them---I looked like a lunatic---not that anyone else in any of the pictures does.):



25 Years
How can I have survived that many years without cancer when I don't feel that old? I had a malignant tumor and the adrenal gland it was attached to removed on January 31, 1984. I really can't believe how long ago that was. I would post a picture, but my scanner isn't working. I know, you're disappointed that you can't see how I looked at age seven with my frizzy mullet. Maybe I'll post a picture next year...on the 26th anniversary.