CORBAN

Best of Friends

Corban and Nika are the best of friends. They keep each other entertained. They share in their likes of the rubber "dog" bone. When Nika is running her laps around downstairs, Corban just laughs as she goes by- every once in a while he will start to try to follow her. When we just get home from being away, Nika will come to Corban and give him kisses on the face or on the toes (which ever she can reach), and Corban will get this big smile.

Clink clink...clink clink clink...clink...clink clink....clink clink clink...clink...clink.

"What is that noise? Corban, where are you?"
Jared goes into the entryway and finds Corban in Nika's dish, pulling out all the food. I think he is learning too much from this dog. Luckily he was distracted by the food because just beyond the bowls is a big drop off onto the garage floor.

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Call our Tech Guy, 1-800-4 CORBAN. He is fabulous at organizing cords. He will always get the job done with a smile.

Crawling and Climbing

Corban caught on to crawling with great ease shortly after our trip to Utah in July. Once he had the crawling down, it hasn't taken long for him to pull himself up on things- the couch, windows, baskets, his car seat, the ottoman- you name it. So I decided I would open the way for him to try the stairs. With no problem he climbed all 12 (there is actually 14, but I had him skip the first 2). The only problem is if he is wearing more than a onesie, he usually can't do it as fast- interference from the legs.

He doesn't have much of an incentive to learn to climb down when his best friend is at the top.

Wild Animal Park

We went to WAP on Labor Day, not realizing it wasn't the most relaxing place to go for a day off. There is a lot of walking! But we did have a great time. We went with Ali, Scott, Jake and Alisa. After about 5 hours, we took off to get dinner and GS. Then we had to say our goodbyes to the Seamans.

This is how Corban enjoyed the tour. He woke up half way through and was extremely happy- like usual.

Daddy played with him at the water park. Mommy pretty much had to play too to get the picture- well worth it!

Happy family

Corban Blue Eyes

In the last couple of weeks I have had to have a closer watch on Corban, or I find him having way too much fun. This was one occasion. Other such places have been in the fireplace, in the bathroom- trying to figure out how to get back in the tub, behind the chair in his room playing with the stereo speaker, in the cupboard eating the onion bag, under the piano trying to make way to the window seal, and just about anywhere he can figure out to crawl to and climb on.

Nap Time

Corban is still a pretty good napper. He usually takes two naps a day, one mid morning and one mid afternoon. This was how he enjoyed his nap one afternoon.

And this is what he looked like when he woke up!
He is usually very happy when he wakes up. The other morning, about 4:30 am, I could hear him chattering away- it was happy chatter. I listened to him as I was in and out of sleep. Finally the happy chatter turned into a whinny cry. I went in to get him, knowing he was hungry. He was standing up, looking over the edge of the bed. As soon as he saw me the crying stopped and a smile appeared, with a little jumping action from his feet. He does this a lot- cries to get our attention, but then he is as happy as can be when we are in sight. Of course if you disappear again, the crying returns. Oh, I love this kid!

His first tooth finally popped through at 8 months of age (almost exactly- on August 30th). The second one has since followed. They are sharp little things!

Catch of the Day...Multiple days in a row


Upon our arrival home from Lake Powell I had noticed a funny-not so pleasant- smell in our house. I didn't think much of it. Then when I was starting to straighten up the house and doing cleaning on Tuesday I came across some little droppings on the window seal. Why there, I don't know- there is no food to be found by the windows. Then I was in the kitchen on Wednesday morning and I noticed a big chunk of our bread was eaten, along with little droppings on the counter. "THAT'S IT!" I said, and off I went to buy traps. We bought two kinds- glue traps and SNAP traps. I figured anything was worth a try! We set the traps that night in the pantry (after finding more droppings in there). In the morning I heard this little chirpy, scratching noise coming from the pantry. Instead of getting it myself, I waited for Jared to come down and take a look. Surprise! Surprise! There were two little mice stuck in the glue. He drowned them and then threw them in the trash. This same thing happened the following 2 days, and then we caught 2 singles, making a total of 8 mice so far. Yikes! Hope that's all.