Happy 1st Birthday Ivan!

Today was Ivan's first birthday. Our baby is one!! We can hardly believe it.

As you will see from the pictures below, the focus of the day was on Ivan's favorite thing: food! He had toast while he waited for his parents to get things ready so we could leave . . .

. . . and have PANCAKES for breakfast!

He ate 3 whole pancakes, and he could hardly sit up in the high chair for the last one. :)

At lunchtime, he had veggies and applesauce. He loves to play with the applesauce container once it is empty, and that is what he is doing in here.

We saved the very best for last though. Ivan's absolute favorite food is spaghetti! It was such a nice evening, we all sat out in the backyard to enjoy our dinner.

Of course, once he was done eating it was a quick and direct trip to the bathtub! Then we read our bedtime stories and said good night.

I'd love to end the recap of his birthday right there, but unfortunately for his tired parents, Ivan didn't think his birthday should end until way after 9pm. At one point, Tom went upstairs to help him settle back down to bed, and that's when the giggle monster attacked. They were both laughing hysterically for a good 20 minutes. You'd think that would have worn him out, but it only wound him up for another hour or so! It's ok though. You only turn one once!

Twelve Months Old

And here is the last of the "watch me grow each month" series of pictures on the chair with Hugsy the bear. We feel quite lucky that we got any of these shots, since he is way more interested in being mobile than posing for pictures on a chair!

Welcome Amanda Bethany Haber!

Tom's cousin, Keith, just sent us these pictures and announcement for their new baby girl!

Amanda Bethany Haber arrived last night (October 7) at 11:06 pm. She weighed 6lb. 15.6oz and measured 20 1/4", and she has her dad's hair and nose. :) Rachel and Amanda are both doing great!

First Haircut!

September Pictures

So once again we apologize for the delay and lack of postings. Here is a collection of pictures from September for you to enjoy. Hope this at least attempts to make up for the neglect. :)

This month Ivan started crawling and by the end of the of the month he was standing on his own for a few seconds at a time. He could even stand up without using anything else for support. Also by the end of September, his 8th tooth finally came in all of the way.

"Reading" the morning paper with daddy!

Playing with Eden, who is a couple months younger than Ivan, and a bit bossier Her bib is not lying. Their dads work together, so about once a week the moms and babies get together for a play date.


Eating corn on the cob with Grandpa Haber.


Ivan LOVES spaghetti . . .

. . . and bath time!

Octoberfest 2008 in downtown Cincinnati. (No the baby didn't get any beer!)

Four baby bumps! We were all together at Rachel's baby shower. From left to right, Sheila ~ due end of March, Anne ~ due early March, Katie ~ due in December, and Rachel ~ due in October.

Ivan has started fighting going to sleep (sigh!), and so sometimes he falls asleep like above ~ sitting up!

The last weekend in September, we got to hang out with our niece Sophie while her parents were on a business trip. Anne watched her on the Friday and decided to take her and Ivan out to see their Haber Great-grandparents. Everyone had a blast!

Ivan and Sophie are just shy of being a year apart. They played pretty well together. Here is Sophie teaching Ivan how to dance to Elmo songs on Nana Carol's back porch.