General Update

Quentin took his first steps about a month ago, but he really took off this week and now is walking pretty well. He is obsessed with cars and trains and other vehicles and has made up a sign that he uses for them. He finally cut the tooth he has been working on for over a month now, bringing the total up to 6. He still isn't much of a talker. He was working on "mama" and "dada" for a while, but seems to have lost interest. We've heard what we think are words from time to time, but he hasn't repeated them, so maybe it was just coincidence. Anyway, he'll be talking soon enough. For now, he knows a couple of signs ("light," "music," sometimes "eat" and "more," but he's stubborn about using those two, and, of course, his sign for vehicles). At his last check up (on January 3) he weighed 20 lbs, 15 oz and was 29 3/4 inches tall (around the 25th and 50th percentiles, respectively).

First Birthday

It's a good thing we had an early birthday party for Quentin, because his actual birthday didn't exactly turn out as we had planned. We had hoped to drive home from Denver on the 31st and spend a fairly quiet day at home (with a few more presents and cake) on Quentin's birthday. Unfortunately, I-70 was closed (again) due to the snow storm and we couldn't make it out when we planned and instead ended up spending Quentin's first birthday in the car.


Quentin started his day with some birthday french toast and Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Very tasty

Later in the day, he got some ice cream at the Baskin Robbins in a truck stop in Colby, KS. He may not look like he enjoyed it from this picture, but he really did.

More fun at the truck stop in Colby. Fortunately, there was an empty hallway-type-area outside the upstairs gift shop that provided a good place for Quentin to move around a bit.

All in all not what we planned, but it could have been worse. Hopefully his second birthday will be a little more fun.