Kelvin is 9 months old!

On May 4, Kelvin turned 9 months old. He is a very happy baby and he is now starting to move. For a while, he had been pushing himself backward across our hardwood floor and finally on May 8, he started pulling himself forward. It is not a traditional crawl yet; he is pulling himself around on his belly, but he gets up on his hands and knees and rocks so I think he will do a traditional crawl eventually. He can get from a sitting position, down to pull himself around and then back up to sitting. He also started clapping, on the same day he pulled himself forward. And he has been trying to pull himself up to standing on the coffee table, but he has not quite figured that out yet. Kelvin loves to eat food and he likes most everything. Kelvin seem so excited to be on the move. He also loves to babble. It is such a joy to watch him develop. Preston likes watching him clap and do new things and today Preston look at Kelvin and said, "I love you, Kelvin" and it was just so sweet.

22 pounds 4 ounces and is 29 inches long.

 Kelvin smiles all the time

 I love this picture and it reminds me so much of Preston when he was a baby.

Pulling himself across the floor

Our new front door

Now we have a new front door! As with many projects, this one turned into a more complicated project than we planned. Carl removed the old doors to discover that there was not a header or barely anything holding up the giant window above our door. After he removed the door, the window started to slide down  and Carl quickly held onto the window above him, while I grabbed a 2x4 and cut it to support out window. We only had one 2x4 long enough at the house, so we also used some of the frame from the old door to temporarily support it while he ran and bought more wood to support it and to build a support for underneath the window. Then, one of our friends came over to help Carl hold the window up as I slipped in a wood support underneath the window and then we braced it with some wood on the sides before installing our beautiful new door. Here are the pictures...

 Old doors

 Our favorite little helper!

 If you look at the top of the window, you can see how there it a gap from it sliding down

 Temporary supports . . Carl was very happy to not be holding the window above his head anymore (and even more glad that the window did not fall and hurt anyone).

A picture with better supports

 We thought it looked pretty funny with this big window held up only by 2x4s

 Our new door!

 Installing our new door!

All stained and protected with 3 coats of urethane

An inside view with all the trim up around the door and the window. You can also see the new light that Carl installed a few weeks ago.