October highlights:
  • Spent three days in Monterey/Pacific Grove as a short family vacation.
  • By end of month, easily able to traverse rooms by walking, a long as there's something to hold onto (furniture, walls, stroller or baby walker to push).
  • By mid-month, picks up books to bring to his parents to read.
  • By mid-month, loves to drop items onto floor, especially by standing up and dropping them over his crib railing.
  • Two new teeth appeared; his first two molars on bottom. These are Jadon's first new teeth in several months, and bring the total to 10.
  • Jadon took his first airplane flight, from San Jose to Milwaukee. Unfortunately, it was for his grandfather's funeral. His grandfather (Tim's father) died unexpectedly on 22 October.

Jadon and Julie on coast in Pacific Grove. Age 11 1/2 months (17 October 2001)
© Tim Bienz

Julie and Jadon along coast in Monterey. Age 11 1/2 months (16 October 2001)
© Tim Bienz

Jadon and Tim in Pacific Grove park. Age 11 1/2 months
(17 October 2001)
© Tim Bienz

Julie sitting in his grandmother's chair in Wisconsin, "using" the phone. Age one year (28 October 2001)
© Tim Bienz

Jadon having his first ride in a racing car. Age 11 1/2 months (12 October 2001)
© Tim Bienz

Julie and Jadon in Jadon's grandparent's home in Wisconsin. Jadon is wearing a blonde wig his grandfather occasionally used as a joke. Age one year (28 October 2001)
© Tim Bienz