My 10th Month

Wow - I can't believe we are in double digit months now! It won't be long before I am the big 1!!!

7 days after I turned 10 months old, a bunch of tornadoes came through our town and tried to eat me up! Mommy, Daddy, and I had to get in the closet and stay there for hours and hours!! When the tornadoes went away, we saw that they knocked down the tree that we were gonna hang a swing in.....I guess I need to find a new place to hang a swing now!

Mommy and Daddy went to go help people who lost everything - like these people.

They said I was too little to help, so I stayed at home and played. I had to play during the daytime though because it was very dark at night. We didn't have any power for 5 days. Mommy had to throw away all our food in the freezer and fridge, and we burned candles every night so that we could see.

The power came back on eventually, and then Daddy and I had to get ready for Mother's Day. We made mommy some special cards, and we surprised her by giving her some plants for the patio. She didn't expect it at all, and she was so excited! I love my mommy so much!!!!

I went on my first bike ride this month!!! I have to admit that it puts me in a trance every time I go. I just sit back, relax, and let the wind blow on my face. I get so relaxed that I forget to smile or move or anything! Mommy had to shake me a little bit to make sure that I was ok! Riding a bike is pretty much the most relaxing thing I've ever done, and if I stay out too long, I fall asleep - every single time! I think my helmet makes my head look like a watermelon.

Speaking of watermelon....the pool opened up, and we have been swimming this month! I am very serious when I swim because I need to make sure that I don't drown! I don't really smile too much, but mommy and daddy know that I like it because I don't cry either.

I've gotten to see lots of aunts and uncles as well as both sets of grandparents this month! It's always super fun to get all their attention! I just love all the fun stuff we do when family is in town!!!

HERE ARE SOME OF MY 10 MONTH MILESTONES:

- I was 23.5 lbs. (90th+) & 31 in. (97th+)!

- I'm sleeping 10-11 hours a night.

- I'm taking two naps a day (anywhere from 1.5 - 3 hours)

- I have 6 teeth now and still drooling - some days more than others!

- I know my name.

- I love to wave "hello" and "bye-bye"

- I pull up on everything, and I try to climb it if possible!

- I plop down on my booty to sit down.

- I drink juice from a sippy cup.

- My favorite snacks are goldfish and raisins!

- I use both my hands, so it's still anybody's guess if I'm a righty or lefty!

- I LOVE to be outside!!!! Walks, Bike Rides, Sitting on the Porch - you name it, I'm there!!!

- I have figured out how to escape from my toy room because I'm that good!

- I love to turn pages in books and flip all the flip-up books!

- I know what "no, no" means, and I obey it pretty regularly.

- I am now saying, "dada" and "dog" - I like to pronounce it DaaaawwwwwG.

*I do not say "mama" yet....she's always there, so I don't need to know how to say her name...daddy said it's because I say things in order of importance...*

Grocery Store Plight

This pretty much sums up what happened to me today....

Well actually, my buggy was basically empty because I was able to get less than half of the groceries on my list, then I checked out and went home to put my screaming baby to bed.

We have now entered the phase of life where we are strictly bound to our house by nap time....the thought of going anywhere during the hours of 9am - 11:30am and 2pm-4:30pm has (as of today) been outlawed in this house.

Glad I got a sewing machine!!!

PS. I can't post pictures of anything I've made yet because I have been making gifts!!!! After I give them to the respective recipients, I will post :-)

My 9th Month

Ok you guys, I know that I've been 9 months old for a while now. I know you're dying to hear about me, but the reason that I haven't posted my 9 month post is that I almost got eaten up by a tornado!!!! Life here has been crazy, and mommy's been a computer hog since our power came back on...more on that later. Without further ado....my 9 month post!

My mom and dad got a playpen for me....I call it Baby Jail. It's fun though - it's got all my toys in there. I've learned how to play by myself, and I can always pull up on it and chew on it as much as I please. All in all, it's not a bad deal!

At the very beginning of my 9th month, I had a close call with an ear infection. We caught some fluid on my ear right before it got to be bad news. I was still grumpy for a little while because being sick is no fun! Then, 7 days after I turned 8 months, 2 more teeth came in - I'm up to 6 whole teeth now!!!

A big thing this month was learning about my tongue. Boy can I make some noise now - I click my tongue all the time!!! It's so much fun. I crawl around the house making lots of noise, so that my mommy always knows where I am. I also learned how to stick out my tongue and make lots of faces. People think I'm hilarious when I do that. Grandmama said that it's rude sometimes if I do that when I'm not supposed to - I guess I'll have to learn manners next. Until then, I'm just going to make as many faces as possible!

Another way that I've found to make noise is to play with all the door stoppers in the house. They are really loud when you pull them back and let them go! I could do this over and over again - and never get tired!

I'm learning how to be a dirty little boy and get into lots of stuff. I chase ants, splash in Fischer's dog bowl, knock over stuff in mommy's pantry, pull up on the toilets when she's not looking, splash in the watering can, and tons more!

I'm going to be a handful, and I'm trying to give mommy hints on when she needs to watch me - ALL THE TIME! She's learning though - that's why we have baby jail. She doesn't know that I think it's fun too though - don't tell her I think so!

This month we go to spend some time at Lake Wedowee with all 4 of my grandparents, 4 of my great-grandparents, my aunt, uncle, and my cousins too! We had a lot of fun hanging out and celebrating Nana's birthday. I'm pretty sure she's still younger than Daddy is though because she's a lot shorter.

My cousin Layla gave me lots of hugs.

My cousin Aubrey and I played and played!

Then they made us dress up and TRIED to take pictures of us.....aren't we cute?

That weekend I got to ride in the backpack for the first time, and I loved it. I'm king of the world up there....and I can do anything I want to the back of daddy's head.

I also got to take a bath with cousins....mommy said there's a very short period of time in my life when I'll get to do that - I wonder what that means?!?

I mastered crawling, and I've moved on to pulling up on everything - and by everything, I mean EVERYTHING - chairs, toilets, tables, legs, hearths, couches, stairs, baby jail, cabinets, window sills, fire pits etc....

Mommy had to hurry and babyproof a lot of things so that I wouldn't get hurt. She did a pretty good job. I whack myself everynow and then, but I'm getting really tough - like my Daddy.

This month was mommy and daddy's 5th anniversary, my Mommy's Birthday, and Easter - we've been busy folks!!! My parents left me with some babysitters for their anniversary date, so I'm sorry to report that I'm not sure how an anniversary date goes down, but I sure did have fun with Mrs. Bethanie and Mr. Kevin!!!! Then on mommy's birthday, I got to play with them again! Mommy loves me, but sometimes I'm a handful and she likes to just go on a date with my daddy. That's ok because I'd rather play than sit in a restaurant anyways!!! Mommy made my first Easter outfit with her friend Mrs. Anna. It's a sissy outfit, but I wore it and drooled all over it proudly because she worked so hard on it.

She liked making that outfit with Mrs. Anna so much that she decided to get a sewing machine for her birthday! That was a little dissapointing to me because she didn't get to open any presents - it just "came in" one day.....booooooooo!

I went to my first Easter Egg hunt. I wasn't sure if other kids were going to steal the eggs out of my basket, so I slobbered on every one of them before I put them in there...I was sure this would protect my property.

Daddy taught me how to crack an egg too - right over another person's head. That's my friend Graham - he's a good sport.

I also met the Easter Bunny, and let me tell you - he is HILARIOUS!!!!!!

His eyes were falling out though - he must have very poor vision!

That pretty much fills you in on my 9th month. It was a busy one, but all that fun makes me sleep really well at night!!!

After I turned 9 months old, the tornadoes hit our town. That was pretty crazy, but you'll have to wait to hear more about that in my next month's update. I'll try to be more on time for that one!

HERE ARE SOME OF MY 9 MONTH MILESTONES:

- I was 23 lbs 4 oz. (90th+) & 31 in. (97th+)!

- I'm sleeping 10-11 hours a night.

- I'm taking two naps a day (anywhere from 1.5 - 3 hours)

- I have 6 teeth now and my drool is slowing down a little bit!!!!

- I respond to my name (most of the time:-)

- I am a master crawler.

- I pull up on everything.

- I drink juice from a sippy cup.

- I am now eating "real people food." Pretty much anything and everything that is cut up small enough for me to chew!!!!

- I can pick things up with my thumb and finger.

- I love to play with all my toys in my playroom. I especially like to stand at my music activity table.

- I am starting to be interested in books (again).

- I really like to swing.

- I know what "no, no" means.

- My first words were "dada" and "ga" (referring to Fischer)

My 8th Month

To all my faithful readers who have been checking by this blog for about 2 weeks now, I am sorry. You see, I have recently been sick and teething. You may ask, "Why can't you blog and teethe at the same time?" Well, mommy has hid the computer from me because she thinks I will drool all over it with my sick germs and kill it. I found it though, and she's finally taking a nap, so I finally have a minute to update you on my 8th month of life! Here's my birthday picture...

As I told you above, I am teething. Man, I don't know how many teeth I will eventually end up having, but I'm convinced that I am part shark and that my mouth is going to end up looking like this...

At my 8 month birthday, I had 4 teeth! I actually currently already have even more than that, but you'll have to wait until my 9th month blog post to hear about those babies!!! Teething is pretty terrible. It hurts because it feels like little knives are poking at my gums all the time. It makes me want to chew on everyone and everything at all times. I drool constantly, but I don't have enough teeth to keep the drool in my mouth, so it falls right out of my mouth all the time. I soak all my bibs and clothes. Fischer helps me out though. He likes to lick up my drool strings before they hit the floor. It's a new game in our house - mommy hates that game. Oh well, they say it won't last forever....I hope they are right!

To take my mind off of teething, mommy and daddy took me to the circus!

It was so much fun! I saw Tigers, Elephants, Horses, Crazy Bendy People, Flying People, and all sorts of other fantastically colorful things! I couldn't take my eyes off of it all.

When I grow up, I'm going to be a Circus Tiger.

I went to my very first Birthday party. The party wasn't for me of course - I'm only 8 months old. It was for Brooklyn - the very first kid I ever met! Here's Brooklyn and me when we first met - she was 4 months old and I was 2 days old....

Here we are at her 1st Birthday Party! Those other people are our mommies.

Birthday parties are pretty cool. A bunch of people get together and give you cake and presents on the day you were born. All you have to do is be born and then hang out for 364 more days! It's really not a bad deal. I think it's really mommy and daddy throwing a party that they figured out how to keep us alive for a whole year! I am pretty excited about getting to eat some cake at my first birthday - daddy says it's yummy! Brooklyn seemed to like her cake!

Mommy and Grandmama took me on a trip to see my Aunt Bebe. She lives in Washington state. Here I am on my very first airplane ride!

I was a little nervous, but I decided that I really like to fly. On the way to Washington, I slept on the floor of the plane most of the way there - it was the middle of the night. On the way back, I was awake almost the whole time though. Why sleep when you can get constant attention, and you also get to look out the window!?!?

We had a lot of fun visiting and sightseeing. We were there for a WHOLE WEEK!

Here we are in front of Mt. Rainier...it looks like the clouds...

Here we are in Olympia - the capital of Washington.

Here we are in front of the Freemont Troll....he was under a bridge in Seattle and totally awesome!

Here I am at the Japanese Gardens...

And here's a pic of me and the Space Needle...I was pretty tired by this point!

Mommy hasn't always lived with Daddy. When she was in college, she lived with Mrs. Sarah. Mommy and I got to hang out with Mrs. Sarah and her twins while we were in Seattle. Mommy and Mrs. Sarah hadn't seen each other in 5 years!!! That's a whole kindergartener!!!!!!

NEWS FLASH: I STARTED CRAWLING THIS MONTH!!!!

*Side note: I still cannot roll from my back to my stomach.

My daddy saw me crawl first on March 8th, but I got REALLY good at crawling while we were in Seattle - I practiced a lot so that I'd be a pro by the time I got home to see my daddy - I really missed him while we were gone!

Here are some things I'm a pro at now:

Holding a sippy cup.

Looking out of windows.

and CRAWLING!!!

Like my outfit? Here's the front...

Well, I think that's all my news for now. Gotta go find a towel to wipe all this drool off the keyboard before Mommy finds out! See you next month!!!

HERE ARE SOME OF MY 8 MONTH MILESTONES:

- I was 22 lbs (90th+) & 30 in. (97th+)!

- I'm sleeping 9-11 hours a night.

- I'm taking about two naps a day (anywhere from 1.5 - 3 hours)

- I have 4 teeth now and TONS of DROOL!!!!

- I respond to my name (most of the time:-)

- I AM FINALLY MOBILE!!!! Crawling is AWESOME, and I can get into anything and everything!!!!

- I can pick up/hold my sippy cup by myself whenever I want a drink!

- I love to throw any ball back and forth and play with all my fun toys.

- I love to look out of windows - especially ones I can pull up on!

My Reason for Not Posting....

Hey Everyone (cough, cough - sniff, sniff),

I know I'm overdue for my 8 month post, but the truth is that I am sick, and I can't seem to get to the computer to post, so here's a picture to hold you all over until I do my birthday post!

Mr. Sniffles (AKA: Carter)