Zoo!

On Tuesday I had my one day off between school ending & my research project starting. SO to take full advantage my main man and I decided to head north (mostly I just decided, he had no choice!). I Really wanted to go to Sephora because I love Sephora and I don't go but maybe once a year. That portion of the trip didn't take long, so we decided to go to the zoo too.

I have to say that I LOVE the zoo, and Tuesday was a great time to go since there were not many people. Dean Loved to look at the animals, he particularly liked the yellow weaver birds, the fruit bats, and the penguins. I got him a little stuffed bat when we were done because it kept cracking him up at the zoo store. I'm excited for when DH can go too, maybe there will be more pictures!

School's out!

YAY! School is finally out for summer (sadly, not forever :)
I'm SO glad that our little family survived this crazy ridiculous year, and I pray that next year will be better (how could it not?)
It made me sad though, when everyone said "enjoy your time home with your baby" and I had to say, "I'm not really going to have extra time at home with him". I'm thrilled with my research opportunity, but the timing, yuck! At least I won't have homework :)

Out to Dinner

When I got home from work yesterday fil called to see if we wanted to go out to dinner (of Course!)
So off we went to Red Robin (yum). I have to say that it is a great place to take the baby. It is loud enough that when he decides to yell, or to bang his bee or sippy cup on the table no one notices. I got a bbq chicken salad (which sounds healthy, but totally isn't) that I share bits of with Dean. When the server brought my salad he put the little cup of ranch on the right side of the salad dish, right with in reach of my little bug. Before I could react he stuck his whole hand into my dressing, and proceeded to suck it off his fingers. As DH said, "I've never seen him eat anything that fast!" It's true, the kid LOVES Ranch, who knew? (I really wish I had my camera with me, because it was just too funny!)

Wordless Wednesday

(Another trip to the Doctor, He weighs 23 lbs, 9 oz now, and does not have pneumonia)

Why won't he

SLEEP? My "baby" boy used to be a bad sleeper, he would fight going to sleep with everything he had. Some extreme rocking by dad used to be the only thing that would do the trick. Then, when he was a little older (3 months or so) he got to be on a (fairly) regular schedule of naps & night time. The schedule has been adusted, of course, but nap at 10, nap at 4, bed at 8 has worked for us since about 6 months.
In the last couple of weeks though my little boy has learned how to stand. At first he could pull himself up in his crib if he was in just the right sitting position, but now he is quite adept. Good Job, right?
But now, he won't do anything BUT stand in his crib. I put him down for "night-night" and give kisses & loveys and out I go. He plays for a bit, and then the arms-being-ripped-off screaming commences. One of us runs in, sure he is caught in the crib or something. Nope, he's just standing up in his crib, yelling his head off.
Yesterday, after about 2 hours, of this I put him into bed & laid down as well. I was HOPING that this would encourage him to lay down too. Instead he popped up like a jack in the box and screamed & cried (I think he even said mama) & wouldn't lay down.
Sometimes I miss the times when he was teeny-tiny and could only lay. Dang this "fun age".
(It actually is really fun, except for the sleeping)

10 Months!

Yesterday D turned 10 months old! (Seriously!?!)

Last year at this time I had a "very special" seat at graduation (so I didn't have to sit in a folding chair, and could easily sneak out if needed) and I thought that there was no way my belly could get any bigger (it definitely did!)

This year I'm leaving my little bug home with dad while I go to graduation and have some mommy time!

At 10 months he can:

• Stand for seconds at a time (I think we were up to 10 this morning)
• Clap (but only when he wants to)
• Give high-fives to mom & dad
• Wave bye-bye (again when he wants to)
• Says uh-oh pretty consistently
• Likes to be LOUD!
• Army crawls to find me in the kitchen (or wherever else I am)
• Pulls up on anything stationary (& some things that aren't)
• Loves the cats (it is not so mutual)
• Has NOT learned "gentle" when it comes to the cats :)
• Wants to feed himself everything, and loves to eat off mommy's plate/fork
• Wants to WALK!

He is currently about 23 pounds, and at 31 inches he is half as tall as me!

Bathtime

Dean LOVES his bathtime, and I Finally took some pictures of him playing in the bath. He loves to spin anything that spins, so he played with the purple wheel for about 5 minutes.