Baby H.--11 Months

Oh my.  This kid.

These pictures are getting more and more difficult to get...such a wiggly baby...with a big ol' diaper butt.

He is eating more and more real food.  This kid loves tuna fish sandwiches.  Tuna, pickles, bread...what could be better?

He's started sleeping more on his stomach and he crosses his feet...melt my heart.

We went swimming for the first time this month.  In the pool with a swimming suit on he was a little unsure...naked in my mom's backyard in a baby pool?  Just a freezing bath tub.  It was awesome.  Though his face doesn't really show how much he liked it.

Large floatation devices are obviously used for chewing not floating.

He looked so cute while sleeping.

He also sometimes looked really creepy.

He's asleep...with his eyes open.  Creep.

He's starting to master page turning...it's difficult, people.

He celebrated the 4th of July like a true American...lounging, eating and wearing patriotic clothes.

He's becoming more and more mobile. He learned to go up stairs in about 3 tries at my mom's house.

We went to J Dawgs one night for date night and Husband decided giving Baby H sauerkraut was a good idea...Baby H. agreed.

*one day when blogger lets me add videos from my phone again I will put a video of him eating the sauerkraut.  Until then you have to believe that's what he's eating in this photo.

Baby has 5 teeth now and he likes to chew on just about everything.  He's even taken chunks out of the rind of watermelon.

We tried swimming a few more times and by the 4th try he really liked it even though he was exhausted and hungry.

What a good grandma...getting in the pool with her clothes on just to make Baby happy.

Baby H. is definitly a walker.  He walks everywhere.  The only time he crawls now is to get to a surface that will help him stand up.  He still hasn't figured out how to stand up without the help of something but I'm sure it's coming soon.  He's also started real crawling occasionally.  Oh, baby...growing so fast!

Baby H. tried lots of new yummy food.  Here are a few of his favorites.

Fiv Star BBQ in Orem.  Oh, goodness.  If I lived in Utah County my waistline and bank account would be in big trouble. *Baby H. didn't actually eat the sandwich.

Strawberries: also great for making a huge mess on all exposed body parts.

I also have lots of videos but am unable to upload them...ugh.  You're all missing out.  My baby is pretty stinking cute.

Loves

applesauce

walking

talking to kids

attempting to play with kids

Hates

someone making him lie down

long drives

napping

Baby H.--10 Months

I'm getting okay with having pictures that are little blurry.  I'm just glad he sat still for a few seconds.

Also, pants are optional right now.  At least he's wearing a diaper.

Baby has learned so much this month.  He is getting much better at pulling himself up and can do so on almost anything.  He also learned to push himself into a sitting position by getting up onto his hands and knees then pushing himself back onto his bottom.

Baby started the month by learning to stand really well on his own.

He can even stand on the grass.  In his mind it's probably a lot better than letting the yucky grass touch his legs.

 He has also started to get into everything.  Isn't he a bit too young to be doing this?

He started walking so much better.

This is from June 14

This is from June 25

So much difference in 11 days!

He is also army crawling really quickly.

Maybe one day he'll figure out real crawling.

One of his new favorite spots is behind the curtain.

This month we went to a drag race.

The headphones made him so funny.  He was silent and very serious every time we put them on him but in between races we would take them off and he would light up and start jabbering.  It was like he was amazed that he was able to hear again.

His new obsessions are doors and door stops.

This month has also brought out his opinionated side.  He only want to do things when and how he wants them done.  He screams and throws a fit when I try to change his diaper.  One day, I was changing him and he was being perfectly lovely then when I got the diaper off he started screaming like he was terribly hurt.  I stood him up (without putting on a new diaper) and this is the result:

Little stink peed all over my leg!  And he was fine, just screaming because he can.

How cute is this little?

Oh. My. Goodness.  I could eat him up!

Here are a bunch of pictures:

 

A video of him dancing to a song on Sesame Street

And a video of him laughing at his cousin.

Kids...It's the last week of school.  I'm stoked.  I'm so ready to be done and stay home with the babes.  

Oh, summer...hurry up!

Baby H.--9 Months

Baby is getting so big.  The other day, I looked down at this baby who was feeding himself, taking up most of my lap, and thought, "Holy moley baby! When the heck did this happen?"

This picture was so hard to get.

 

Most pictures taken today looked more like this one.  He does not like to sit still.

At the beginning of the month, he was standing up and pulling himself up.

Eating (gnawing) on apples at Grandma's house.

Baby sleeps in such awkward positions.  Seriously, that can't be comfortable.

Happy first official Mother's Day to me!

Baby began eating real food because baby food is for babies...other babies.

Pears are delicious.

The very sad and very happy faces of Baby H.

He spends a good portion of his day walking all around the couch.

Baby started letting go of the couch and trying to walk toward me a few days before his 9 month birthday.  Please ignore my high pitched mommy voice.

This is not the greatest example but it's the best one I could get when trying to coax him off the couch and record at the same time.

I'm pretty sure more teeth are coming in.  His fingers are in his mouth more often than not.

And with shorts season comes blowing raspberries.

Oh, man!  This kid is growing up too quickly!

9 Month Stats

Weight: 20 pounds 9 ounces (49%)

Height: 29 inches (78%)

Head: 18.5 inches (90%)

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