Week 38

Week 38 (Sept 30th-Oct 6th)

9/30 Boy do you want to walk. It's amazing to see you on the move. Crawling faster and faster. You came over to me and put your hand up for me to grab it and then you proceed to stand. It's really amazing to see the trust that is there because you won't do that to other things. You know daddy or I will hold you up.

On Sat Oct 3rd we took you to the pumpkin patch in San Carlos for your first pumpkin. We took your O'Hara grandparents along with us. You were ready for a nap so you were a bit tired and distracted but you still had a good time and I was able to take pictures of you, which I love.

You love Tofu! I'm not surprised but in a way I am? Makes no sense, I know. But you had the crumbs alllll over your face. It falls apart so easily but you love digging in it, moving it around and picking it up with your fingers.

You stood up using the dining room chair. I think you felt pretty secure there but I sat nearby to make sure you didn't knock your head. You did sooo well.

We attended an introduction to sign language class. You loved it. The attention, the crawling around and hooo'ing.

10/6 You started to walk on your hands today! Not just the army crawl anymore.

Week 37

Week 37 (Sept 23rd-Sept 29th)

9/28 Lately you have been wanting to stand up in your bath rather than sit and play with your toys. It's quite funny. You get irritated and then reach to grab my arms or hands so you can pull yourself up. Then you get all excited when you are standing. This is great in the heat because you don't get cold. Naps are still going great. 3 naps a day and still about 1 1/2hrs. You love every food still which is great. I get a wide open mouth wanting more. We are still working on your sign language with you and hope you will catch on soon :)

I love this picture of you that I took in the kitchen. You got into all sorts of things and seemed to love it.

Week 36

                                                                                   

Week 36 (Sept 16th-22nd)

9/20 Daddy and I have been peaking in on you at night to see you sleeping with your butt in the air. I think you have caught on to us. Two nights in a row you've woken up and stared at us from the crib. What do we do? We stand still as if we are invisible and you can't see us. HA! Don't move is what we whisper to each other and we giggle. HA yeah you can't hear that. Then you get upset and I feel bad we woke you. How on earth could you go back to sleep! Luckily it was just a few tears and back to sleep you go. I guess we can't do that anymore. Darn it. You look so cute when you sleep.

You started using your fingers more recently. I gave you some Gerber puffins and you had soo much fun trying to eat those. Such concentration with pointing at it and trying to pick it up. You are really focused on trying to eat it yourself. Way to go!

22/23 We've had a couple of rough nights with you. On the 22nd you woke up crying. Figured you were just upset and we were going to leave but you got worse. I went in and your leg was stuck in the crib. So we picked you up and gave you a bottle and you were wide awake! Oh my were we tired. So we tried to wear you out and let you walk and crawl around. The next night you were up twice. the first time at 1am. Crying sooo hard and loud so we got you up and hung out with you for awhile, gave you a bottle and eventually put you back to sleep. Then awake around 5ish, not quite sure because I didn't want to get up to look at the time. I just knew it was dark and that it wasn't time to get you. You just made noise and kicked around but at 6ish am you were done lying there so I got you up and fed you.

Week 35

Week 35 (Sept 9-Sept 15)

9/11 You have been crawling sooo much it's awesome. You are moving pretty fast too!

It's all about the army crawl daddy says by crawling on your forearms and elbows. Ok... but no army for you. HA

9/14 You pulled yourself up using your bumbo chair. I couldnt believe it. I turned around and there you were pulling yourself up. You would have kept going but the seat starting to go from under you and then you moved on to something else. "squirrel!" ha

I love this picture. I rented a lens and we decided to head to the park for some photos. You were sooo tired, you poor thing, you put your head down on daddys shoulder. You've never done that so we knew you were tired! You were so good though and let me take photos of you.

Week 34

                                                                                                       Week 34 (Sept 2-Sept 8) 

9/6 I'd say you officially started to crawl a little bit. Up on all fours and rockin' back and forth. Sooo kewl! It's so fun to see how excited you are to be doing this and you are pushing the limits of your movement which is awesome. You definitely have your own language of baba's and gaga's. This photo was taken the day after of your real crawling all over the place. I HAD to get tons of these! XO

Week 33

Week 33 (Aug 26th-Sept 1st)
8/27 Well you fell... on my watch. Twice. IT was awful for both of us. You hit your head as you rolled off the couch. UGGG I thought you'd be fine while I went to the bathroom real quick. I gave you your toothbrush usually you sit in place until I return. Not this time. Then you fell off the bed, didn't bang your head this time thank god but I think it really scared you more than anything. I will definitely not be leaving you alone on anything off of the floor. sheeshh.
8/28 We had block party today and most of the party was on our lawn. Yeah! Our neighbors were kind enough to get a jumpy house and all the kids enjoyed it on our lawn. It was great to hang out with our neighbors. You had a great time as usual. You have this break out on your face that's pretty bad and I am trying to figure out if it's banana's, the grass you ate and threw up or the sun. So we'll try to figure it out. Cream on the face for now and you are fastttt asleep. Yeah!!

8/30 Plums were a hit this morning of course they are sweet! I loved them! Baked them in the oven, skins fell right off. Super sweet. You've been starting to say words like baba, gaga and dada. This morning you started shaking your head no but you don't know what the word means thank god :)

Week 32 (Aug 19th-Aug 25th)

Week 32 (Aug 19th-Aug 25th)
We left Friday for Santa Cruz to be in Uncle Joe and Auntie Shanna's wedding! We stayed in a gorgeous place called the Chaminade where we set up your pack and play and black out shades so you could have a comfortable place to sleep. You were part of the wedding all dressed in your tux. We jammed to the church just before 2pm and switched you from your pj's into your tux. You looked soo cute! Daddy and you headed up to Communion so daddy could receive the Eucharist and you decided you wanted some as well. You grabbed for the bowl and you wouldn't let go! Dropped daddy's glasses, we were all cracking up. I don't think we have that on video or in pics at all but it's a moment we won't forget. Everyone loved seeing you and holding you. They took turns passing you around and you did SOO great. Your cousin Danny has renamed you Devlin HA I didn't have the heart to correct him and figured he'd find out later. Boy did he. His sons Sean and Andrew used it for the benefit :))

We knew when you were done when it was late in the evening, passed your bedtime, and you started to cry. Daddy was soooo wonderful and took you off to bed to sleep while I stayed with the wedding party to do things with them.