Going mobile

Deion has been practicing standing up a lot lately. He's a master crawler now and he will even venture into dark hallways, he's a brave one that's for sure. I think he'll be trying to walk here soon and be able to do it alone within a month. He's also getting more chompers-his two front teeth are coming through!

Look Ma One Handed

First Christmas

Okay so it's a little late, but here are some pictures of Deion's first Christmas:

Opening presents bright and early

Here he is playing with his favorite thing. He likes to

practice standing up with his new activity table.

We just love this look here,

it just cracks us up.

And here he is having a blast with daddy

Bouncy Boy

We went over to Everett this weekend to spend time with our family. Deion got to hang out with my cousin's little girl, Isabella, who is about his age, and my did he have fun with her. He would climb all over her, tried to take her toys, and he even tried to take the spotlight when we were trying to get pictures of the both of them. He acted like such a bully and she was just a sweet little lady. They were really funny though, and we laughed so hard just watching the two of them interact. He was so full of energy and laughing the whole time we were there and now I think my brother and his wife want kids more than ever, he tends to make couples baby crazy.

Deion won't let her get away

Poor little girl, Deion's tackling her

...And here he is taking away her toy

Here is our bouncy boy having fun with Pearl

Kinda crawling

I have been slacking on posting a blog, I can't believe it's already the middle of December and Deion will be 7 months soon! I have just been so busy with the holidays and everything, and Deion has been doing so many new things lately so I should problably catch up on his new skills. Like first of all, he is learning to crawl, well if you want to call it that anyway. It's more like him going forward on his tip toes and lunging forward. He's also become an expert at rolling from front to back and back to front. And he can also sit up on his own when he is lying down. He likes to get his hands on everything in sight! I can tell already that he is going to be a handful-OH MY! Also his two bottom teeth are so big now, he's got some pearly whites for sure. Well that's it in a nutshell.

Here is a video showing his first crawling moves. December 4, 2008.

1st Thanksgiving

Here's Deion trying to sneak a piece of meat

We had our very first family Thanksgiving together and it was perfect (because Will did all the cooking)! I came home from work and the table was set with dinner. The boys had been busy cooking all day, and I must say the Turkey was the juciest and best Turkey I had ever ate. Will had smoked the Turkey and he was very proud of his smoke rings and so was I! It was so good that Deion even wanted to eat some. He tried very hard to get to it as you can see from the pictures-maybe next year baby!

6 months old

Having dinner at Azteca for Jose and Deion's B-day

Deion is 6 months old today and he has accomplished so much in so little time. He has learned to sit up on his own, start eating solid foods, laughs and giggles, has taken a big boy bath, and has even sprung a tooth! He can also roll but he still hasn't rolled from back to belly yet and it seems like crawling or actually, scooting, is going to be his next feat. He likes playing with his toys and when he's on his belly, he will turn around and do a complete 360 on his belly to look at them all, he just can't go forward. He also loves to get anything and everything into his mouth expecially our remote controls! I even bought him his very own, but there is no fooling this little boy because he will still throw a fit to get our remote into his mouth!

Splash Splash Deion's takin' a bath

We decided to take off the holding mesh from the infant bath tub so that Deion can sit up instead of lie down, because he would always try to sit up anyway. Will did this yesterday and I missed his first "big" bath. Will told me he was splashing around so I just couldn't wait to give him a bath today. Oh my was he splashin'! He was just going crazy with the water and loving it. We were having such a good time that I just let him play in the water for a while and by the time I went to record, half the water was already gone. Will was in the back making faces, that's why he keeps looking up in the video and smiling. He was so tired after his bath that he slept like a baby afterwards-what a great way to wear him out!