9 months and baby steps

Deion has been practicing standing on his own. It's so exciting to see him standing and trying to get his balance right. I haven't seen it yet, but apparently he took some baby steps already last week. So the walking is about to come and I think we are ready for it!

Happy Valentine's Day

MY LITTLE CUPID

TESTING OUT THE WINGS

Well our Valentine's Day was pretty eventful. I did plan on taking professional pictures of Deion on V day but he was not feeling too good. I dressed him up like cupid and took some pics around the house with him (i'm sure he'll hate me for this later) , but at least I didn't take him out in public like that, right? I would have, i'm sure but he was way too sick for it. We think he's teething pretty bad or has a stomach flu because he couldn't keep anything down, he kept vomiting and having diarhhea. We went out to Tony Roma's with Deion anyway because we couldn't find a babysitter. We met my cousin and her husband there but towards the end of the meal Deion had pooed all over me!! It was pretty bad and smelly. What a way to end the night! He's a lot better now. Oh and Daddy got him his first pair of Jordans for Valentine's day-now he just needs to learn to walk in them : )

8 months old

Deion has turned 8 months today! A lot of things are going on physically with him, like his thighs are getting leaner, I miss his chubby thighs! Of course this is because he is so much more active and he can not stay still for one minute, it's even hard to change his diaper with him squirming and turning so much. And forget about the bumbo seat, the one place I thought he couldn't escape, but he can easily turn and twist his way out of there-I just couldn't believe it! He's quite a handful, and that's because he hasn't even started walking yet! Wow! I do love this stage though-I just love watching him explore and figure things out, he's such a smart little boy for sure. I have to watch him so closely because everything, I mean EVERYTHING goes into his mouth, expecially small shiny things he'll try to go for like coins and keys, and for some reason he goes after paper a lot and any cords sticking out of the wall. I can say that I've had a lot of practice using my mommy voice with saying "NO" a lot to him, I'm hoping he learns that word well by the time he's 1. Also wanted to report that we have 4, count them 4! teeth, not 2, coming in on the upper front.

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.