Leo is 10 Months Old

My little baby is already 10 months old- sigh.  It's going too fast.  His babyhood is flying by!

Leo now has 8 teeth!  He can climb the stairs (we allowed him to do this for the first time today) and says "Dada."  We think he also says a muffled "Maya" (at least Maya claims he can!).  He prefers to totally feed himself- no more pureed food for him!  He LOVES the swings- if you put him in a swing he giggles and giggles (video to come).  Of course, his favorite person is his big sister Maya!  He shows absolutely no interest in walking or using any of his walking toys.  He seems to think crawling is just fine and I'm a-ok with that!  He's already had 2 haircuts.  He no longer uses any type of bath seat and is a splashing maniac moving about the tub! Leo has a lot of teeth- 8!!

"Wow, she's actually paying attention to me!"

"Copy cat!'

"She's too heavy!
(yup I have marker on my nose from trying to eat it- you should've seen my face after I tried to eat a piece of blue chalk!)."

No No No

No Maya no!



No Leo No!


The dishwasher climbing happened while dealing with the wall art... The wall art is Anna from the movie Frozen apparently!

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The Kids Lately!

This winter is dragging on and on but we're staying busy with lots of activities.

Here are some recent pictures of the kids!

Maya and her cousin decorating a snowman at the Hands on House Museum

Maya driving at the museum!

Leo the fireman!

Leo with a mouth full of food!

Leo helping Uncle Rich redo our powder room!

Leo has great balance!  Giddy-up Rody!

I had to snap this picture because it was one of the rare moments when they actually played nicely together!

Maya making a bracelet

Maya playing with shaving cream

Belated Valentine's Day

Happy Very Belated Valentine's Day!

Maya's Valentine's for her Valentine's Play Date!

Leo is 9 Months Old

My little buddy is already 9 months old!  He's turning into such a little person.  Let me list his latest accomplishments:

• clapping
• signing more
• standing up on everything and transferring from close pieces of furniture
• standing on his own for just a second if he lets go

Leo- buddy, you eat pretty much anything you're given (your current favorites are black beans, quinoa, tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries, salmon, tuna, cheese, and let's not forget about puffs).  You prefer to feed yourself than be spoon fed.  In fact, you often stuff so much food in your mouth at a time I have to scoop some out.

You are FAST!   This really concerns Maya because she likes to set up her doll house people in complicated ways and if you even glance her way or try to stroll by she really lets you have it.  This is a shame because you are sensitive and when she yells you cry really hard (we are working on this with Maya).  You are easy going- one morning I had to wake you from your nap to go to one of Maya's activities and you woke up and started clapping!  You love to be out and about and happily crawl among other children!  You seem to enjoy baby wearing, which is great for Mommy because that makes you portable!

Happy 9 months buddy!

Maya photobomb!

Snow

This is why you have kids, right?

Leo is 8 Months Old

Leo is 8 months old!  He's a fun, busy, little boy.  He loves to crawl around the house and explore.  He especially loves the dogs' water bowl and toilet paper rolls.  He's pulling himself to stand on everything he can reach!  He'll spend a good portion of his day on the first step of our stairwell.  Leo also wants anything and everything that Maya plays with.  If she's currently playing with it, he wants it even more!

This month Leo began sleeping through the night- this was not by his choice.  He still sometimes wakes up during the 5 o'clock hour but we're working to get him to his 6 o'clock cut off mark consistently!  He also sprouted 3 top front teeth at one time (poor guy) and the 4th is on its way.

Happy 8 Months to our fun little guy!

"Why is this on my head?"