A New Favorite Past Time

Cheeks is growing up. This week, we put away the infant tub. The one that he started off in with a sling to hold his little body. Then graduated to the slanty side of the infant tub. Recently, he moved onto the older baby side of the tub...the side that allows him to sit straight up on his own. This week, that tub went away. My baby is no longer an infant. My baby is going to be one in less than 4 months! My baby has a new favorite activity - playing with his toys in the big boy tub!

A revamp

My blog has received a makeover! I was never crazy about my blog's title. And now, on a lazy Friday at work, I have developed a new persona for my blog! I'm very excited about the change. I've changed the title, the look, and now need to think of new blog aliases for my family. Going forward, the family's blogland names will be:

Wife: Doc
Son: Cheeks

What is the reasoning behind these names you ask? Well - the wife loves her Dr. Pepper. She cannot live without it. Should she be stranded on an island with only one thing to bring, I truly believe she'd bring a lifetime supply of Doctor Pepper! My son...well...he is all cheeks....always has been....and I hope always will be! You can see him smiling from behind because his cheeks are so big. I eat those cheeks daily :)

So along with the new look of the blog, I am going to make a commitment to blog at LEAST every other day. I am thinking of this blog as a way to look back on my life with my son. He is only 8 1/2 months old, and it is already very neat to look back and read things from when we were conceiving, pregnant, and when he was first born. I want to make sure I have lots of stories to look back on.

So while I am not sure if anyone out in blogland is reading this, if so, I hope you enjoy the new revamp of my blog!

Happy Halloween from Mr. B Scarecrow :)

Thanks to my friend Melanie for the great pics - here are just a few of my favorites :)

Milestones upon Milestones

So shortly after I wrote that last post, B started army crawling!! It seems like he is doing new things daily. He's been army crawling for a bit now. Yesterday, I was in his bathroom warming up a bottle. I look down...and there is a little smiling face staring up at me from the bathroom floor. He army crawled after me into the bathroom!

Just last night, he started the beginning stages of pulling himself up to a standing position. He grabs my shirt...and pushes his legs...and bam...he is standing. Time is just flying by...and I am soaking up every minute I get of it.

I am going through a phase right now where I am hating leaving him and going to work. At least he is home with his Mama...but I can't help but be jealous at times. I don't want to miss anything. I just love this boy so much I hate being away from him.

Ladies and Gents....we have a first tooth!!!

At 7.5 months, B has sprouted his very first tooth! It's the bottom left middle one. He had been sooooo cranky and snotty for the past two days. The night before last, he wouldn't fall asleep and then was up at 3 - very uncharacteristic of the B-Man. Some orajel seemed to put him right back to sleep. Yesterday, he was still quite the fuss pot. Then, last night, I felt in his mouth - and BAM...sharp little tooth coming through!!! I'm still trying to get a picture...he isn't fully cooperating in that aspect.

Then, last night, after B's bath, I was letting him roll around on the floor. I went into his bathroom to empty the tub and put his toys away. When I came back into his bedroom, (note - the bathroom is IN his bedroom, I didn't leave him unattended!!) HE WAS SITTING!!!! He had somehow pulled himself up from on his belly to a sitting position!!

So much is happening this month. We also have MMMMMMMMM sounds coming out of his cute little toothy mouth now :) My little man is growing up so fast!!!

The Neverending Cold

Poor B has been plagued with one heck of a cold. I think we are going on 4 weeks now with the stuffy, runny nose. We've been to the doctor and got medicines, done what the doc said, but still just have that runny nose. Poor little guy HATES HATES HATES the boogie ball now! Anyone out there with suggestions on how to kick this thing, it would be greatly appreciated!!!

The Smiliest Baby

When I was 6, I won the "Smiliest Camper Award" at West Hills Day Camp. I still have the award in an old scrap book. I think my son takes after me.