Friday, July 23, 2010

Happy ELEVEN-Month Birthday, Hayes!!

Where did my little baby go?! He is SO MUCH FUN but I can tell he is getting frustrated with not being able to communicate and that he has so much to say to us.

He still loves being the center of attention and, in less than one month, he gets to be the BIRTHDAY BOY!

At eleven months, he is:
- Feeding himself with finger foods...and then spitting them out and dropping them on the floor
- He dances to music and it is so cute! (He is still white though!)
- He is still cruising around but now starting to walk with a walker (Nana and Papa bought him a truck walker). But his favorite way to push it is SIDEWAYS!
- He does a little standing on his own but not for very long
- Starting to make his own language
- Getting picky about what foods he eats (whose child is he?!)
- He is starting to put himself to bed. He will get me to pick him up and then he will turn himself toward me and close his eyes!
- Still HATES his car seat but juice makes it better.
- He loves knocking down the blocks when we build up a tower.
- Playing with BALLS! Amelia has a soccer ball and Nana and Papa bought him two bouncy balls and he LOVES to throw them! What a boy :)
- Handing stuff to me and then taking it back.
- He loves to unload our cabinet in the bathroom...every morning while we're getting ready
- He's getting the hang of Mama and Dadda
- He loves swimming/getting in the water/playing in the bath
- He can climb the stairs...oh yeah, this is scary!
Right before I took this video, Hayes was dancing to the music at the end of Dirty Dancing (he dances whenever music comes on!), but alas he would not keep dancing once the camera came out!

CMOR with my BFF

We went to the Children's Museum of Richmond with Amelia, Ben, and Laila last weekend. Whew, what a day! It ended with Hayes and Amelia soaking wet. We came home and Hayes passed out at 6:30p for the rest of the night!!

Mr. Ben performed with hand-puppets very well....strangely enough, though, they all had the same animal sound!!
"No, I know where I'm going...I don't need a map!"
This was a interesting interactive farming system where the kids were supposed to sort the vegetables. But what do kids love more than sorting? Yep, putting things in their mouth!!!
Here is where we ended the day. Amelia was desperate to get wet and her parents gave in...then Hayes was looking so longingly at the water that I gave in too! They had so much fun getting soaking wet!

Peek-a-boo!

Nana & Papa's visit

I love my Nana!!
And my Papa! He makes funny noises that make me laugh and squeal!
Hayes is always willing to be the center of attention and his Nana and Papa definitely provide that for him! We loved having them here and can't wait to see them again in August for Hayes' first!

Ms. Nancy's came to see us!


I am so happy that we were able to see Ms. Nancy and she was able to meet Hayes!!! Hayes loved playing and showed showed off his toys and his house. I am so glad when people come to see me!!! Hint, hint :)

Sunday, July 11, 2010

My New Red Wagon

Thank you, Nana & Papa!

Monday, July 5, 2010