It's lovely outside

Loves his yard sale find of this huge Hot Wheels track for $2

@ creek in Botanical gardens

@ creek in Botanical gardens
Take my hat, mama, and stop taking my picture!
I'm coming to get you!


Big news- Zaphira is a walker! She has been cruising for some time, and in the last week, she has started walking on her own. Can you believe it? I thought it was so early that Zanthias started at 9 months. Zaphira had to beat him and do it at 8.
Poor Zanthias had fun outside today, until he got a sweat bee IN his shirt and got stung 5 times =(

Zaphira is getting big!

Playing outside
Enjoying sweet potatoes
Zaphira is totally a daddy's girl

Zaphira has 2 teeth, is crawling like crazy, and pulling herself to stand on everything (and everyone!) Zanthias is adding some new words to his vocabulary and is loving getting outside in the nice weather.

11 months already!

Can you believe he's 11 months old? Only a few weeks until the big first birthday! Pirate themed, of course! Since it's so close to Halloween, I'm having it be a costume party. We have some great decorations and an awesome pinata. Tiffany Yates (who did his 6 and 9 month photo sessions) is going to come take pictures of the party, so that will be great. She's a fantastic photographer.

No presents are necessary, but if you're looking to get something, check our wish list on the left side of the blog and click the Amazon wish list to get some ideas. Small, compact toys are the best-we need more fun things for car rides and we don't have a lot of storage space. CDs and books are always good too (but either check with us first or include a gift receipt because we have a lot of them already!) A good book on baby sign language would be awesome-he knows the sign for milk and will do it back, and knows the sign for all done, but we're working on teaching him more.

He went to the dr. today because he had a giant mosquito bite on his forehead that swelled up pretty badly, but everything is ok! He is at 31 lb 1 1/2 oz. He's walking great. He can walk on his own, but prefers to have a hand to hold on to. He loves to nod and shake his head no. He's so personable and likes to smile at everyone.

Yep, I make him wear a helmet. It's saved him from hurting his head several times already.





He still loves pickles!












Watching the dogs play makes him happy

Daddy!

Zanthias started saying "Dada" and even once, "Daddy", on Wednesday. Drew was ecstatic!

I'm walking!

Zanthias can walk!

Trying to walk

A small compilation of his first steps and how well he can stand.

I like sweet potatoes!

Look at my sweet tattoo-it says Mom!
We tried some organic sweet potato fries today, and they were a hit! While he didn't eat much (if any), he definitely liked the taste of them. So did the dogs, who got what he dropped/threw on the ground.
He's discovered his tongue and likes to stick it out. His 5th tooth is visible and we think it will come out any day now.

I said Mama last night!

I can say "Mama"! It's my first word!




Apples flavored with onion, yuck!


Regular yummy apples. I like them!