These are a few of my favorite things ........

Christmas is just a few days away and Santa is coming. Still don’t know who he is, but I did NOT like the one at the mall. Anyways, there are presents for me under the tree, so I am excited to get into those. Mommy keeps saying it will be my birthday soon. What is a birthday? My parent’s keep telling me that all my grandma’s and grandpa’s and friends will be here. Not sure what’s going on, but I am excited as always! Recently I have been cruising on everything. I love to stand up. I haven’t tried walking yet. I have been feeding myself a lot at the table. The spoon frustrates me, so I use my hands! Still only saying mamma and dada, working on that. I am sure I will be walking and talking in no time. I now have almost 6 teeth! Eating is my favorite part of the day! Merry Christmas to all! See you soon!

49 Weeks!

SANTA WHO ??????

Okay, so here is the deal on Santa. No one warned me about this crazy man! My parent's put me in this guys lap and expected me to smile! ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? This is the scariest man I have EVER seen in my life! He has a supper long white beard, wears big bright red clothes and glasses. I did not enjoy this experience one bit. I don't understand why he is such a bid deal, what does he do anyways? And the reindeer, who are they? Bet yet, what is a reindeer? However, there is one good thing that came out of this expeience, I got to eat a candy cane! Those things are good! Anyways, Merry Christmas to all!

Week 48!

Week 47!

Christmas tree, etc.

Why is it a good idea to bring in trees from the outside and decorate them? Who even though that was smart? Anyways, I am sure I will figure that out as I get older. And another thing, why hang pretty things on the tree if you cant play with them? Oh and we wont talk about the lights, meszmerizing (yes that is how you spell it, mommy used spell check)! Speeking of mommy, that is my new word, I like to crawl around and say ma ma over and over again, I dont care to say da da much anymore. It makes mommy very happy! I went to my first Christmas party on Saturday, it was loads of fun! There was a little boy, Nickalas there that I played with. He was big, walked and moved very fast, but he was fun to chase and climb over. It was funny being the center of attention, everyone wanted to hold me and play with me, especially the ladies! I did hit my lip on the coffee table and now have a booboo. Overall, it was a great experience! Mommy and daddy got a gift at the party that flashes up digital pictures, I like to watch it flash pictures up of me, I am so cute! Still only one front tooth, not sure what is taking it so long, still hurts, but I will let you know when it decides to arrive. Mommy and Daddy keep talking about Christmas presents, not sure what those are, or where they are hidden, but I will keep you posted on what I find out! Love too all!

46 Weeks!

Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving was fun! I went to grandma GiGi's house and got to eat lots of food! It was yummy! Grandma and Grandpa Howard also came to eat. We had a great time, and I got a new toy! YEA! On the way home we stopped by to see aunt K-K and the rest of the family. I got to play with Taylor and Ella (she is my Cougar)! :) Overall, thanksgiving was a fun new experience. Maybe next year I can eat some more, since I will have more teeth by then! I sure missed my uncle Greg!

45 Weeks!

My OTHER front tooth!

Okay, so here is the deal. I have my left front tooth, now the other one is trying to come through. It is making me very ill! It hurts! I am not happy about it. What do you need teeth for anyways, you loose them when you get older and have to get fake ones, why not go straight to the fake ones! Life makes no sense to me sometimes. Not much else new with me. Pulling up on everything, plan to run (not walk) soon. I am becoming a lot more dominant with my left hand, not sure what that means, but my parent's keep having a discussion about how hard it would be for me to play football! WHATEVER! I can do anything! I am learning about this thing called cold weather! It is really cold outside. I have also invented a new language, I babble and my parent's have no idea what I am saying (he, he) the only word the can understand is dada and mmmom. What is wrong with them? I have so much to say! I am looking forward to Thanksgiving, not sure what it is, but I will let you know what I find out.

44 Weeks!

43 Weeks!

Followup: What I have learned about Halloween

So here is the scoop on Halloween, apprently kids dress up as whatever they want to, they knock on the door and get candy. What a concept! I cannot wait until I can walk, it looks like fun! Mommy and daddy took me over to the neighbors house in my costume, Shaun Michael gave me some candy. Still not sure I understand. We only had 2 groups of kids come to the house. We have a lot of candy left, anybody want some! Daddy let me taste some smarties, they were pretty good, kind of hard to chew with 2 teeth, but good! Grandma GiGi came up to visit and watched me while mommy and daddy dressed up to go to the end of year awards dinner for daddy's work. He got 2 awards! Yea daddy! Grandma GiGi got me some cool toys while she was here! Thanks grandma GiGi!

42 Weeks!

All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth!

Well, upper that is, I have my 2 lower front teeth, but that was months ago. I have been waking up for the past few nights with this aweful pain in my mouth. Mommy says she can see me upper left tooth, it just has not broken through the skin yet! OUCH! But the teething tablets having been helping to ease the pain, thank you Aunt Heidi! Hopeful it will come in soon, we have all been losing a lot of sleep during these teething times.

41 Weeks!!!

Pumpkin Carving!

Let me tell you what an experience this was! I am not even big enough to USE a knife! Anyways, my parents thought it would be fun to carve a pumpkin. Actually, let me rephrase that, daddy ended up carving the pumpkin. Mommy and I supervised. I wanted to get in it and play, and by the way, that stringy stuff tastes pretty good! Mommy even baken the seeds! It was fun, hopefully next year I can be more involved! Why did they leave Mr. Pumpkin outside on the porch? I am really confused about this Halloween thing, I hope to learn more on Friday. I will keep you posted on what I learn.....

40 Weeks!!!

New Discoveries!

Just wanted to give a little update on Austin. Everyday is a new discovery for Austin! He is getting a lot better and manipulating objects from point A to point B, including food of course! Check out his presidential speech picture, I was asking him who the next president would be and he went off on a tanget. Who knows! Maybe he will be president one day! He is very mobile, which causes a decrease in naptime. Imagine that! Taylor is in our prayers, he is getting his adnoids and tonsils removed on Wed. I am sure he will feel much better! And a big WELCOME HOME to Damion, who will soon be returning home from Iraq! Love to all!

Look Who's Talking!!!

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35 Weeks

CRAWLING

I am finally moble! Last night daddy layed the phones on the floor, which I love to play with and I crawled to them! YEA! I crawled all the way across the floor! What can I get into now??????

34 Weeks

To: Auntie Stinky

This is for Sarah. She says I need to update my blog, though I really have no idea what I am doing......here goes. Austin is now 8 months old! My how time flies! Last weekend my parents camr to visit and we went out on the lake. Austin loves the water! He is a water baby! Other than that, not much new with Austin. He likes to "explore" his new lound noises. Although Sarah does not believe me, have can hold a cup and drink water from it. He is getting better at it, he just gets excited and spills it on himself at times. We have also been trying to help him practice crawling, he can only move a few steps, then lays down.

About Austin

Hi! My name is Austin! I am 7 months old, so my mommy is typing this for me. About me, I like to sleep, eat, and play. I love all orange colored foods, and of course my rice snacks. I enjoy watching the baby channel and of course playing outside. I have two dogs, Asko and Tigger. I look just like my daddy. I recently got my two bottom teeth in, and boy did that hurt! I am getting over an ear infection, so I am fine now. I also enjoy reading books and playing in my exersaucer and my car walker. One of my favorite things to do is take my big wooden spoon, roll to the window and look outside. I also try to stand up all the time. I cannot do it on my own, but mommy and daddy help me. Grandma GiGi and grandpa Mitch are coming to see me this weekend. I am so excited! That is all for now. I will let you know when I am up to something new.

About Mommy

I am a new mommy to my beautiful son Austin! My husband Gary is a recruiter for the Army National Guard. I work at home doing medical trascription work, and I love my job! I get to work and stay at home with my son. Who could ask for more! We live in North Carolina. We recently bought a house, and a boat. To arrive shortly we hope! Lake time!!!! We cannot wait to get Austin out on the water, and hope that he enjoys it as much as we do.