New sounds

Davey is really experimenting with sounds. He still mostly say da-da-da, but he has learned to change the shape of his mouth to make new sounds too. Still no sign of anything that sounds like mama, oh well. The pictures here are of Davey saying "ooooooo" (as in moo, maybe?).
Another really cute thing that he's been doing lately is dancing in his high chair during dinner, unaccompanied by music, I might add. He will growl or grunt at Mark, take a bite of dinner, and then bop along in his chair as he chews. He really marches to the beat of a different drum. :-)

Davey is a smartey!

Davey has been watching the Your Baby Can Read DVDs for almost 2 months and it is really helping him with his developmental milestones! He can clap and wave with the video and has even been doing it on command for a couple of weeks. He also seems to know "toes" and "yes" and "no", but of course he will only do these when he thinks we are not looking.

I will post some other videos and pictures that we took yesterday as well... it was a snow day here so we had a lot of fun indoors! Don't you just LOVE the monkey hat? :-)

My BIG boy...

A few months ago, I got Davey the cutest whale thing to chart his growth throughout the years. I knew that I wanted to keep up with it for at least several years and perhaps even multiple kids, so I didn't want to apply it directly to my wall. I like our house, but I am pretty sure we will be moving within the next few years, especially if we have another baby. So, I went to Lowe's and bought a piece of acrylic today and put it all together. Davey helped as you can see. I just LOVE it! I wrote down the last couple of measurements from the doctor's office. It's amazing how much he's grown since birth! Before long we'll be planning his birthday party. I just can't believe it!

Sweet baby Davey

Davey is doing so well! We started a play group last week and he just loves playing with all of the babies. He'll finally have some little boys to play with too! He's almost done with the first month of Your Baby Can Read and he's already finished reading Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Well, not exactly. But, he has started to clap and wave at the appropriate times when he is watching the video so, I have seen some progress.

I joined Facebook yesterday... finally! So, look me up if you're on there too. It's neat to see what everyone's up to. My friends say that it is addictive, but I am determined that it will not become an addiction for me- I just don't have the time!

Fast as fast can be...

Davey has really taken off! He's crawling so much faster and has started to pull up on everything and even stand by himself for a few seconds. This video shows him crawling, standing and laughing at mama. Daddy still gets the best laughs, but I can usually illicit a chuckle or two.

He has at least 5 more teeth that I can see coming in right now, so he's really not been himself the past week or so and his sleeping patterns have gotten very sporadic. Last night he was up at 12pm, 2am, 3am, 5am, and 7am. He only stays up for a minute but it really takes a toll on me the next morning! Those sweet baby smiles and giggles the next day totally make up for it. :-)

He's having his 9 month portraits done at the end of February, a couple of weeks early, because he will have nearly outgrown the cute outfits that I got for him. Plus, we're doing pictures with the live bunnies for Easter at Precious Memories too. I will have to get a picture from Linda to post on my blog. They are SOOOO cute!

Box baby

Since my last post, I've decided that I really need to update my blog more often so that I don't get overwhelmed by trying to catch up on 1 or 2 months at a time. So, I'm going to try to do a short post each week with pictures. I feel like I'll forget all of the little details otherwise.

So, this week Davey has discovered boxes. We invested in a learning program called "Your Baby Can Read" which came in a Davey-sized white box that he just loved! he likes the sound that the flaps make when he beats on them!

As I was doing laundry today I decided to put him in the laundry basket to see if he liked it and he did. There were no flaps to beat on, but he loved putting his mouth on the sides. He sat in the laundry basket for 20 minutes while he watched his DVD and looked in the mirror. What a cutey!

Crawling

Yes, we have a crawling baby! Well, he is starting to at least... I took this video today and just HAD to post it so that the world can see how advanced my child is! (That's a joke, btw. I'm not one of THOSE parents.) Davey has grown so much. He has the cutest little laugh and daddy is best at getting it out of him. I'll have to upload a video of it sometime so that you can hear him... it's TOO cute! I can hardly believe the little man that he is turning into before my eyes. I see him change every single day