wordless wednesday: first forward-facing at 21 months

laughter

Okay, so it's difficult to follow up the hubs's post last night. For now, here's a phone pic of G in the throws of laughter. He has a weird cackling laugh that he does when he's laughing on purpose, and not just because something caused him to laugh.

His eyes crinkle up, and he makes such a goofy, delighted face. I love it.

Tomorrow, pictures from G's first spaghetti night! Oh boy oh boy.

15 months! holy moly

Dear Grayson,

You are 15 months old today! The further you get from one year, the more of a toddler you become. You've learned so many new skills in the past three months. You went from walking a little to just about running all over the place. You can get up from one knee just like an adult. Yesterday, you learned how to walk backwards, so you were doing that a lot today. It's hilarious to watch. You can go up the first couple of stairs by yourself by holding onto the railing, and you love to try to feed yourself with a spoon or fork loaded with food.

You're still a bit behind in your language, but you understand a lot. You say "moo" when I ask you what cows say, and you'll pat your stomach when we ask you where your tummy is. You know what stairs and books are. Today, you looked for your monkey pillow, Bafufo, and brought him to me when I asked. You'll press your face against my cheek when I ask for a kiss.

We stopped breastfeeding around two months ago, and you've done just fine. You don't even seem to remember it, which sometimes makes me so sad to think about. But I know it's all in the process of growing up, and it won't be the only thing I'll miss when you're older. You love your milk, so that makes things easier. You love green beans, sweet potatoes, meatballs, quesadillas, grilled cheese, yogurt, and all sorts of other foods. You are definitely kinda picky, but we keep trying stuff to see what you'll eat.

We joined a baby gym, and you've grown a lot in your physical skills. You'll crawl all over the playground equipment. You hated their giant parachute at first, but now you love it. Bubbles fascinate you. I love seeing you interact with the other kids. Sometimes you reach for their faces and you're so gentle with them. I hope you'll always been cuddly and gentle like this.

You cut at least one more tooth since you were 12 months old. You now have 8 teeth, all 4 on top and bottom! Now we're just waiting on the incisors and first molars - yay!

You're now just getting over your first real cold. It's lasted a week, so it's kind of dragging on a bit. I caught it from you too, but your Daddy just got a little of it. Your sleep has been horrible, but you slept from 7:30 - 5:30 last night, so that's great! Speaking of sleep, you started sleeping through the night soon after you turned one, and we've been so happy about that! Now, if you wake, it's usually very quickly for a paci. We're going to get rid of the paci soon after our trip to Miami, but for now we're letting you keep it for naps and nighttime. I'm so happy you finally started sleeping through the night.

I have some pics to post of you later this week, but for now, here are a few phone pics taken of you in the past couple of days.

You love your books! You'll sit for quite a while by yourself and flip through them.

You love these drumsticks. You'll bang on anything we let you.

Love these piggy toes!

This baby laptop sometimes distracts you from trying to get to ours.

Another favorite toy. You're learning to bang with the hammer instead of just pushing buttons with a finger.

Mmm, graham cracker.

 

You and Mommy

Love you, snuggabug!

android pics update

Sometimes I get to capture moments on my phone that I just wouldn't be able to if I had to haul out the Nikon.

Mmm, tasty toes.

G loved my bro and his girlfriend. He kept trying to eat her colorful skirt. 

His first ride at Chucky Cheese's on a firetruck. He was actually more amused than he seems here.

He looks like he's sucking his thumb here, but he isn't. G actually takes one of his two naps on me daily, sprawling across my lap. But really, wouldn't you trade anything to be able to see this face?

What a hilarious baby. Laying on my legs, eating the drawstring of my pants, holding a leg up in the air for no reason.

G's teething again, so his daddy often helps him sleep a bit more in the morning when he's having a difficult time going back to bed. I walked in to see them like this.

Up for the day with super fluffy hair.

oops!

I promise I'm still alive!

No, really.

I've been on Spring Break. It wasn't much of a break, considering I spent half of it studying for the MAT, cleaning the office in preparation for moving G into that room, and grading a TON. The other half I spent in Alabama with my parents.

There's a lot to blog about, but right now I'm laying in my own comfy bed, catching up on much-needed frivolous TV and computer time.

Here's a phone pic of G to tide you over.

Yeah, he's kinda cool like that.

The hubs and I got new phones a few weeks ago, both Androids.

I'm rather obsessed with it.

Especially because I can take photos and immediately post them to Twitter. Since my phone is usually nearby and fast, it makes for capturing moments of G that I might not otherwise.

I thought I'd post a recap of G pics here on the blog. (Also, if you're not following me on Twitter, you should head over and add @ariali!)

I'm...obsessed...with phones...




















Hahahaha, I have bedhead.

Noooo, don't cut my nails. You're KILLING me!

Snuggles with daddy after a nap.

I think I'm gonna refuse to eat veggies now. Yup. Good luck getting me to open my mouth.

This one is off the hubs's old phone - one of G's first pics, still in the hospital. Such a cute, tiny baby!