Family Time

I had a conference in Orlando last week and it was like we took off from winter and landed in summer. It was awesome.

We got to spend time with Frank's parents, and his aunts and uncle, and his grandmother, too!



With all of the family in town, Frank and I got to spend some fantastic time with each other (sans baby!). Including an afternoon at Universal's Islands of Adventure!

Little Man had quite a bond with his Grampa by the end of the week.


It was so fun to get to spend time with Frank's family - I'm so glad they got so much good time with Little Man, too!

Teeth!

Little Man has two teeth. Trying to get a picture of them can be dicey...





He is officially a carnivore now, too. He has had turkey, chicken, and beef. LM is quite adventurous - he even tried Thai the other night!

11 Months

This was tough - Little Man was born on March 30th, so we always (or nearly always) took his picture on the 30th of each month.

February, even this year, doesn't have a 30th. So we felt that gave us license to be really late - I think we took these on March 3rd. Oops.



Sitting still is not one of his things right now. But furniture surfing, and walking with minor assistance are his things.

He even started to stand without holding anything - for as many as 5 seconds!

Boo & Paco

Little Man and I took a quick trip down south last week to visit with Boo & Paco. LM has been doing more and more crawling and pulling up, so Paco decided to help him do some solo standing.


The knobs on the kitchen cabinets proved to be just the right height for holding on! And please excuse the bright red cheeks - LM had a bit of a cold/teething and was on a steroid to help with his cough. This lead to red cheeks, a little fussiness, and some good eating!


LM also got to play with lots of 'vintage' toys. Mom has held on to all of the classics, and LM took full advantage.


All that play meant a dirty little boy, so into the tub...er, sink he went! He really enjoyed the rubber duckies, and laughed as he splashed water all over me!


He is still a good travel buddy - making friends at the airport is his specialty, and he does well on flights, even when he doesn't sleep.

10 Months

Little Man is 10 months old! He had a bit of a cold when we took these pictures (at Boo & Paco's house), hence the nasal drops in his hand.


At least, we thought it was a cold, but it turns out he was teething! He finally has a tooth, it just barely came through a few days after his 10 month mark.


Little Man also started crawling this last month. He is quick, and pulls up on anything and everything! I'm thinking we're going to have one of those 'crawls for a month, then runs' babies.


It gets hard to get good pictures, he doesn't exactly sit still anymore!

He's still a skinny little guy, just enough pudge to be cute and not an ounce more.

Fun New Game

Little Man doesn't like hats anymore, but having toys on his head has become quite a game!


Sometimes he laughs so hard, his face scrunches up!

9 Months

Little Man is 9 months old. He is almost crawling, eating lots of mushy food (still no teeth), and generally awesome.

I'll put up some Christmas pictures later, but for now, here are some selections from his 9 month shoot - including his new trick, "touchdown!"

Oh, hey, just hanging out with Andrew.

I can stand now, with a little help

Touchdown! or Hip Hop Hooray Oh!

Bible study time, Mom