I don't like that...

I haven't posted much this month!! It's been busy...Brad is at the end of 22 days in a row of work. It's hard to hold down the fort and be effective at work when he's not around. So...my apologizes! Hopefully things will slow down a bit in November.

Anderson's taste buds are developing!! He used to eat anything that I put in front of him. However, I'm trying more textures and foods now...so, he has started spitting out what he doesn't want. It's so funny to watch his little tongue work the food around his mouth! My good friend, Shannon, said "just wait till he starts spraying it out". Does that really happen?!?!

Some funny videos...

Anderson has been cracking us up lately...check out these funny moments that fill our lives!!

Look what we found...

Anderson went down for his morning nap at 9am today...we heard him talking and talking and talking and the getting very excited. So...we decided to go check on him to see what was going on. This is how we found him...of course, with a huge smile on his face.

"Look at me...I'm standing up now!"

Is this really starting already?!?!?!? I thought we had at least a month or so left...now its definitely time to baby proof the house!

Our Little Rascal

Anderson is definitely showing his personality lately!! He LOVES to explore the house and now that he can crawl it has opened up a whole new world. He's so attentive to new objects and seems to prefer all of the adult toys (books, cell phones, remote controls) and animal toys over all of his brightly colored baby toys. We have hard woods upstairs so every morning I lay out this great (and brightly colored) mat along with several toys for Anderson to play with. Without fail, the first thing he does when I put him on the mat to play is crawl off of it and on to the hard woods to play with the books on the shelve or the large and very dangerous mirror that leaning against the wall. The behaviorist in me says...just put him back on the mat and with enough repetition he'll figure out that it is here he plays...however...it's not working!

He also has been playing around more that eating when its time for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. He gives about half of the puffs to Bella and giggles as she licks his hands and face to get any left over rice cereal or half soaked puffs. He also bites down on the spoon when we are feeding him so that we can't pull it out. Then, starts smiling...too cute.

Anderson biting down on the spoon so that I can't get it out and thinking he's so smart!!

Anderson exploring the cat and dog toys...it's ok...it builds up his immune system!

What a funny guy!!

He's on the move...

Looking very dapper...

Anderson and I had a "lawn games"  (bocce ball and crocket) party to go to this weekend.  The attire was dresses/sun hats for ladies and slacks/jackets for gentlemen.  Anderson had this super cute jacket that I bought him a while back on the sale rack at Gymboree.  He looked fabulous!!  We had a great time too...thanks for the yummy food and drinks Hatten's and Tebb's!!  

At the party, Anderson tried some Gerber Graduates Lil Crunchies for the first time...what a funny face!  I gave them again to him today and he loved them.  I guess it just takes a bit to get used to a new taste.

Grass poop!?!?

Our neighbors, Peter and Judy, snapped these great photos of Anderson. Peter saw him sitting in the grass and said that he "had to get some pictures" of him. It's nice to have a professional photographer as a neighbor! Thanks Peter and Judy!

Anderson LOVES sitting in the grass. The other day when Brad and I were tossing the frisbee back and forth and Anderson was sitting in the grass Brad noticed that he had some grass in his hands. We didn't think much of it till Brad found grass in his poop yesterday!! So funny!! A little roughage doesn't hurt...does it?