Walking?

Dylan is thinking he might practice walking!

That lasted for about one minute!

Dylan, the escape artist.

This is Dylan's latest trick. Doesn't matter how tight you buckle him in his high chair, he finds a way to escape. He's not even interested in eating in his high chair anymore, it's more of a game to him. Actually, it's really becoming a problem.

I Love French Toast!

Our baby is growing!

New Words

Dylan now says "up" which is pronounced, aah-pppp (emphasis on the 'p'). He also says "buh-bye" which sounds similar to baa-baa, but he waves his arm. He says hi, and hey, mama, and once in a great while he will say dada - but very rarely.

Big Boy Food

Dylan has been eating more and more big boy foods. For breakfast he usually has a wheat waffle and apple pieces. Today at lunch he had pieces of turkey, american cheese and peeled grapes. He LOVES toast and biscuits. Well, he loves pretty much everything. He loves to eat whatever you are eating, especially if it's sweet. He loves yogurt, puffs, pancakes, fruit, graham crackers, and banana crackers. He is really great at drinking out of a big boy cup too, with no cover!

Growing Boy

Dylan can sometimes fit into 6-9 month pants now! Usually 3-6 months, but he's starting to get taller. His belly continues to grow larger and more round, which makes it hard to find pants that will fit his big old belly and very short legs :) Oh, and for those who haven't seen him in a while, his hair is getting longer and CURLY!

New Tricks

Climbing, climbing and more climbing. Occasionally he takes a few steps, but knows he will to his destination much faster by crawling, so he prefers to crawl. High five, this is the funniest thing to him. He also likes low five of course. He points to "mama's nose". LOVES his pointer finger these days, loves to poke! And as I said in the previous post, he's learned that he is quite the comedian.

Comedian

Dylan has figured out that if he does certain things, people will laugh at him. He loves it. He is constantly trying to do new "tricks" and looks around to make sure people are watching - if no one laughs, he does it again and again until someone cracks a smile. He's such an entertainer and so darn cute! His latest trick is dumping water on himself. He often drinks from a big boy cup with no lid. Yesterday, he was doing this and tipped the cup up too far - water all over him! Of course, we laughed - so the second time he held the cup up to his mouth then put it down really fast, quickly looking up to make sure I was going to laugh. Such a character!

Crazy Baby!

Happy boy

"Check out my teeth!"

Funny faces.

Pay attention to the extended jaw, this is Dylan's latest funny face.

"ROOOOOOOAR!"

New High Chair!

Thank you Grandma!

Peanut!

Dylan had his 9 month Well Child Check today, he is in the 5th percentile - meaning 95% of babies are larger than him. (He wore his 3-6 month size pants today) Everything went well. Developmentally, he is ahead of where he should be - but we already knew he was smart cookie. He had 3 shots and he laughed at the nurses. He cried for maybe 2 seconds? Then was laughing all over again. He also had to have his blood drawn to test for anemia, because he is so small, and to test the lead levels in his body. He was so brave! Again, he cried for less than 2 seconds and it was purely because he was being "pinned" still.

He's such an amazing little boy. He completes our life - every day is such a blessing when we get to spend it with him. You honestly never know how wonderful parenthood is until you experience it for yourself.

I can't believe I almost forgot to post this!

Why would Dylan be covered in snow?

Because Daddy rolled him over in his sled!

So Darn Curious.

Dylan was just so curious about the fish Daddy was playing with, he had to touch!

Grandparents...

"Get me to the big truck!"

"What are we waiting for?"

Grampy may be tired from plowing all night, but Dylan is ready!

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Yet to have a nice picture of the three of us... Oh well!

The closest thing to a smile we got out of Mr. Hansome

If it doesn't have a motor, he's not interested. Honestly.

Going slow is way too boring for the boys.

FASTER! And Daddy is having more fun than Dylan, as usual :)

"Is this supposed to be exciting?"

Mischief Man

Jacie is sleeping...

Notice the pointer finger that is about to poke Jacie

Hahahaha...

LOVING BATH TIME!

Seriously loving the bathtub.

With some left over dinner!

Pat-A-Cake

Dylan has recently learned to clap to pat-a-cake. He loves it, but his FAVORITE part is to "mark it with a D" - he loves to hold his pointer finger out. We've been practicing together, but this morning I noticed he was clapping on his own and holding his pointer out so he could "mark it". He's just so darn cute!

Mohawk

Dylan Has Teeth

Dylan thinks his crib is very tasty.

Daddy & Baby

Our beautiful baby boy

How can you resist such a handsome little face?

Random.

Who needs toys when you have Airplane Daddy?

Our Future Computer Geek

Bumping Up and Down...

In my little red wagon!

Auntie had been singing "Little Red Wagon" to Dylan and he loved it! I only knew a few of the words until I found the video on you tube the other day. It's Dylan's new favorite thing to watch - that, and the snuggle puppy video.

Buddies

Dylan's buddy came over to play today. He's jealous because she fits on his toys and he's too small for, well, pretty much all of them!

Dyl followed Emerson around like a little puppy dog. He was so curious about what she was going to do next.

He even likes her so much, he shared cookies with her :)

Family Dinner

Tonight we went to Grandma & Grandpa's for dinner. Auntie Christine, Uncle Mark, Kaden & Mackinna were there too. Dylan wasn't interested in anyone really, except for Kaden and Salice (Mackinna's heavy baby that sits on her hip). If Dylan had his way, he would have smooched them all night. I'm not sure if he thought Salice was not breathing or what, but I could have sworn he was practicing his CPR techniques.
Dylan still seems small, he still wears 6 month clothes... however, for dinner tonight he ate... carrotts, banana & strawberry, macaroni & cheese, mashed potatoes, graham crackers and probably could have kept going. No wonder his belly is the largest part on him!

Bath & Bedtime

Too cute!! I had to share.

Our little climber

Dyl's next move was climbing the piano... we're definitely in trouble!

Sleds!

Shawn was out on his sled today. Every time Dylan saw him he would say "Vrooom, vrooom!" he was so excited. Finally, Dylan got a turn on Daddy's sled... this will be the first time he didn't spit up after his snowmobile ride. Yay!
Dylan's first time in his very own red sled! Can't you tell by his facial expression how much he loved it!?