Car seat love.

I love this! We have been waiting for so long to let Stryder sit facing forward and then for the car seat to show up in the mail. It was all worth the wait, though. You can just feel the love in the air.

Sick and tired.

He's been teething and picked up Roseola, I'm thinking from storytime at the library. That means he has had a high fever for days and then broke out in a sad bumpy rash all over. He usually fights sleep but just couldn't manage the energy, I guess. It's been a hard couple of weeks- I mean year.

11 months old, today!

He just started really walking this last week. Ava is so excited about it. Every time she sees him doing it she yells out, "he's walking!" He tries to say a lot of things, but his new favorite thing to say is "roll-roll-roll-BALL!" -Like row, row, row your boat. He got this from a toy ball that sings it that way. It's really cute how he tries to use it like he's having a conversation with us. He also says cat, pump (isn't that sweet), toe, pup, touch, that, puff, nah-nuh (banana), and babe. He also is very good with animal sounds. His favorites are monkey and dog sounds. His favorite foods at the moment are bananas, peaches, plain soy yogurt, and raisins- all sweet things, of course. I'm so thrilled that he's finally almost a 1 year old and able to do most of the big boy things he's been wanting to do and able to play and laugh with his big sister. He's working on getting his 5th and 6th teeth- ouch! He's turning into such a sweetheart and we love him more, with every day.

In love with a water balloon.

She refused to throw it because, she said, "it's too cute to throw."