My crazy boy

I was finally able to upload a video after we plugged our computer directly into the cable rather than using our router. This is Emmory in his walker making some of his crazy noises, and I was hiding behind the chair and would jump out at him and he would start laughing, then go right back to his noises, as you will see.

February

If there is one word that I could use to describe February, as it relates to Emmory, it would be movement. He is constantly on the go, crawling, standing, and getting close to walking. I will be shocked if he isn't walking by his first birthday (which is only two months away, how can that be?) I got his walker out of the attic last week, and he loves it, except he doesn't walk mostly he runs and rams into things. It has been nice to having something where he can move but be contained at the same time. The only problem is he loves to chase me in it so on more than one occasion I have gotten my heel run into or my foot run over. He loves to walk around with our help too, whenever I am holding him on my lap he will grab my hands and slide his body down to the ground letting me know he wants to walk around. He is still eating like crazy, not as much his bottles but solid food. He loves it and if he is ever around food he isn't happy unless he can have it....something we need to work on. We were at the doctor last week to get a shot and he weighed 22 lbs, 5 ozs (with his diaper on). He is also teething like crazy right now, working on tooth #3,4,5, and 6. I think all but one have broke through the surface of the gums so hopefully once #6 breaks through he will get some relief. Thankfully it hasn't affected his nighttime sleep this time, but it has seemed to affect his naps. Well the main reason I wanted to post was to put up some new pictures, so here they are. There was also one "first" this month that you will see in the last pictures....I'll make you wait to see to keep you in suspense :)

Standing up on the footrest

If anyone wants to know what to get him for his birthday, how about a big package of socks? I don't know why but he loves them.

On his riding toy that we got with his Valentine money from Nama and Papa. It also doubles as a push toy/walker which he loves to do, except he tries to go too fast and falls down

We finally got snow! I can't wait for next year when he can actually play in it, we took him out for a few minutes this time

Chasing his doggy whom he loves....I don't think the feeling is mutual, I've noticed that Tillman tries to avoid Emmory now...I guess he's had his ears pulled one too many times

Taking a bath in the big boy tub. He LOVES bathtime, he splashes like crazy with his hands and feet and everything is soaked once we are done

Oh that sweet, beautiful, long brown hair...

Which is now about to be cut off...that's right in this pic we are waiting to get his hair cut!

This is what he did the entire wait time, he sat still for 20 or 30 minutes (a record for him) and just chewed on this thing

He was not happy once she started combing his hair

Funny expression

I think this picture is so funny, this is how I kept him happy and "somewhat" still while he got his hair cut...I fed him puffs

Not thrilled

All finished with his first hair cut! I hated it at first, I thought I wanted it cut but when she was cutting it I wanted to yell "stop, don't cut off one more piece of that hair!" But I am happy with how it turned out, she did a good job and I am getting used to it...it just makes him look like a little boy and not a baby anymore, and I do miss that beautiful long baby hair, but it had to happen sometime, and he does actually look like a boy now so maybe he won't be called a girl anymore all the time. It is a lot lighter now too, all the long hair was the darker hair so now it looks not only like he got it cut but lightened too. I promise it is all natural, no chemicals were put on his head :)

Nap protests

Emmory is going through a really tough time right now....well tough for me probably not so tough for him! He has always been a good sleeper, he learned to fall asleep on his own at an early age, so naptime has always been easy, I lay him down and he falls asleep. Well, now that he knows how to stand up in his crib, that is all he wants to do at naptime. He just stands up and cries and cries. You would think he would get tired of this after a while, but there is no wearing him down, apparently our child is extremely stubborn. I've tried leaving him in there without going to him at all, and I've tried going in, laying him down, and immediately leaving; neither of which have worked so far. When I rock him before his naps, all he wants to do is play, he doesn't act tired at all, although he does yawn quite a bit. It's just amazing how things can change so fast, he is really growing up fast lately and having so many developmental changes. Honestly sometimes I wonder if he will ever nap again...most people told me this only lasted a few days with their child when they learned to stand up in their crib, I think we are on at least on day 4 with Emmory. We shall see how he is doing by the end of the week.