Jordyn's First Birthday

On February 15th, we went to Jordyn's first birthday party. I sure love Jordyn! I'm so glad that Mommy and her friends were smart enough to all have babies at the same time so we could be friends.

Jordyn looked really pretty at her party. She had a pretty dress on.



I liked playing with her toys while she opened her presents.



She got a lot of nice presents, but my favorite was this Mickey Mouse airplane.



Can you see how Jordyn, Ella, and I all wanted to play with it?



Me and Daddy hanging out at the party.



Mommy and Sky made Jordyn a diaper cake for her birthday. Crystal had told them that she needed diapers for a present more than anything!



Jordyn with her Mommy and Daddy and her sister Paityn. Paityn kept calling Jordyn, Jordy and it was so funny!



Finally, it was time for Jordyn to eat her cake. At first she wasn't sure what to do.



She's getting closer!



Get it Jordyn!



That's it?!?



With a little help from her Mommy she finally got into the cake, but she really didn't eat much.



Jordyn's cake was so pretty.



Ella and I were partying hard!




Here we are with Ella's daddy, Dustin.



Jordyn's great grandma was talking to me, and I just loved her. I wish my Great Grandma Nelson and Great Granny May were still alive.



I can't wait for my first birthday party. Mommy and Daddy talked about it the whole way home. It's still 4 months away and they are already trying to figure out what to do for me. I hope it's awesome!

I can't wait till my first birthday party so I can smash a cake.

Melonhead

Mommy's best friend, Melanie, had to go home after Valentine's Day. I think it's funny because Mommy calls her Melonhead. I hope I get to see her again soon. I really had so much fun playing with her. She was really wild and crazy and would do anything to make me laugh.

These pictures are of the last time she fed me. She fed me a lot while she was here. She's the one who taught me to eat baby food!





I love you Melanie! Come home soon!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Grandma brought me a present when she came to watch me the Friday before Valentine's Day. I was excited to see what it was!



It's a bear with a book!



I was really excited because I love to read books!



On Valentine's Day, Mommy and Daddy had a present for me too! I'm such a lucky guy.



Mommy was really excited about finding a card with Mickey Mouse that said 1st Valentine's Day on it.



What is it?



Ooooooo! It lights up!



I wanted to eat it! Well, actually, I just like to put everything in my mouth.

Crawling!

On February 8th, when I was 7 months, 1 week, and 4 days old I started crawling. Daddy had been begging me to crawl for at least a month. He always practiced with me, but I would just flop down on to my stomach. But this day, I wanted to get to the puppy, so off I went!

My First Swimming Lesson

This past Saturday, Mommy took me to my first swimming lesson. We were running late as usual. Mommy had gone out with her friend's from high school the night before, and she kept telling me what a bad idea it was to do that the night before swimming lessons. That's part of the reason why Mommy doesn't have a picture of me in my swimsuit. I'm sure she'll take some next week.

Anyhow, my class is at the YMCA. When we got there we didn't know where to go, which made us more late. Then when Mommy got us in the locker room and dressed, she couldn't remember how to do a combination lock. She said it had been 10 years! Finally she figured it out and we rushed out to the pool. We were in such a rush that Mommy forgot to take my socks off. I looked like a big dork in a swimsuit with socks! Right before we got in the pool she noticed and threw them over by our towels.

When we got in the water, I was a little disappointed. This was nothing like my bathtub! It was warm, but I like a nice hot bath! My friends, Ella and Jordyn loved it though. I curled up in a ball and held onto Mama the whole time. Mom didn't care though. She likes when I'm clingy.

We did lots of things at swim lessons like trying to move our arms, kick our feet, climb out of the pool, jump in the pool and more. We sang lots of songs and played a few games. Mommy asked me to try a little harder to enjoy it next time.

Here we are after our lesson ended.



And my girls...



I thought the pool was cold, so I was in for the shock of my life when we went in the locker room after our lesson. It was FREEZING in there. All the moms quickly agreed that the worst part of swimming lessons is getting us babies changed afterwards while we are all crying from the cold. No fun at all!

After we got dressed, Mommy had to get a picture of all of us in our matching Valentine's Day glasses.

Chillin'

The other day Mommy discovered an Avent training cup that had handles that would fit on my bottles. I was just chillin' in my high chair trying it out.




After a few minutes I decided that life was much easier when Mom just held my bottle for me, so I threw it down. If I'm holding the bottle, how will I pull on mine and Mommy's hair?

After she gave up on trying to make me hold my own bottle, Mommy let me try a teething biscuit for the first time. I liked gnawing on it with my gums. I didn't really swallow any though. I pretty much just made a big mess getting it all over my hands, face, and bib.

My Canadian Auntie!

Mommy's best friend, Melanie, has been here for a few weeks. She is visiting from Canada. It's been so much fun having her around.

She bought me this fun toy. I'm having a lot of fun pulling myself up to stand with it. I'm trying to walk with it too, but I just can't figure it out yet.





I've decided to eat my baby food for Melanie. Mom says she isn't going to let Melanie go home since I eat for her.




Who wouldn't want to laugh and eat for a face like this!?!



Melanie has been helping Mommy with bathtime too. My new talent is trying to climb out of the tub. Mom has some better pictures of me trying to climb out, but I didn't want my privates plastered all over the internet. Geez Mom!





I will really miss Melanie when she goes home. Someday I hope to go to Canada to visit her!