Pull me Halie!

Last week, my cousin Halie was staying the night on Saturday as usual. Mommy put me in my walker and told Halie to watch me while she ran to the other room. When she came back, Halie had tied a string from my walker to her and was pulling me all around the kitchen. It was soooo much fun! Halie always comes up with the funnest things for us to do!

7 Months Old

Dear Antonio,

You are 7 months old now! You are just growing too fast! Here are some things about you...

-You roll over like crazy. We have to wrestle you to change your diaper. You try to flip to your stomach the whole time.
-You have started to notice Bevo and you love to touch "the puppy," which is what Daddy calls Bevo when he's talking to you.
-You love to stand. You prefer to be standing at all times. You pull yourself up on anything you can get your hands on. In your crib you stand up and yell for us.
-Speaking of standing in your crib, I laid you down for a nap this past Saturday, and I heard a funny noise. You were standing in your crib for the first time and were tearing down the mobile. I took the mobile down before you could destroy it.
-Daddy is so protective of you. He worries that you will fall when you are standing and makes sure one of us is near you.
-Mommy is the wild one and you love when I throw you in the air. You have the hugest smile!
-You still aren't a fan of baby food. As for eating you prefer to drink a bottle. Nursing is really hard because if you hear a noise you immediately have to see what it is.
-You have been working really hard at trying to crawl. You haven't quite figured it out. You try to stay on your feet in the back instead of your knees. I think you'd prefer to just walk.
-You have started sleeping through the night. Praise the Lord! You go to bed at about 8:00 and wake up around 7:45.
-You like peekaboo now and finally understand that we still exist when you can't see us.
-You are starting to cry when you are with people you don't know that well. This has made your Nanny Tourney and your Grandpa very sad. They better start coming around more often!
-You sit up and play with toys really well now. This has given Mommy and Daddy some freedom!


I love you so much Antonio! I'm amazed at all the new things you are learning and am excited everyday to see what you'll do next!

Love,

Mommy

Exploration Place with my Girlfriends

Last weekend we met my girlfriends, Ella and Jordyn at the Exploration Place. There was a special traveling exhibit with Mr. Potato Head there. We took Halie with us and she got to hang out with Jordyn's sister, Paityn.



We were all trying to touch each other.




While us babies played, Halie and Paityn explored a castle. I can't wait till we are big enough to go up there!




They have this neat tube that you drop a toy down and it goes all the way to the bottom.




The Queens, Paityn and Halie!



After we played by the castle, we moved on to the Mr. Potato Head exhibit.

First, Halie spun around in this tube.



Then she went "scuba diving."



She went to space with Mr. Potato Head.



Me and my girls had fun playing with this light up wall.




Jordyn is getting really good at walking while holding on to stuff. I'm jealous!



We all had fun with this circle toy.



Mommy loved my shirt today.



My favorite thing at the Exploration Place was the big mirror. I sat by it and stared at myself forever. I'm so handsome!




It was so fun!



I gave myself lots of kisses!




I realized I could see Mommy in the mirror to and I was so excited!



When Mommy finally pried me away from the mirror we went and saw Halie and Paityn go in this yellow tube. It was windy inside like a tornado!



Then Mom took me outside to see the Arkansas River.



The last thing we did was meet Mr. Potato Head.

My Cousin, Halie

My cousin, Halie, has been staying the night on Saturday nights so she can come to church with us on Sunday. It's so much fun to have her here. She has a baby brother who is a little older than me, so she really knows what us babies like to do!

She was entertaining me while Mom was fixing up my gross baby food. Mommy keeps hoping that she'll find a food that I'll eat without gagging. I know what she can give me, ice cream!

Standing up!

On January 15th, when I was 6 and half months old, Mommy showed me how to stand up in my crib. I figured out afterwards that if she sat me close to the rails, I could grab on and pull myself up!




After I just figured it out, Mommy and Daddy moved my matress down lower so I can't do it anymore. They are so mean! I do try to stand up everywhere that I can grab something now. I try to stand up on my changing table and in the bathtub and that really makes Mom crazy!

I don't like baby food!

After the family went home, it was just me, Mom, and Dad again. We like to hang out on the bed in the morning.



That night, Mom strapped me into the high chair. I knew something fishy was going on, because usually she feeds me my cereal in my bebe pod seat.



Then she got out this yucky orange stuff and put it in a bowl. I heard her telling Daddy that it was squash. Daddy fed me that night. I wasn't too happy with them.






Do Mommy and Daddy eat squash? I don't think so! I let them know how I felt about the squash by throwing it all up after a few bites. I do NOT like baby food at all.

New Year's Eve

For New Year's Eve, Aunt Teeter and her family and Big Daddy and Wita came to Kansas. Of course my Nanny Tourney came over too!



We opened more presents with everyone. My cousin Zacchaeus wore his Santa suit. He likes the remote controls just as much as I do. We are going to have so much fun together when we get older.



All the grownups did a White Elephant gift exchange. They got funny stuff!



Here's my Aunt Teeter with Zacchaeus. Poor Zacc, he ended up being sick and throwing up that weekend.



After us kids went to bed, the adults had a big party.



The family all made tamales together.





Happy New Year!