11 Months.

Seriously? It is crazy to think about just how different our lives were just 11 months ago. Hmmph. I hadn't even met this little man of mine 11 months ago. We were living in an entire different town, going to an entire different church, living in an entire different house, well you get the point. We have made some major life changes in this last year, all which have been great for our family, especially the birth of Warren.

Warren is into everything. It would be safe to say that he is much like Wyatt was at this age as far as being busy. Some of his favorite activities are too pull every book he can reach off of the bookshelf onto the floor. Guess that is where he thinks they should go. I pick them up, he pulls them off. He also enjoys the kitchen and the many exciting wonders of clanking pans and bowls and such. :) Since Wyatt is using the potty these days we are having a little trouble with Warren playing in the toilet since Wyatt doesn't always remember to close the lid. I have even found a few swimming toys in the potty already. Nice.04.

The only thing that beats all of those other activities for Warren is outside. The little guy just wants to be outside. He is absolutely content to be outside. I love that because I love to be outside too.

On the verge of walking. He is currently mastering the whole balance thing. I have watched him stand alone for minutes at a time. He is taking steps by himself, but quickly looses his balance and resorts to crawling. He'll get it when he is ready.

He is looking more like a handsome little boy and less like a baby :(. He has this adorable big toothy grin. He has 8 teeth now!! His hair still wins the prize for the most comments. At first it was just the sheer volume of his hair, but now people just can't get over the coloring. He has a dark stripe of hair down the middle of his head and the sides are turning lighter everyday. People think I color his hair on purpose. Really? Do people really do that to babies?

After 5 months of constant ear infections we opted to have tubes put in his ears two weeks ago. He seems to be doing much better. When I think of the last few months I honestly think about Dr. visits, antibiotics, thermometers, and our comfy recliner as my bed. But I am happy to say I have been able to sleep in my bed ALL night long for the last two weeks! Sleep does a body and mind good. He had a little bit of hearing loss at our first visit to the ENT specialist, but we are hoping that his hearing will be next to normal next time we go back. He seems to hear more stuff now as well as he makes more noise. He jabbers all the time. The only words he can say is "mama". Ha! Wyatt said "dada" first so I am pretty excited about that.

He is so much fun and we are so thankful for such a happy little guy. Warren will be one this next month. What an adventure this next year is gonna be.

Training An Olympic Ice Skater.

Last week we took Wyatt ice skating in the Galleria Mall in Dallas. Of course this was something we had been watching on TV some during the Olympics and had been asking to go for a while. So with great anticipation on his part we made it to the Ice Skating rink.

Cute little bity skates :).

Can you see the excitement on his face. Don't think Russell could have put those skates on him fast enough.

This is how he spent his time on the rink. Russell would hold his hands and he would lift his feet up and try to do some crazy "trick". Pretty sure he thought he would be able to skate exactly like those people he saw on tv the first time he hit the ice. It was seriously funny.

If Russell wasn't holding on to him he didn't mind to just hold on to the side and skate around holding on for dear life. He would have been there for hours and hours if we would have let him.

Of course I had to man the baby. Who seemed pretty content to watch Daddy and Brother while eating an enormous amount of Cheerios.

It was a great day and a fun experience. Cant wait till Warren is big enough and we can all skate.

Rocking Baby

Yesterday while Russell was in the office room and I was in the kitchen we heard Warren laughing and screaming and this is what we found when we came into the living room. He somehow figured out how to crawl in the swing by himself and to make it swing. The swing motor was not on in this video...the swinging is all him.

Major Milestones.

Okay....so maybe not major, but important to this mom. Today Wyatt started a little mother's day out program which is "school" and you cannot tell him any different. It is also Warren's nine month birthday. One of these days I might get around to a Christmas post...but there is just so much to cover it is overwhelming.

Wyatt went to a brand new place and walked right into his classroom without even telling Russell and I bye. He was ready for more social interaction than he was getting at home. It is only one day a week, but Wyatt thinks this is big stuff. The boy loves to be around people. This is the same place he will start an actual preschool this fall.

9 months...really? I am trying not to blink...but it really does just fly by. This month Warren got his top two teeth in, had his first christmas, saw snow for the first time, and is getting very close to walking. We have had some battles with ear infections this last month as well as the couple before that. He is very happy inquisitive little guy. He thinks it is really fun to put things in the toilet and pull over the trash can on himself. He is always into something and loves it when we all get down and wrestle. He really thinks silly things are funny...Wyatt is pretty good at getting a really big "cackle" out of him. These are good times.

Wyatt and Warren this morning before we took Wyatt to "school"

God knew what he was doing when he gave me these two.

Cookies for Santa

Just testing them out....and no I did not let Warren eat one. He wanted to so badly.

Christmas kisses.

Sweet kisses from our boys.

Yes. Boo is one of our boys.

8 Months.

Dear Warren,

Saturday you turned 8 months old. So much has changed for you in the last few months. You are ALL over the place. When you turned 6 months old you were rocking back and forth up on all fours just trying to figure out how in the world to get moving. Well after a few weeks of rocking on your hands and knees you got the hang of it and were crawling by the first of November. Since then you have just gotten faster, started pulling, up and taking steps along the furniture. You are very determined. You keep trying everything over and over till you get it. I love that about you. You don't cry when you don't get it, just keep trying.

You are still a very happy baby and I couldn't ask for anything better. You have had some trouble with some ear infections the last couple months, so during those times you were a understandably a little fussy. I also know you are teething because you feel the need to put everything in your mouth and just gnaw on it.

Your daddy and I love to hear your belly laugh. You get a big kick out of watching your brother do silly stuff and he loves to make you laugh. Bath time is your absolute favorite though. You and your brother will play forever in there just laughing and splashing. You two make huge mess every night at bath time....but it is worth it to me to hear you two cackling together. I love it.

You would really prefer us to just hold you all night while you slept which I love to hold you when you sleep, but we are working on getting you to sleep better on your own. You usually fall asleep around 9:30 or 10 in my arms. That is "our time". It is when Wyatt is in bed and we just get to cuddle. That is my favorite time of the day. You usually wake up around 6:30 0r 7 with a 2 2hr naps during the day. (10ish and 3ish) You eat oatmeal for breakfast, baby food for lunch, and rice cereal for dinner.

Oh and your vocabulary....is pretty much "bah" and some other undefinable noised. The only sound you are saying consistently is "bah".

Love,

Mom