It amazes me how much these babies change from month-to-month. And all those parents who say, "It goes by fast..before you know it they're a year old and walking and talking, and graduating high school and going to college." ...well, they aren't lying. I never quite understood just how fast it goes until I had one of my own.
This little boy is about 28.5" long (we think longer) and 21lbs 6oz. He checked off a couple milestones in the last month. He got his two (bottom) front teeth for Christmas, and has started crawling (it's more of an army crawl and he kicks his feet like he's swimming). He gets around though!
We had a group date before Christmas with some of our friends. We all went bowling and then had dinner at Laurel and Ranzy's house. It was fun to get together with friends and do something other than work or watch TV at home. We of course brought Kobe because our two main babysitters were part of the date, and he's just pleasant to have around so far.
Christmas morning, Lane woke me up at 6...of course the one day Kobe decided to sleep in. We got Kobe up and started opening presents. I was actually impressed at how interested he was in gifts and the process of opening gifts. Everyone always said, "Oh he'll just be trying to eat the paper and be more interested in the boxes." He was, but he actually tried opening presents and got excited to play with his new toys...and eat ours. Lane spoiled me again! We went up to Blake and Kim's for breakfast and gift exchanging, and then we did a late lunch up at Curt's with the rest of the family. It was a nice day spending time with family.
Santa got Kobe this walker, and he has such a thrill in it. You can tell he feels like one of us when he's running around in it because he can grab things and maneuver around the house. We finally had to put up a gate at the top of the stairs. Before that, we were using all 8 chairs from the dining room table to block off areas. Now that he's walking around in his walker and crawling, it's definitely time to baby-proof!
More Seahawks gear at our house!
Soda Stream! ....just what we needed
Precious moments with Gran and Popo
When Lane was younger, he would be at church and pass down a menu to his family to Restaurant X and fix something from the menu after church. So his gift to his parents this year was a coupon to Restaurant X for a dinner for two, including an appetizer, dinner, dessert and a movie rental. He went all out and
made salmon crustinies, lobster, steak, salmon, potatoes, fresh green beans, and caramel cheesecake. It was the most fancy dinner I'd ever had! Restaurant X should become a real restaurant someday.
I love looking at this face every day!
And those teeth! A-d-o-r-a-b-l-e! He has two visible, one more on the bottom and one on the top starting to cut through.
He loves to follow us around the house in his walker. It's hilarious because we'll be sitting or standing somewhere and feel a tug on our clothes, or a little hand on our leg and look down and he will just get so excited, start panting and squealing and run away. If you're walking behind him he thinks you're chasing him so he'll start running and giggle. So. Dang. Cute.
And here's the gate.
You may think I'm a bad mom for allowing this to happen, but think away. I sanitized it, but even so, he's going to get germs somewhere else. He just likes to chew on everything! And it was funny.
And at the end of the day we have bath time where he splashes and giggles those germs away!
He is definitely a boy. He has already learned how to make motor noises when playing with his trucks and cars. It amazes me that this is a trait that develops so early on.
I stopped being lazy for a couple hours this year and decided to make Christmas cards. I thought they turned out cute. I can thank Pinterest for some of the ideas!
Aunt Britt and Uncle Mike got him this little walker. He can't quite walk with it but he is so into all the songs, lights and noises. He plays with it for hours throughout the day!
He has also learned how to throw temper tantrums. It's so entertaining, but I'm a little worried about where his attitude is headed. He barks, growls, bites, grabs, grunts, and stiffens his body when he's mad. Sometimes, I have no idea what he's mad about. He gets jealous of where peoples' attention is. Uh oh! (At least he's cute) Lane says he gets his dirty looks from his mama. I can't say I disagree...
Ranzy spoiled him and bought him his 2nd pair of Jordan's. I always thought I'd be the mom that would buy all these cute miniature real people shoes, but the prices are outrageous for how long they wear them. He's lucky Ranzy is a sucker for them because they're pretty dang cute on him and mom won't buy them for him!
He loves playing 'pass the ball' with anyone who will sit by him and retrieve. It's also pretty cute. Who am I kidding, everything is cute that he does-- well maybe not the poop so much anymore.
He got his first toothbrush in his stocking. Gotta brush those two teeth!
He loves being read to. I need to do it more because he is fascinated with books.
I think I've about covered it all for now. He learns something new every day and is just turning into a little functioning human! He hasn't said any real words yet but he seems to say "mama/mumum" when he's upset and "dada/dehdeh" when he's happy and content (is that a sign of something?). He's such a blessing to us and a joy in our home. I love my little family so much!
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