On the Move

Yesterday Matt and I were downstairs on the ground level, where he can't crawl to any stairs and accidentally fall down them. So I went out to the garage to get something, and came into a major surprise. I was only in the garage for a moment and he was way on the other side of the room. When I came in I was shocked I couldn't see him in the room. I heard a little squeal behind me and there he was climbing UP the stairs. I now realize that I need to worry about my baby not only accidentally falling down the stairs, but also climbing up them as well.

Yes that is my 8 1/2 month old climbing the stairs by himself.

If you are reading this and saying, gee it's time for her to put up the gate, you are probably right, except that we have never owned one. I do I agree though, it is either time to get a gate or teach him to crawl backwards down the stairs as well.

Visit with Patty, Joshua, & Jaeden

Bradley, Jaeden, William, Joshua, & Kyle

Smile :)

Kyle, Jaeden, Joshua, & Bradley petting an alligator

William petting an alligator

William riding the Gorilla

Patty and her two sons, Joshua and Jaeden, stopped and visited with us as they made their way to Colorado. We went to the zoo and park while our house was showed 3 times on Saturday. Thanks for understanding Patty. The boys had a fun time running around and looking at all of the animals. We had so much fun seeing them and can't wait to do it again sometime soon.

Popsicles

A couple of weeks ago we had some kids with the stomach flu, so Grandma Fredericks graciously went to the grocery store and bought us a few necessary items to get us through the stomach flu, including a big bag of Popsicles. That night we put William to bed and thought he was down for the night. Later on Joe and I went to bed. Matt had woken up so I was feeding him downstairs when Joe was greeted by a sad little boy in our room. William had come in all wet. Joe changed him and put him back in bed. I put Matt back in bed and William came out. He was saying wet, wet. I went to his bed and felt his bed was all wet. I turned on the hall light and the realisation hit; William had gone to the freezer and gotten the entire bag of popsicles and took them to bed with him. He had fallen asleep with them and they had melted all over the place. They luckily had melted all over his sheets and not onto the floor. I scooped up the sheets and through them in the garbage, they were a lost cause of yellow, blue, green, red, and purple goo all over the sheets. I put new sheets on the bed and he went back to bed. The next morning I was getting him dressed and his entire right side looked like it was bruised from all the dye. I thought, "Oh I better not take you out in public today!" He soaked in the tub for a long time that day and the "bruise" washed away.

Matthew Starting to Crawl

This is what Matthew has been doing all week and he gets faster each day.