It's November Already?

This week was full of firsts!
We tried peas - hated them.
Tried mangoes - delicious! But most of all, W really loved peaches and broccoli.
Here's a picture of Aunt Kitties feeding W the oatmeal/mango combo plate this afternoon.


This week we had our first cold snap. We really had to bundle Wyatt up for our morning and evening walks. He didn't seem to mind, too much!



Our friends Vicki, Tyson, and Leo gave W this cool dragon with little plastic balls when he was born. This week was the first time he was able to sit in the dragon and play with the balls. The balls were bendy, which were perfect for his little questing fingers. Dragon was a big hit.


And finally, but most importantly, this morning W did his first ever crawl. He's been doing the army crawl using just arm strength to get around. Then he started doing the roll-everywhere-to-get-what-I-need method. Just this week he started putting the pieces together, pulling his legs under him, figuring out his arms. So today he did his first complete crawl. It was only two movements, but he did it two different times today, so I think we're in trouble! I don't have a picture, but rest assured that some video is sure to come!

Jas and I are just settling in for the night - watching the UT vs. K-State game and enjoying a pizza. W is between us on a quilt doing acrobatics. Life is good!

Boo at the Zoo

Since Aunt Katie volunteers at the zoo, we took a family adventure last night to visit her at her post. Last night, Kitties was dressed as a Halloween witch named Bitsy. Wyatt couldn't figure out the nose...he just knew that the nose didn't belong on Kitties' face.

What's this? Can I eat it?

Family photo!

Aunt Kitties dressed as Bitsy

W riding an elephant...with Dad's help

The Dominican Republic

This weekend Jas and I took a trip to the Dominican Republic - our first weekend without Wyatt.

Jason and I had a wonderful time on the beach celebrating Nick and Jen's wedding. Around Sunday evening I started missing our baby boy. However, we had such a fantastic time together. I can't imagine a better weekend! Congratulations and blessings to our friends.

What We're Reading Now

Just found one of my favorite all time books! W is too young to "get it", but I think it is brilliant and I can't wait to share it with him.

Alphabeasties by Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss is absolutely precious.
Using different fonts, the authors create animal shapes using all of the letter being represented.
Take a look at this version of letter A.


This book is fascinating and will provide hours of perusal for little eyes. A great take on traditional alphabet books, your reader won't be disappointed.

Love it!
Note: I also saw that the authors created flash cards to make this text more mobile. Great, great idea and I'm sure they will be in the mail to little Wyatt Dodd soon.


Also in our shipment today - Snowbots written by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by David Barneda.
Little snowbots celebrate a snow day - school is canceled and everyone goes outside to play. When things get too cold, though, mama and papa robot must come to the rescue. It's darling to see the little snowbots doing things that children would do. Only instead of enjoying a bubble bath after a day in the cold, these kiddos have hot oil baths. Very creative. Perfect for boys. Who doesn't like robots paired with rhymes?

Week in Review - October 11th

Gabby and Gramps finally came home from Montreal, and we are SO happy about it!
We spent the week doing all kinds of fun things.

I finished my pregnancy/Wyatt's birthday scrapbook this week...only six months after the fact. I can't believe how much he's grown. He really looks nothing like his baby photos. :(

Gabby and I took little man to the State Fair on Wednesday - quite an adventure. We had fried s'mores and fried Frito Pie and walked through tons of buildings to try and "work it off" (yeah, right). I'm going to go ahead and say that the Fried Frito Pie, gross as it sounds, is delicious. I would probably eat it again.

Gabby, quit kissing me. I'm a big boy!

Taking a break by the fountains

Y'all just ate WHAT???


Today, Saturday, we went to the Arboretum and took pictures in the pumpkin patch. I put Wyatt in his Halloween pumpkin outfit and Jason said I was forcing Wyatt to suffer awful indignities. Haha!



We're ready for the UT vs. Nebraska game, set to start in a little over half an hour. I have a pot of homemade chili warming on the stove. Shiners are already being consumed...
We have a little bet with Wyatt's birthday twin (whose parents are Nebraska fans). Loser has to wear winner's onesies. Yikes. Hook 'Em Horns!

Dad promised I'd do WHAT if the Horns lost? That's crazy.

Acrobatics

Today while I was making little man some homemade applesauce, I put him in the play pen and rolled that into the kitchen so we could talk.
Apparently, I wasn't keeping up my end of the convo, because Wyatt started performing some acrobatics. Watch the progression...

Talking with mom while she makes me some applesauce. Love that mama!

Roll over - probably something interesting out there to look at...

Nope, there wasn't. Guess I'll try and bust out of here.

Whoa! Look at me. Hang in there legs. Don't let me down.

Still going. My leg is starting to collapse, though.

Can't keep up...

Very careful landing.

Back to start, where I will wait for about five seconds before starting this process again.

I can only imagine that the next step is crawling. I hope he doesn't skip that and go straight to walking. I have no idea how I'm going to keep up, as it is.
Guess it's about time to babyproof this house. :)

Pumpkin Patch - A Word From Dub

Today Mom and Dad took me to a giant field of pumpkins. They kept calling it a pumpkin patch, I think they liked the alliteration, who knows?
This place had all kinds of pumpkins in every shade and size. I tried to put a few in my mouth which freaked mom out. Dad didn't seem to mind.

Mom and Dad were like the paparazzi in this joint.
They made me take all kinds of pictures - with pumpkins, with mom, with dad, on the wagon, off the wagon, in a pile of pumpkins. Whew! It got exhausting.


I should probably try to put this whole thing in my mouth...why are you yelling, mama?

Me and my mom

Sitting in the wagon with my dad
Look at these Baby Jason Eyebrows....too funny!