11 Months

Lucas cleaned up the sandbox for him to play.  

Brothers....

Oh my baby, you are growing oh so fast. At 11 months your climbing so much better. Look out world if the stool is left upright. You had your first bloody nose from climbing up the stool and pulling a cool pan off on top of you and falling to the floor. 

 Daddy had to empty his aquaponics system cause you climbed in twice.  

Walking is your mode of transportation ( you started  walking at 10 months).  Your balance is good enough that you love to carry things while you walk.

 You want to be included with the big kids. Your little face crumbles up as you cry when they harshly tell you to go away cause you are making a mess out of their play. The door left open a crack is an open invitation to get outside. 

 Inevitably when you are down for a nap someone gets too noisy and you wake right up. Naps are getting fewer.

You are so busy yet so contended. You are my first baby to happily play for an hour at a time. Sometimes, I lose you in the house cause you take off to play- especially in somebody's room or in the bathroom.

This past month has unfortunately seen you with a second burst ear drum and your first bloody nose. The bloody nose was from climbing up on the stool and pulling a pan down on top of you when you fell off. 

When daddy and I play music youa re right in the middle of it trying to make music too. You love vibrations. You press your head against daddy's drum or guitar. I've seen you do it to the dishwasher, vacuum, and radio too.

A kirby dealer came for a demo this month. You walked up behind him and he knocked you in the nose giving you your second bloody nose in a weeks time.

Your great grandpa Vernon Anderson died this month. You met him in Minnesota when you were 6 months old. He was so proud of you.

Caleb at 9 months

"Caleb!" Daddy called. Caleb looked up and asked, "What?"

Emberley with a giggle and grin, " Mommy,make your crinkles. I want to touch your crinkles!"

At Christmas Uncle Kyle walked through the door. Emberley looked at him and declared, "Uncle Kyle, I want to kill you!"
Aunt Genni, over hearing her said, "Emberley! Is that what you are supposed to say???"
Emberley in a sweet tone of voice."No, I am supposed to say it nicely, Uncle Kyle I want to kill you..." ( Sigh.... Not quite getting it)

9 Months old.

9 Months in....

9 Months out...

What you should know about Caleb at 8 months.

What you should know about 8 month old Caleb.

1. He can stand and balance all by himself! He's still a bit nervous but he can do it.
2. Cruising now consists of anything that will move he will push.

3. Clapping hands makes him very happy.

4. Waving for sure now.

5. He give great squeezing melt your heart hugs.

6. He LOVES the cats. They tolerate the mauling amazingly. I found him yesterday holding the kitten up by one ear and he didn't get scratched.

7. By far the most opinionated on food. He shrieks and screams if you don't feed him fast enough, he's out of food, he needs a drink, he wants what YOU have, or he's done. (Working on baby sign language to stop this screaming.)

8. He contentedly and happily self entertains for easily an hour. He will crawl to the far corners of the house happily. But wow be to me if I happen to walk away from where he is playing! He crawls after wailing.

9. He loves looking through books quickly turning pages.

10. He's tolerant. Emmy loves to wrestle him and he puts up with a lot before getting upset.

11. Favorite activities are to play in the bottom two drawers in the kitchen while I'm  working there or to pick plants out of Daddy's aquaponics system.

12. He is the only one who comes happily with a big grin each and every time he is called.

13. He's got a great mullet going. He's probably going to need it cut before he hits one.

14.Playing catch makes big smiles.

15. Stairs and climbing  are fun- especially when mom's not watching.

A side note from Emmy. Me, "Emmy are you a little firecrackers? NO! I am not a firecracker! I am an Emmy Pill!"

Cause I can climb now...

Emberley crying after poking herself with her toast, " The bread bited me!"

I Can Stand UP!

Caleb at 6 months

Whew, this little guy is in such a hurry to grow up. I still maintain that he acts 2-3 months older than his age.
This is what her learned to do in his 6th month.
- Commando crawled.
- Pulls to standing.
- Climbs up onto low things.
- Hands and knees crawls.
- Began to cruise.
-Say dada, ahma, and goo.
- Got his first tooth.
-Began solids.
- Pushes himself into sitting.


Emberleyism's

"I want to be squash ( bob) the tomato!"

Looking at crying Caleb, " He's having an outfit!"

A lesson learned.

Andy's, Best place to shop. But a story to go with this picture. My oldest 2 had bees in their bonnets to spend Abrianna's money on cans of soda. Well they asked another checker to change out some dollar bills for quarters while I was in line paying for my groceries. Then they disappeared. The younger 2 got some candy from our favorite checker. I mentioned to the checker that I wasn't sure where my oldest 2 had gone. She had seen them leave the store. Now, I was 100% sure I knew where they were and what they were doing. I was MAD that they didn't ask first. After loading everything in the van I took the younger three- the girls eating candy- over to the pop machines. Not only did they have root beer but they had diet root beer, and mountain dew. No way was I going to allow them to drink those. So a crying little girl took the cans inside to see if she could exchange them- which she couldn't. A hard lesson was learned about asking FIRST and then okaying the varieties selected before buying them.

So proud of her for turning her lemon into lemonade by gifting the mountain dew to her daddy.