Squishity Squash

Chowing down on butternut squash, mmmm.

A little naked time

This Morning

Declan and I were lying down together when he grabbed my finger and shoved it into his mouth. I immediately felt something poke me from the wrong side, omg, it’s a bottom tooth! Declan now has 3 teeth! His top 2 and 1 bottom one. Boy, does he know how to use em! I finally bought a food mill last week and doesn’t it just figure that Declan no longer has any interest in pureed foods. He will take about 5 bites max and then spends the rest of the time trying to grab the spoon to feed himself. He wants finger food. Declan likes to eat chunks of
Bananas
Sweet potatoes
Peas
Bread
Pasta
Oranges, he LOVES oranges of all different varieties
Pears
Rice, he even ate curried rice one night :)
Tomatoes, Bubbys loves his tomatoes

Declan just did cutest thing! I put a small blaket over his head and when he pulled it off I yelled "BOO!" and laughed. I did this 3 time and then Declan grabbed the blanket covered his face and then pulled it down and smiled at me. He now does this over and over again for the Boo! and laughing mommy reaction. He is so smart :)

I have been trying to upload a video from this morning but after 2 hours and 4 failed attempts I give up. I will try again tomorrow :)

Teddy

Swinging Into Spring

Watching Ducks

Pasta!

Teethies!!

We now have a tooth! On Sunday, January 24th, Declans top right front tooth has broke through and on the left side the tooth ridges are visible and can be felt through the gums.

Look what I can do!!

not quite there yet

double bubble

cutting teeth

The last two days have been a nightmare! Poor Declan is in so much pain that if I am even a few minutes late in administering the Tylenol or Motrin he starts with the scrunchy face that quickly progresses into alligator tears and shaking fists. I peak into his mouth a few times a day at the little teeth trying to work their way through the stubborn gums. Poor Mr. D has 3 trying to come in at the same time, his two front teeth and a bottom one.
Sorry it has taken me so long to post again with Declan, packing, moving and unpacking on top of normal household chores; I am left with little time to spare.
The new apartment feels like home and we all love it. Declan loves the carpet and so do I, it is so much easier to keep clean. Only 5 minutes of vacuuming every other day compared to the sweeping that only seemed to move the dust around in the old house. Anyone that has ever lived in a house that is almost 100 years old knows that the dust is IMPOSSIBLE to manage.
Declan pushes up on his arms and can wiggle and squirm to get an object of desire. Usually food placed out of reach will get him really going; the food will be in his mouth in under a minute. He was up on all fours at book babies today after watching several other little ones crawling around.
He eats a ton and just moved on to finger foods. If he can grab it by the fist full it goes straight to his mouth but he has a hard time getting small pieces in. The banana o’s baby bite thingies are a little tricky for him.

Here a couple pics from the other day sorry about the quality my camera is still packed so I used my phone.

He's Growing So Fast!!

Declan is changing in leaps and bounds this month. He yells mama! when I leave the room and he squeals in delight at the anticipation of oncoming tickles. His new words are “mama” and “baba.”
He is figuring out how to do things through trial and error and he is mastering the meaning of cause and effect. He can even wave hello sometimes after much coaxing.
He has really gotten into his books and loves it when mommy reads him a story, actually we usually have two stories going at once. I read a few pages of one and he gets super excited, he flaps his arms and kicks his legs and squeals while grabbing for the book. I then pick up the other one and read a few pages, his reaction is the same and we trade books. About five minutes later both books are complete, even with a few soggy corners.
When we go for walks in the stroller now, he sits forward and watches people go by to the point he is leaning over edge to see the backs of them disappear.
He keeps trying to stand and just go from my lap, he doesn’t know how, so he just falls every time. He wants to crawl but he just hasn’t quiet figured it out. 8.5 months is the average age, and I am in no hurry.
We get our second round of immunizations tomorrow, HIB and DTaP. Next month he will get HIB and Polio.
the boy is starting to fuss and needs a nap

"Welcome Letter!" From President Obama

The White House
Washington

Welcome to the world! Your arrival is a cause for great celebration for your proud family. We wish you a long and happy life filled with chances to learn, ideas to explore, people to love, and dreams to fulfill

Sincerely,
(hand signed by the Obamas)

This is by far the coolest keepsake for Baby Declan.

Old video & new milestones

This was only 3 weeks ago and Declan has changed so much!

He is now a champ a tsitting and he rarely falls over.

He reaches, lunges and tries to figure out how to get toys that are out of reach

He has mastered grabbing the blocks and other objects and he passes them from hand to hand.

He did the most amazing thing today. A block was out of reach so, he lunged a few times swiping at it. When he still couldn’t reach it he grabbed another toy, a teething ring, and tried to use that toy to drag the block towards him. It worked! After a few attempts the teething ring caught the block and he pulled it back to himself.

I was so amazed, our little guy is so smart!!

Oh, and earlier a binky was way out of reach when I left the room to use the bathroom and when I cam back the paci was in his mouth.

I was all like "What the deuce!! How did you get that??"

BTW Declan is 7 months old today!

Little Dudes

Is thier anything cuter than baby butts?

"I didn't do it! Nobody saw me do it! You cant prove anything!"