Our Little Guy

On Thursday I watched a friend's 9 mth old baby, Ella. It was fun to watch Filson interact with her and they got along really well. He isn't that much older than her, but it seems like an eternity since he was at that stage. I can hardly remember the days when he could stay in one place for an extended period of time! He also began talking on the phone last week & I get such a kick out of him pacing around with the phone to his ear. He always has an expression on his face like he's getting some very important news. John was on the road all week, so Filson would get very excited every time he could hear his Dad's voice on the other end.

Table Manners

Filson is supposed to be learning to eat with a spoon, but he has found it is way more entertaining to play with it. Laughing & snapping pictures of him probably did nothing to discourage his behavior!

Visiting Friends

Filson & I spent yesterday in Raleigh at Anna Leigh & Vada's house. My friend, Amy, had brought her 2 children down from Virginia Beach for the weekend. Anna, Amy & I grew up in Mt. Ayr together & also spent a summer together in Japan during college, so it was a lot of fun to be able to catch up & see all the kids together. Vada is now 4 1/2 months & she was very gracious to the allow the 4 yr, 2 yr & 1 yr old come in and take over her territory & toys!! The kids were all so cute together, but unfortunately it was impossible to get them to all sit still & look at the camera at the same time! Filson had a great time & slept the entire 2 hr drive home!

Mr. Big Stuff

Here's the Little Guy stuffing as many cookies as possible in his mouth earlier this week. He loves eating his snack on the floor, as he suddenly thinks he's too cool for his high chair this week, which is why he's sitting in the big chair in the other pictures. In fact, he seems to think he's too cool for a lot of things this week. He recently stopped taking his morning nap, which is so not cool for mom as Peanut #2 seems to be draining the energy straight out of her. The missed sleep seemmed to bring on a terrible case of orneriness which was topped off last night by him breaking a wine glass on our floor. Luckily, today was much better for all of us! We did see a bottom front tooth popped in overnight, which makes 3 that have come in since the weekend & it looks like a 4th one won't be far behind. So possibly that's what's behind all the craziness?!?

Healthy Boy

The little guy had his 15 mth check-up today and he is as healthy as can be. He weighs 25 lb, 1 oz & measures 31", right at the 50th percentile for both height and weight. We had a fairly uneventful week at our house while John was on the road, which was nice because both mom & baby got to catch up on some rest! We did hit story hour Tuesday morning which Filson managed to sit through a whopping 3 minutes of before heading back to the train table. He really loves playing at that train table & it's fun to see him interact with all the other little ones there. He also had a new babysitter come Wednesday night while I went out with the girls. They started playing together right away and he didn't even seem to notice as I left the house, which is usually the case with his other sitter as well. Although I would love to think otherwise, I guess he can get along just fine without his mama around!

Kites at the Beach

While John was out fishing Sunday, he spotted a Kite Festival going on at Wrightsville Beach. He came home to get us & we headed down to check it out. It was just ending, but there were still about 5 huge kites up. There had been around 100 when John first spotted it. Filson loved watching them & pointing up to the colorful kites. We had beautiful weather and it was really nice to get out and take advantage of being able to walk on the beach.

New 'Do

The little guy had his first haircut last night. Since it curls up in the back, it was hard to notice how long it had become, but once it was wet you could see he had a full mullett going on. It looks even curlier now that it is a little bit shorter. Now if he could just get it to grow a little faster on top, we would be in business. We also discovered another molar while brushing his teeth last night, he's up to 8 pearly whites now. Here is a short video of him reading to himself in the tub last night, he blabs more and more each day!