Three Things...

Here's catching up on everything new that's going on. He's growing and changing so fast, my posts can't seem to keep up!!

He's finally started to figure out his Bumbo (below). Before, when he would be put in it, he'd fall completely forward until his head was at his knees. Now, he's actually sitting up for extended periods of time! I feel like this is progress, although I'm not really sure of what. His stomach muscles are getting stronger?


Second, I started trying to feed him some rice cereal at night to help him sleep longer. Actually, I just put a little in his bottle before bed, but just for fun, I gave him a more concentrated amount on a spoon, and this was his reaction:

I'd say he's not impressed...

And finally, here's Declan's newest "thing":

Feet straight up in the air! Haha! I THINK it's because when I play with him I act like I'm "eating" his feet, which he loves. So...when he's just laying there, he thinks maybe if he makes it a little easier for me, I'll play some more! But it's hilarious to see him in the living room all by himself with his feet like that!

New Header

Just to warn you, I'm playing with my blog header, so it may change a few times on ya here in the next couple of days! Found some online scrapbooking sites (THANKS MOM!) that are really, really fun to play with! If you like doing that sort of thing, check out www.scrapblog.com or www.cropmom.com, both really cool!

We are starting the chewing! Awesome! Anything that will go in the mouth, we're putting in the mouth. He does look super cute doing it though :)

How many people does it take to entertain a baby? Two, plus the one behind the camera...

Sweet boy smiling one of his many smiles today. He had quite a few visitors...including Uncle Levi, Tia, and Jordan. Daddy Doug, Jack and Kathy for a couple hours, too. Baby boy loves company!!

New Favorite Pasttime

Finger sucking. Nice. Now his hands are all slobbery, all the time. And I have to constantly wipe him with WetOnes to TRY and keep as many germs out of his mouth as possible. I know, I know... Pretty soon he'll be eating dirt and licking shoes, but for now I do what I can! I'm sure when he's older, I'll look back and say "Remember when I thought I could keep germs out of his mouth? Aaaahahahaha!"

New Toy and New Pics

Well folks, no more excuses! I now have in my possession the key to my fitness! :) Thank goodness for Craig's List, got a heck'uva deal on this sweet ride! Hopefully Declan will be riding soon and often!

Notice Lilly checking the tires for safety reasons...

Dex has become very animated lately. Sooooo dang cute to watch! I spend most of my free time trying to make him smile and always get a variety of looks.

And finally, I bought him some shades but he's still not quite grown into them. Oh, and he hates them. In case you couldn't tell.

'Sup...

What are kids, if not little dress-up dolls?? Hehe!

Progression of a Smile

As I said in the last post, he refuses to smile for the camera... so I made Sean try to coax a smile out while I sat "hidden" off to the side.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

"No, seriously, what are you doing?"

Almost.....

Success!! :)

Wow, that only took 45 minutes...

Rangers Game

I keep trying to get pictures of Declan smiling, but that boy spots a camera from a mile away, and just stares at it, never to crack a smile as long as he can see it. He's got that "hhuuuhhhhh??" look in all my most recent pics!

(looking a lot like his dad here...)

We went to a Rangers game last night, so Aunt Linda came to watch him. Laughing and smiling up until I got the camera ready!!

Just a tiny, little smile???? Please? No? *sigh*

The game was fun, but right around the 7th inning, these clouds started rolling in... so we decided to high-tail it out of there! VERY good idea, actually. Rain delay for 2 hours, game lasted till after midnight... They would have found me sleeping under the bleachers if we'd have stayed.

Still had fun for a couple hours! And the Rangers won, so I'm sure it had something to do with us being there. We almost got wacked in the head by a foul ball (twice), almost 5 minutes after Sean said "Don't worry, we don't have to worry about flies here." :) Good call, hun!