Shade

Did you know Shade has returned?  It makes me SO happy because I loved their tanks the most.  I guess they got bought out by another company so now they're online, and they have a store in University Mall.  I like this:

and this:

and this:

There!  NOT a post about Griffin.  I also almost didn't even mention him, but I couldn't handle it.

Apology.

I used to hate it when people had blogs and only ever blogged about their children.  Whoops, now it's me.  Sorry :)

Pulling up...

For a few weeks now, Baby Boy has been pulling up on things.  I mentioned it in an earlier post, but I had to give it it's own place because it's so exciting and has changed our lives so profoundly.  I REALLY found out my house wasn't baby proofed when he started doing all this.  He loves to get into the pantry and pull things off, and go from furniture piece to furniture piece.  He likes to stick his hands inside the VCR, and pull up onto the washer and dryer and bang on it as hard as possible.  OH!  He also loves to stand up in his crib.  This is great and all, except that he's supposed to be sleeping.  We were going in there a lot at first to lay him back down, but we eventually figured that if we left him in there, he'd either pass out or figure out how to get himself down.  We were right!  Great parents, I know :)  Anyway, here's the little stander-upper:

9 months!!!

Sorry about the grainy picture, but our camera pretty much stinks.  Anyways, Griffin's 9th month!  Here's what's been going on:

• Tons of crawling all over the place, and getting into stuff.  I thought my house was pretty well baby-proofed, but I was so wrong.
• Eating more things - pieces of cheese, bread, meat, bananas, yogurt drops - his favorite, puffs, mum mums, and also still a lot of baby food.
• Walking around, as long as he's holding on to someone's fingers.
• Pulling up on anything and everything, and "cruising" around the furniture.
• Babbling that actually sounds like he's saying something, instead of just repeating one syllable over and over.
• Still taking two naps, each one and a half to two hours, and sleeping 10-12 hours at night.
• Being so interactive.  He loves to see how what he does affects the people he's around.
• Still hates having his diaper changed, being put in his car seat (though he does fine once he's in there), and being put to sleep.
• Loves playing with anything that's not a real toy - the remote, movie cases, coasters, you name it.

We love this guy so much!  He makes life so much more fun.  I can't wait to see what he does next month!

Crawly Wally

Near the end of October, right before Halloween...Griffin started CRAWLING!  He's so smart I can't even stand it.  One minute he was doing his little creep-pull, creep-pull thing, and the next thing we knew he was cruising along.  I wish I knew how to post videos on here ( I tried, it was taking forever), because I've got some pretty cute footage of it.  Pretty much right when he started crawling, he also started to take steps as long as he was holding onto our hands.  Why is it that when MY baby does something that babies have been doing since the beginning of time, it's so amazing?  I don't know, but it was pretty exciting for everyone. 

Baby's First Halloween!

We've had Griffin's Halloween costume picked out ever since we found out we were having a boy.  It was so fun to see him finally get to wear it!  We opted out of trick-or-treating this year since he was too little too appreciate it, but we took him around to see some friends of ours, and then we went up to a Halloween party at Grandma and Grandpa Fellows' house.  He was a big hit, but then again, he always is :)

Our little dragon is taking steps :)

I sure love this little beast :)

He LOVES this little Halloween snow globe that Grandma got for him.

Happy Halloween!