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How about a fun-trospective?!

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October - AND it glows in the dark!

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November - Bunny ears from Nathan

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December - Playing with Daddy

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January - Posing radiantly for a photo op

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February - My first shoulder ride

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March - First swingset

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April part 1 - Playing with Mamita and Opa

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April part 2 - Watching Topogigio with Lucia

 

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May - Already bored with the traditional passie

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June - Boy in a box

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July - I'm almost THIS many...months old!

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August - Reading and waving...two of my favorite pastimes.

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September - Think Daddy will notice that I stopped playing with my tractor in exchange for something more high-tech?

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October - Pumpkin time at Grammy's

And now…a sleep-trospective

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October

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November

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December

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

Sharing in a smile

Any parent of a baby/toddler will tell you that new things happen all the time, it seems. New teeth, new foods, new clothes, new abilities. What an adventure!

But I have to tell you about something new that LB is doing, and it just lights up my day. Now, when he’s amused, he wants to share his joy. When something makes him grin or laugh, he usually turns right to Enrique or me to share the laughter with us. It brings such joy to my heart to laugh with LB rather than just laugh about him or around him.

Today, one of his teachers said that he initiated a game of peek-a-boo with a younger baby in class. LB would hide behind a crib, then peek out and grin at his friend. Both boys even got to laughing as LB would hide, then pop out with a smile and a wave. Too cute!

10-Month Update

Lima Bean turned 10 months old earlier this week. For some reason, that seems really close to one year to me. Much closer than, say, 9 months did.

In honor of this occasion, Friday was a check-up day. A nine-month check-up, ha! We’ve gotten a whole month behind in our well-baby visits, but I’m sure that’s pretty common.

Turns out LB continues to be in fine health! Yay! And there were no shots with this visit, much to my immense pleasure (I’m sure as well as LB’s). Just had some questions about feeding for our little guy, as he’s really growing tired of the whole mom-feeding-me-with-a-spoon routine and really wanting to feed himself. We’re in the clear to add just about anything to his diet besides peanut butter and honey. This is sure to be an exciting time!

And it also turns out that LB is taking after his cousin Little Buchs and getting long and lean! He hasn’t gained much weight since his last check-up, but the doctor is not worried…just encouraging feedings whenever Lima Bean is hungry. I attribute a little of it to his lack of desire to eat at daycare, a situation which is kind of solving itself as LB becomes more accustomed to Educare.

We’re up to 7 teeth and a completely full head of hair. I just broke out some of our 12-month clothes, as we’re finding a lot of what we put on LB in the morning is stretched to its limits. LB is still crawling up a storm, cruising around the furniture, and pretty confident to walk from one item of furniture to the next as long as he’s still touching something. He’s also got a whole new realm of toys to discover and play with at Educare, and I know he’s excited  to play with those each weekday.

I feel that one-year mark sneaking up on us…I know it’s going to be here in a wink. Gotta hold tight to these times!!!

Not sure what you call these skills…

But I got ‘em!

It’s Play Time!

See this video for some play time with LB. He was full of smiles, laughs, snorts, crawling, and fun today!

A new cook in the kitchen

Dear Mamita and Mama,

I’m ready to learn how to make tamales. When are you coming to visit again? Daddy assures me they’re yummy (RICO!), and that I will love them. I’m ready when you are!!!

Love,

Lima Bean

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Awwwwww!

I am utterly in love with my precious son. He has so many awesome qualities, as I know all mothers think about their children. It’s the big things, like having a beautiful little human depend on you and love you unconditionally, watching their growth and progress happening at light speed, participating with them on this amazing ride called LIFE. And a million other reasons, both big and small, that make me fall in love with him more each minute. This picture may seem like a small thing to you, but how adorable are chubby baby feet??? I almost want to cry from their beauty to me!

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Heathen no more

Well, we enjoyed an absolutely wonderful time at church yesterday as LB made his Lutheran debut. He was quite a hit, and I believe he now has several pseudo-grandmas-and-grandpas vying to hold him any given Sunday. He also got to visit with Mommy and Daddy’s Kindergarten/1st grade Sunday School Class. They were wide-eyed as they met their new little church friend.

LB was quite well-behaved during the service, letting his friends Marcia and Randy hold him for a while so we could listen to the sermon. After church, a proud Grandpa Wes showed him off to one and all.

We look forward to next weekend’s Easter Vigil!

LB would now like to type a message to you: u ,ui,imkj,y7uuiiloo767  0p-=8n,uj\]

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{I hope you had a great weekend like I did!

Love, LB}

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