He Crawls (Sort Of)

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I must warn you in advance, this video is not going to win any awards. I know, I know, it's enough to make you seasick. But in my defense, it was pretty hard to crawl backwards and film at the same time. My crawling gait isn't very smooth--I'll have to work on that.
Oh, and P.S., what's with me talking like a hick? I say "Cum git it" about 20 times. I'll have to work on that. There's nothing like listening to your own voice on tape to make you realize just how stupid you really do sound.

Fun, Fun, Fun

Hi everyone! I just thought I'd post some pics of Sam from a couple of months ago when he ditched me and Riley and went snowmobiling with my dad in Colorado for a week. In case you can't tell, that's Sam behind all those huge puffs of white snow.
Things are going great for us. Sam is suffering from a severe case of seniorities and getting some quality nap time in all of his classes. Just a few more weeks to go until graduation, so hopefully he can make it. It'd be a bummer to drop out of school now.
Riley is still growing, and we're starting the teething process. He's been a little fussy. Thank goodness for infant tylenol. I guess it's never too early to start our reliance on medicine and mind-altering drugs. I'm doing great too---I'd tell you more about what is going on with me, but it's all pretty boring.

Growing Pains

I can't believe how fast my little baby is growing. He's almost eight months old now. Although he hasn't completely figured the crawling thing out yet (he can't get up on his knees yet) he sure can move. He does this combat roll combination demented seal crawl combination back arch, and amazingly enough, it's pretty effective. The other day I put him in the living room on the floor with a few toys for just a couple of minutes. I went to check on something, and when I came back he'd crawled all the way across the room, tipped over a bowl, and scribbled all over his face with ink pens. Luckily he didn't poke his eyes or anything like that. I guess it's time to baby proof the house. That should help keep Sam out of trouble too.

This is Riley's new high chair. Someone in our church gave us their old one, which was a huge relief because I wasn't wanting to go out and buy a new one. Doesn't Riley look big in it? The high chair addition to our home came just in time. It's starting to get really hard to feed Riley. Everytime he sees the spoon headed for his mouth, he thinks it's really fun to grab on to it. The problem with this is that he gets baby food all over his hands. From there, the baby food quickly migrates to Riley's hair, clothes, face and then somehow it gets all over me. Now that we have a high chair, I can just drape him with a sheet, sit him on top of a giant plastic tarp, and then hose the whole thing down when he's done eating. Problem solved.

These are pictures of Riley's new favorite toy...yep...you guessed it. It's a lamp. Should I be at all worried that my baby is obssessed with a lamp? No matter where he is in the room, he always squirms around so he can look at the lamp. He'd rather stare at the crazy old thing then eat. He loves to suck on the metal lamp shade, and I have to admit that I sometimes let him (of course I take care to make sure the thing is unplugged and turned off so as to avoid electrocution).



Just a cute picture of Riley and Grandma last time she came to visit. I love his little hat. He doesn't seem to mind it to much either...He doesn't try to rip it off or anything so I'd say it's pretty much a success.