Thursday, January 28, 2010

I forgot to add this to my last post. I took this picture this morning from our balcony. It all melted by noon, but was a nice unexpected snow!

 



So, it's been awhile since I posted an update on little Ed. He is doing just dandy at 7.5 months / 18.5 lbs and has developed some funny habits.

1. Ed has become a great eater. Pretty much anything I feed him, he will eat. He has come a long way in the past month when he would hardly touch anything but milk. However, he now thinks it's funny to spit/blow his food all over the place while eating. Anyone or anything within 5 feet will get hit. It was funny the first time, now, not so much. This has been going on for about a week now. I'm not really sure how to make him stop, except tell him "no" which I'm pretty sure he doesn't understand yet. This one is going to be a battle I'm afraid.

2. While looking at himself in the mirror, he tries to lick/bite his reflection. I'm pretty sure he thinks it's another baby as this is what he does to all babies he meets. I'm not really sure why, but other babies do it too, so I guess that's the baby handshake. :-) It is pretty hilarioius.

3. He is still just babbling "dadadododo," but he knows Hailey's name and will look around for her if you say "Where's Hailey?" Then, when he looks at her, he does his best to say her name. It usually comes out sounding like "uhheee". But, it's a start! We think that will be his first word. He still absolutely loves her and just lights up whenever he sees her.

About 2 weeks ago, he started waking up at night multiple times (which he never does!). The days of sleepless nights from Ed's first few months of life were coming back to haunt me. Well, luckily, it only lasted 2 nights and there was a tiny little tooth popping out of his gum to show for it! Yay for Ed! It hasn't fully grown in yet, but it keeps getting taller and taller every day! He loves to pull up on Brandon and me (not objects yet) and he's getting very close to crawling. Yikes! Babyproofing, here we go!

Here are some pics from the last few weeks.

Read a book? Ha! Not when you can eat it!


Here he is eating the baby in the mirror. If you look closely enough, you can see his slobber all over the mirror.


Recently, we went to "The Little Gym". Ed had a blast! He screamed out of excitement the whole time and was definitely the center of attention. I'm hoping this will not be a sign of what is to come.


Already popular with the ladies!

Practicing crawling. He is very close!


Monday, January 18, 2010


Regis and Kelly have teamed up with Gerber to find the Most Beautiful Baby of 2010. The winner receives $125,000 towards college and an appearance on the cover of Parenting Magazine. All 4 runners up will receive $25,000 towards college, and all 10 semi-finalists will receive a year's supply of Gerber products. We know it is a long shot, but this is the photo we sent in. This is Brandon's t-shirt from when he was a baby, and, of course, we think he is the most beautiful baby. We are a little biased though.


Video of Ed

Ed laughing at Daddy video- click here!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

Ed and His Shadow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wGZjorC5ZA
Ed has found his shadow! He LOVES to get in his jumper and watch his shadow jump with him. It will entertain him for a really long time. Here is a 4 min video from youtube I took a couple days ago. He's just so stinkin cute.

Monday, January 4, 2010

I can't believe that our Christmas vacation is over! 2 weeks went by so quickly. We had a great time and Ed's first Christmas was a success. Being there for so long, we got to see many friends and family. The grandparents and aunts and uncles got to spend lots of quality time with Ed and even had the pleasure of seeing some development while we were there. The main development in Ed was his babbling started to become syllables like "babababa" and "dadadada". He is really telling us about something. Ed really enjoyed meeting his new friend Cortlynn and hanging with his old pal Campbell. Here are some pictures from our trip!

Ed trying to reach Hailey


Memie and Ed Christmas morning

Pawpaw with Ed- Christmas morning

"If I could only reach that tree...."

Opening presents at Cici and Granddaddy's


Cici and Granddaddy

Preds Game! Saturday, Dec. 26th.


Breakfast with Aubrey- Larry's Stepfather

Little Brandon and Big Brandon

Granny and Granddaddy's house in Memphis

Annie and Pawpaw

Ed and his new friend Cortlynn.She was playing hard to get. 

Ed and his old bud Campbell.

Sitting in his high chair at Cici and Granddaddy's