21 Months

I just thought I would give a little 21 month old update. Its hard to believe we are only a few months from being two, but we are so excited for this next phase in his life. Well as you all know, Daniel has started crawling, he is now 34 inches tall and well...he hasn't gained any weight, but I blame that on the crawling, but he's still eating like crazy, so I'm not to worried. He is still as happy as ever, and loves to play with his balls, he loves to throw them on the kitchen floor and then chase after them, he also still loves to play peek-a-boo. He's also been trying to sound out more sounds, so hopefully with help of the speech therapist we can get him talking soon, he can sign mom, drink and eat, so at least he can communicate a little bit to us. We have been trying to teach him more, but its hard to keep a 21 month old to sit still and focus, but we are working on it. Its been a crazy and fun month and we have a lot to look forward to next month, its that time of year again when we have all our doctor apts up at PCMC, so we'll keep you all updated as those happen.

On the go!

He's mastered it! He has become quite the little pro crawler, he's figured out hey I can follow mom around, I can leave my room now, and wow...look at all this stuff I can get into. I thought I was lucky, since he has started crawling he never really got into anything, or tried to test me to see what he can get into, boy was I wrong, I'm now realizing what its like to have a mobile toddler. And he has now realized that mom's things are a lot more fun then his toys.

Peek-a-boo

So i walked into Daniels room the other day when he was suppose to be napping, but instead I found him playing peek-a-boo with his blanket and stuffed animals, needless to say I had to grab the video camera. So much for taking a nap.

Daniel Crawling

SO BIG!!

He's crawling! All that hard work has paid off. This is a huge milestone for us and we are just so proud of him!

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Daniel's crawling!!

**********NEWS ALERT**********

So today Daniel started crawling! I can't tell you how excited i am! Jason took him in his room to play and Jason put a toy out of reach and he just went for it! I knew it was just a matter of time because the last week he has been really close, but he finally did it. He's still no pro, he'll go a few feet then drop to his tummy and then just get right back up. But I am so proud of him! We got it on video tape but I'm not sure how to put it on here yet, so hopefully I'll either get the video or at least some pictures soon.

wanna chip??

Well with us not having a kitchen table yet I have to eat my dinner on our coffee table(sadly we still don't have a table) but I left some tortilla chips on the table while I ran into the kitchen real quick and didn't think anything of it, well that is until I came back out and Daniel had grabbed them and dumped them out all over the floor and started eating them. It was just to funny, he just sat there and looked at me like.... what???? I guess I can't leave things out anymore. Its strange because I haven't gone through this yet and well I have never had to worry about leaving things out and Daniel getting into something, but I guess I better think twice now.

Playtime

Now that they are use to each other they have so much fun playing now. And I'm entertained by watching them. Its still funny because Daniel is constantly trying to hug Tessa and she is constantly pushing him away, and looking at him like you crazy boy! But I love the fact that he now has the chance to interact with someone his own age, and size. He has actually picked up quite a few things lately from her and the kids at the Daycare at the gym, he use to just cruise around the coffee table but he saw Tessa going back and forth to the couch and then to the wall, and now he's attempting it(yeah!!) He's also now a pro at sitting up on his own, its funny he'll go from sitting to all fours to his belly then back to sitting and then all over again until he gets to the toy he wants.

Sunday drive up the Canyon

He just loves his daddy!
They didn't have any of the swings that he could sit in by himself, but he still had just as much fun sitting on Jasons lap. This last Sunday we decided to take a drive up Hobble Creek Canyon and we passed by this little park area, more like a picnic area but they had swings. So we decided to get out and walk around and let Daniel play a little bit. It was just a nice way to spend the day, we got out of the house and got to spend time together! What more could I ask for! And to even top that, Jason let me sleep in that morning and took care of Daniel and then when I finally did get up (around10:30, now that hasn't happened for awhile)Jason made me breakfast, and not just any breakfast, he made me an omlet, some toast and juice! Thanks honey, its just what I needed! A great way to start the week, don't ya think.