crazy week!

oh boy! it has been an adventurous week so far.....not only can i climb the steps in the living room, but i am an expert as using furniture to get into a standing position! i did a complete pull-up on the coffee table so that i could stand and pat the top like a drum...i can also stand by the couch, stand by my mommy -- and stand-up in my crib when i don't want to take a nap.

this week has also been hard because i think my 4th tooth is coming in and it sure does HURT. it makes me want to be held all the time, and i cry for my mama A LOT.

maybe the biggest thing that has happened : i swallowed a rubber band tonight. yes...truely. i was scooting around on the floor and my mom thought she had gotten everything out of my way. when she saw that i got it in my mouth, she tried not to panic and put her finger in my mouth to get it out, but it was so wet and slippery in there that it just slid down my throat! papa also tried to get it out, but couldn't. my mom got very scared and called my grandma who said that if i wasn't choking i would be fine...just look for it in my diaper! some kids swallow marbles, i swallowed a rubber band.

what a week, and it is only wednesay!

8 months old!!

saturday marked 8 months since i was born. i have suddenly become a MOVER! i wiggle and wiggle when i am being held and grab decisively for hair, glasses or earings within seconds. i roll from my back to my tummy to my back and then again to my tummy...and when i wake-up from naps i pull myself up on the sides of the crib. i am officially crawling - with absolute-intentional placement of of my hands (bap, bap, bap, bap) - and just today i climbed the stairs in my living room, all by myself! i talk and sing and make noises with my tongue, i flap my arms and legs in the bath (so hard my mommy gets soaking wet), and i can pick-up smaller and smaller objects. i have 3 teeth!! and am a super-duper good eater - and i like to play peek-a-boo with my bib during meals. my hair is growing back and i am excited to discover what i will learn tomorrow!

day-trip to northfield

my family took a daytrip to northfield on friday... to visit amanda (matt was working out of town). i'm sitting in front of their newly-fixed-up garage (chicken-coop) - isn't it cute!?! we got a tour of their house (see it reflected in my glasses?) and took a walk through downtown before going out for lunch. it was a relaxing break and i loved being outside in the fresh spring air!

(pssstt--- you can see me doing my latest silly trick: sticking out my tongue and making a funny noise!)

wow!

today i figured-out how to get from my hands&knees to a sitting position - all by myself! --i am really interested in standing: instead of being on my hands&knees, i simply shift onto my hands&feet and then pull myself up on a piece of furniture and suddenly i'm standing! pretty amazing!

easter sunday

this easter was also my mama's 29th birthday. all in all, the day was pretty low-key. but something big happened to me today. i got my head shaved!

it is a tradition in the east to shave the first growth of baby-hair. this has different levels of significance in different countries, but ultimately it is supposed to make babies hair grow in thicker. we'll see if that happens with my hair. either way, my daddy also shaved his head so that we could be best buddies.

oh! and my mom was finally able to get some pictures of my teeth!!!

my latest tricks

i have transformed right before my parents' eyes! look at me, i can sit on my yellow friend unassisted for 10 minutes at a time, just playing with his red yarn hair. my legs work as great supports and my balance is soooo good that i don't even wobble. i am talking-up-a-storm (can you see me talking to myself in the picture?). i also love to stick out my toungue and blow hard so that it makes a funny noise.

i am perfecting the art of CRAWLING! i have learned to pick-up my hands and place them ahead so that i can move,move,move. i am still doing a crawl/worm-wiggle combination to get myself across the room to grab some of my favorite things: 1)papa's cell phone 2)mama's cell phone 3)calculator 4)remote control (ie: anything with buttons to push).

hangin' out in duluth

reading with cousin mitchell