A few days shy of 9 months (!), Dawson is learning news things every day. Its so much fun to watch him understand how things work, noises he can makes, sounds he can put together and how fast he can move. I have been told by lots of other Moms that at 9 months things start to take off and are so much fun. It's so true. D's personality is coming through more and more each day. He's so interactive. It truly gets better every day.
At 9 months, Dawson is...
- Crawling like a mad man. He is everywhere. We have baby proofed so that this child can run wild...and that's exactly what he does. He is cruising.
- Pushes our stools and chairs all around the kitchen floor.
- Loves to repeat syllables of words we say to them. He is trying to sound out words all the time. Sometimes he does, sometimes he is close and other (most) times he is very far away. Regardless it is so fun to be able to communicate. He is really starting to understand how language works and how to put sounds together.
- Says "Da-da", "Ma-ma", "Cool". He sounds like he says "Oh wow" too, but I am not sure on that one.
- Daryn was singing to Dawson the other day, "E-I-E-I-O" and he repeated that back to him. He says it when we sing Old McDonald to him. It's all squished together and sometimes he drops a few of the sounds but it is so cute.
- Last night Daryn and I were going through this animal book that we have and were making the noises of all of the animals. I kid you not, he repeated the noises back to us clear as day. He said "Rarrr", "Honk, honk", "Ba, ba", "Hoo, hoo", "Cheap, cheap", "ink, ink" (instead of Oink). Daryn and I just sat their with our jaws on the floor. He doesn't know what sound goes with what animal or even what he is saying really, but was repeating them all back to us. It was wild.
- Pulls himself up occasionally but hasn't mastered that yet...which I am so ok with!
- Gives the best kisses (drooly and open mouth) but they melt my heart!
- Can feed himself! It just finally clicked this weekend. He has got the thumb-pointer grasp going on...
- Loves to drink water! Out of cups, water bottles, sippy cups. Anything. Is he his father's son or what?
- When D gets up from his naps or in the morning and we go to get him he is sitting up in his crib yelling at the door for us to come and save him. As soon as we open the door he starts this nervous little laugh. So great.
- Really enjoys being outside...splashing in the pool, going for walks, playing at the park, etc.
- Is wearing 12 month clothes and is really tall for his age. He is the size of most 1 years olds!
- Does really well playing by himself and keeping busy.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Chatter Box
It's official folks...we are putting it in the baby book.
Dawson is talking!
1st word = "da-da"
2nd word = "ma-ma"
3rd word = "cool"
Love. It. :)
Dawson is talking!
1st word = "da-da"
2nd word = "ma-ma"
3rd word = "cool"
Love. It. :)
Thursday, June 17, 2010
...and we're off!
24 hours after my last post, Dawson started crawling! He's still pretty slow about it, only taking 5-7 strides but he is up on all fours and moving...forward that is! It's darn cute if you ask me. I don't know who is more proud, me or him?
Since he is all over the place now and inspecting everything in his path (aka the floor or reaching distance on the couches) he has figured out how some new things work. Like how to make calls on my cell phone, how to turn up the volume insanely loud and how to drink out of my water bottle. I got a little crazy with taking photos but it was so cute and he was hamming it up, so I took full advantage. Check out this little stud muffin keeping himself hydrated...
Monday, June 14, 2010
Great, Great Love
A few weeks ago we (along with GG and Grandma Lisa) went to visit Dawson's Great, Great Grandparents. 95 and 98 years old! Dawson loved exploring their home and being the center of attention. We had a really nice visit and enjoyed our time spent with them. What a special afternoon! Check out the pictures at the end of this post from the visit...
Each day that passes Dawson gets more and more interactive. He laughs when we make silly faces, moves in every which way except for crawling forward and talks all the time except no actual words. Well I guess he does say "Da-da" and "Ma-ma" and some other sound alikes but they are all amidst his jabbering. His latest babble is probably the cutest this far. I can't even phonetically type it because I don't even know where to start. He moves his tongue in and out of his mouth and throughs some "g" sounds in there...I don't know, but it's darn cute.
He started standing along furniture this weekend which is a little crazy. And as I mentioned before, moves everywhere except by crawling forward. He goes from sitting, to all fours, to rocking, to lunging forward, to pushing himself back up on all fours which moves him backwards and farther away from his destination. So then he's really mad and to pout he slams his face into the carpet and then rolls over. It's quite the scene! Sometimes it seems like crawling is 5 seconds away and other times he is so not interested. My prediction has always been that he would skip crawling and walk early, but only time will tell!
We were over at the Kalschuer's one night last week and Dawson and Averi were so much fun together. They are starting to really interact with one another and baby talk back and forth while swiping the other one's toy from one another. Nikki and I would place them on all fours facing each other and they each keep scooting farther away from one another. It really hit me how fast they are growing but also how neat to grow up together and experience the same things at the same time. It was a special moment...one of many to come I am sure.
At 8 1/2 moths of age, Dawson...
- Loves to eat cheese! It's most definitely his new favorite...with bread and yogurt close behind
- Plays with his interactive table ALL the time, and has no interest in his jumper
- It getting taller by the second and is definitely thinning out
- Splashes like a crazy person in the bathtub and wishes he could spend the whole day in the bath
- Is super ticklish
- Takes 4 - 8oz bottles and has three meals of solid food throughout the day
- Plays really well by himself
- Favorite new activity? Pulling all of the books off his bookshelf in his room
- Slept til 8:45am this morning! Not normal however...bummer, huh? ;)
- Never took an interest in a nuk until the last month and now is hardly found without one
It's so exciting to see Dawson grown and learn new things each day but also a little sad knowing that he is growing up so fast. I know everyone says it, but times continues to go faster and faster and we're just trying to keep up...
Check out the pics below! xo
Each day that passes Dawson gets more and more interactive. He laughs when we make silly faces, moves in every which way except for crawling forward and talks all the time except no actual words. Well I guess he does say "Da-da" and "Ma-ma" and some other sound alikes but they are all amidst his jabbering. His latest babble is probably the cutest this far. I can't even phonetically type it because I don't even know where to start. He moves his tongue in and out of his mouth and throughs some "g" sounds in there...I don't know, but it's darn cute.
He started standing along furniture this weekend which is a little crazy. And as I mentioned before, moves everywhere except by crawling forward. He goes from sitting, to all fours, to rocking, to lunging forward, to pushing himself back up on all fours which moves him backwards and farther away from his destination. So then he's really mad and to pout he slams his face into the carpet and then rolls over. It's quite the scene! Sometimes it seems like crawling is 5 seconds away and other times he is so not interested. My prediction has always been that he would skip crawling and walk early, but only time will tell!
We were over at the Kalschuer's one night last week and Dawson and Averi were so much fun together. They are starting to really interact with one another and baby talk back and forth while swiping the other one's toy from one another. Nikki and I would place them on all fours facing each other and they each keep scooting farther away from one another. It really hit me how fast they are growing but also how neat to grow up together and experience the same things at the same time. It was a special moment...one of many to come I am sure.
At 8 1/2 moths of age, Dawson...
- Loves to eat cheese! It's most definitely his new favorite...with bread and yogurt close behind
- Plays with his interactive table ALL the time, and has no interest in his jumper
- It getting taller by the second and is definitely thinning out
- Splashes like a crazy person in the bathtub and wishes he could spend the whole day in the bath
- Is super ticklish
- Takes 4 - 8oz bottles and has three meals of solid food throughout the day
- Plays really well by himself
- Favorite new activity? Pulling all of the books off his bookshelf in his room
- Slept til 8:45am this morning! Not normal however...bummer, huh? ;)
- Never took an interest in a nuk until the last month and now is hardly found without one
It's so exciting to see Dawson grown and learn new things each day but also a little sad knowing that he is growing up so fast. I know everyone says it, but times continues to go faster and faster and we're just trying to keep up...
Check out the pics below! xo
Dawson with Great-Great Grandma Gen
Kickin' it with Great-Great Grandpa Mert
Dawson playing all by himself in his room taking all the books off his shelf to read...
Hmmm...what can I get into in here?
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