Of Course We Dressed Ourselves!

9 Months!

A baby’s 9th month “birthday ” is important because that signifies, more or less, the  same length of time as gestation.  (Julie, I said “more or less”!)

Which means I am contemplating those last 11.5 pounds I have left to lose for that ever-taunting  pre-pregnancy weight.  Funny, I had only 10 pounds to lose at the beginning of summer…..

Wesley has other things to think about than Mama’s love handles, though.

 

 

He is now able to easily go from laying down to sitting up.  There are days I can’t even do that!   He hasn’t crawled more than a few steps at a time, but he is moving all around,and standing against furniture.  He’s figuring out what his hands can do, besides cram food into his mouth.  This boy, the one who wriggles with happiness whenever he sees me, the one who doesn’t hit, push, tease, or tattle,  the one who is happy to eat whatever I make for him, the one who gets into his carseat without a fuss, gets dressed without tears, gets out of the bath without a tantrum, this boy is my joy.

A Perfect Autumn Day

 

In spite of an all-hands family cold, we enjoyed very much a perfect northwest autumn day. While Dwayne watched over a sleeping Wesley inside (while trying out the controls on the new Halo game), the girls came outside with me to help rake leaves.  At least Piper did.  Kyla pouted in the swing bench because she wanted to use the rake Piper was using, not any of the other four rakes we had.  Okay, so it was a mostly perfect day.  (And did I mention she has a cold?)

 

Piper knew exactly what to do with the pile of leaves.  Here’s the run up….

 

And the landing!

 

Kyla cheers up and decides to join us.

 

 

She sticks the landing.

 

Ta-da!

 

I showed the girls the ropes.  The ropes we had from the old tire swing, and how to swing on them and land in the pile of leaves. 

A Small Step for Mankind

 

“I have conquered all!”

 

Last night we had an usually early evening, so we had time for a family game.  We played on the floor and put Wesley far enough away that he couldn’t eat the elephant game pieces.  But those painted plastic pachyderms must have looked really tasty because Wesley went from rocking on his hands and knees to actually crawling two steps!  He looked a little bewildered by what he had done, but perhaps he was mimicking the expressions of the rest of us.

Go, Wes, Go!

Because There’s Not Enough Pictures of Wesley

Hey, Wes! What are you hiding behind that spoon?

Oh. That figures.

Call PETA

She loves her animals, but sometimes she loves them a wee bit much. I had to take Smokey’s collar off to protect her from Piper’s new-found interest in making a belt a leash and pulling kitty along for a “walk”.

Breaking News!

Wesley is crawling! 

Absorb that for a minute before I give you the fine print, because it becomes slightly less exciting than that.  First, the boy can move pretty well by doing the bum-scoot, rolling, wiggling backwards, turning, and wiggling backwards again. If you put him down somewhere, the one place you know he won’t be in a minute is where you left him.

Today, he got on his hands and knees (a newer skill), rocked back and forth a few times, and accidently crawled a few steps backwards.  He looked a little puzzled, but did it again. 

I predict it will be at least another week before he figures out forward drive, but at least he’s getting the all-wheels concept now!