A Growing Concern

I have so much news to report friends. I had my six month checkup on Tuesday. Mommy stayed home from work to take me to the doctor. I now weigh in at 16 pounds and 4 ounces. I'm 26 inches long and I am super healthy. I got three shots and I screamed at the doctor just to let her know that I do not like that at all. But the whole day wasn't a loss, I got to spend the afternoon with Mommy and she pulled out all the stops to make me laugh.

Yesterday I wasn't feeling so hot at school so they called Mommy at work to come get me. I think those shots finally caught up with me. I took a few naps at home and I'm feeling much, much better. Mommy gave me a teething ring to play with yesterday and I used my imagination to think of where else it could go. Mommy turned to get a spoonful of food for me and I slipped it on my leg. Oh I'm so silly!

I will soon have this crawling thing all figured out. I have mastered rolling across a room and creeping off my play mat. Watch out puppies I am headed your way. Mommy and Daddy give me plenty of time and room to practice. My doctor says I'm so active that I may skip crawling and just move right on to walking instead. Mommy started sweating right when the doctor said that. I wonder why? I'm not a handful am I?

I've outgrown my first bathtub and tonight I am going to move into a bathtub for bigger boys. I love to splash in the bath and now I'm so big that two splashes and I'm sitting in a mostly dry tub. My new tub will have much more room for my bath toys.

Love, V

Half Way There

Today is my half-versary! I am half way to my first birthday. I decided to celebrate by getting up at 3:30am and having a party in my crib. Daddy came to the party but he didn't seem to be in the mood to celebrate. I had a very nice weekend friends so I'm going to post some pictures for you.

Friday night Mommy and Daddy and I went to buy decorations for the big Halloween party that we are having. Thankfully I slept through the whole trip so I didn't see any of the scary things at the party store. Then we went out for dinner. Daddy even let me help him pick something off the menu.

Yesterday was such a great day. Daddy got off of work early and we walked to a restaurant in our neighborhood for dinner. I got to take a bath when we came home. Daddy said it was because I love the bathtub, Mommy said it was because I had a diaper blowout at the restaurant. While I was getting ready for bed, our brand new neighbors started moving in next door. We walked over to meet them and they are such a nice family.

Tomorrow I go for my six month checkup. I can't wait to show my doctor how I'm learning to hold cups and bottles. I think she'll be especially proud that I'm doing so well with baby food (even though I'm not the biggest fan of squash). Mommy says she can't wait to see how much I weigh. She says I felt like like a baby made of lead this weekend because I wanted to be carried around all the time.

Love, V

TGIF

Friends I'm getting ready for another fun weekend. The weather is nice and Mommy and I are going to run errands. Tonight we are going with Daddy to buy supplies for the Halloween party we are throwing later this month. While Daddy is at work this weekend Mommy and I are going to go to the farmers market and get fresh veggies to make some soups. Mommy says she hopes I grow up to be a chef so I can cook for her every day.

I am growing so fast and learning so many new tricks. I pick up something new every day. I realized the other night in the tub that when my toy floats out of reach, I can kick it back into my hand. I also found out that if Mommy is singing a song and I don't like it, I can just grab her lips and it makes her stop. She says living with me is worse than being on American Idol!

Love, V

Bad Hair Day

When I woke up this morning friends my hair was wild! Mommy thinks I was out partying all night to get this do. Thank goodness it's getting cooler and I can wear hats on bad hair days.
Last night Mommy, Daddy and I went for a walk in the neighborhood. It was so nice outside that the breeze put me to sleep. There are a lot of fun businesses and restaurants within walking distance of our house so Mommy says now that the temperatures are dropping we will be walking to a lot of our family outings.

Love, V

Hello October

Only 5 days until I hit the 6 month mark friends. I can't believe it's October already. Today Mommy dressed me in a little pants suit. Daddy did not like it at all! He said velour is for wussies. I wanted to sneak a few pictures of the outfit on my blog because I think that the suit may be mysteriously missing by the time Mommy gets home from work tonight.

There are so many things happening this month. I am getting my first set of school pictures taken in a couple of weeks and then at the end of the month we are having a super fun Halloween party complete with costumes. Even my puppies have costumes to wear. There are so many good things to look forward to.

Love, V