It's amazing how much Taedon changes each day.  He just started crawling everywhere (which means he is into everything) and now is trying to stand and take steps.  Good thing we have plenty of space for him to roam around and find things to get into, but we can't wait for spring to get here so we can play outside.

He loves bath time.  Sometimes I think he fakes being tired and ready for bed so that he can go get in the bath.  Last night he started blowing bubbles in the water.  So funny to watch.

Loves his own little cabinet in the kitchen that I made for him and of all of the fun toys I put in there, his favorites are the empty sour cream container and wood spoons.

"What do you mean the blueberry muffins are all gone?  I want more please."

Helping make daddy's lunch for work.  Who doesn't love lunch meat, an onion and Oreos?

Yay for cuteness!  Hope these cheeser pics make you smile as much as they did me.

He was in a good mood because he had just destroyed the piles I had made to organize and stuff all of his diapers.  For some reason he can't stand organization and loves to "help" me create chaos.

This one still makes me laugh.  I had just gotten his favorite blanket off of the drying rack and wrapped it around him while he ran around in his walker.  He was running at full speed when I held up the camera and said "say cheese" and he stopped dead in his tracks and held this face until I took the picture.  My little ham.

Here is my other laundry helper.  This dog will stalk you if he sees you pull fresh laundry out of the dryer and when you aren't looking, make a bed out of it.  Doesn't matter if it is hot any longer or not.  Something about fresh clean laundry that he loves.

I have been trying new adult foods with Taedon recently.  I am working with him on finger foods and trying to get him to experience new things and practice picking things up.  This morning since I was making myself some scrambled eggs I figured he might like some as well.  He liked them for a few bites before realizing that they also fly nicely off of his tray if he picks them up and launches them.  Needless to say he ended up with them everywhere and Niko assumed his position underneath the high chair to catch himself some breakfast as well.

 "Mom these are pretty tasty!"  (this is the before pic obviously all nice and clean)

...and the after pic.  He ended up getting some yogurt and fruit (his favorite breakfast) as well since I'm not sure how much of the eggs he actually ate.

Hope every one's holidays were all that they had hoped for and more.  We went to see my family in Kansas for Christmas and got to introduce Taedon to a lot of my family that he hadn't met yet.  He warmed up to everyone quickly and really enjoyed his first Christmas. 

Everyone took their turn trying out Taedon's new toys.  I'm sure they just wanted to make sure they worked for him and got no enjoyment out of it whatsoever.

"Look at my cool new stuff Dad.  I must have been good this year."

He had a blast shredding the tissue paper.  We couldn't get him to stop.

Getting spoiled will take it out of you.  (And this was just Christmas Eve afternoon)

He LOVES his big boy Scout.  He has had the smaller one since he was born that played music and nature sounds, but new Scout sings and says his name and talks to him.  He starts smiling every time he seems him.

We all got to meet my cousin Katie's daughter (born in July) and what is cool is that Taedon and Anna are the same age difference that Katie and I are.  If only we didn't live on opposite coasts I'm sure they would be best of friends.  Also, if you look closely at my sister you will see another cousin on the way this March.  So excited to meet her as well.

He loved meeting uncle Josh.  Crazy to see my baby brother holding my son.  Feels like just yesterday Josh was that size.

"Mom can we take this home?  It is just my size!"

Once we (sadly) took the tree down I made a play area for Taedon for now since we have the space in the family room.  He played for almost an hour by himself.

I have to brag on our new chandelier a bit.  We bought it when we were still living in San Diego.  I had had my eye on it for years and had hoped to have it one day.  We happened upon it on a sale one day so we bought it hoping we would someday have a room to hang it in.  Now that we do have the room we were excited to get it up.  It took us many hours (around 10 I would guess) and several trips to the hardware store thanks to the builders not making the electrical box flush with the ceiling which made the screws that came with it too short.  Needless to say we finally got it done and it is still hanging.  More photos of the rest of the house to come later.  I promise.



And last but most certainly not least...Taedon has finally figured out how to crawl.  He has been doing his inchworm (see previous blog post for video) for months but on 12-31 it was like it just clicked for him.  Guess he wanted to be more independent in the new year.

*Please ignore the two toned wood floors.  We will eventually replace the lighter wood with tile and are happily taking donations for the cause. :)  I can't guarentee a tax deduction for your donation but I will invite you over to walk on it.  I know...I'm super generous aren't I?

Well that is all for now.  Hope everyone's 2012 is off to a great start.  Until next time...