Taedon just figured out how to crawl a month ago and is already attempting to take some steps. I always thought I understood (and sometimes probably rolled my eyes at the statement) when my parents said "you grew up way too fast" but having my own child, I now understand.
We just got him this yesterday so he hasn't mastered it just yet but he really likes it. I'm sure by my next post I will have a cute video of him racing through the house with it.
We also finally invested in some baby proofing. Taedon has a love/hate relationship so far with his new baby jail. I put Niko in with him today and got this "what did I do to deserve jail" look from him. Taedon loved company though.
Prime example of why baby jail was needed. I swear I left him alone for two minutes while I swept the floor and he made his way from the kitchen to the bathroom, unrolled all of the toilet paper and swished the water everywhere. He was soaked by the time I found him and oh so proud of himself. Gross... I couldn't be too mad at him though. I am the one that left the door open and the lid up. At least I remembered to close the door to the stairs that lead to the basement that are right across from this doorway.
I love this picture for many reasons. Dontae and Shalimar lived together when he and I started talking again in 2006 and every time I visited, they were playing Madden. Once Dontae went on deployment and subsequently moved to San Diego, he packed up his Play Station and it never left the box again. Shal came to visit over the weekend and somehow conversations led to the Play Station being pulled out and a Madden 2005 (yes that is right) showdown began. I didn't catch who was the winner in the end but I think they had fun.
This makes me so sad and yet thankful all it did was melt and not catch on fire or something. I have been making a lot of homemade bread lately whether it is in the bread maker or making dough in the bread maker and making the bread in the oven. The only problem I have run into with actually baking the bread in the oven is getting it to rise in our semi-chilly house. So the other day to speed things up I rigged the space heater on the counter to help speed the process along. It worked...but when I moved the towel, I saw this. RIP little space heater. You kept a pregnant, not used to winter yet again girl warm last year. And a little doggy too! Needless to say, lesson learned.
