Our new pool

We got this pool (3 years old, set up, but never used) & deck free off Craigslist. We worked on taking the deck apart last night and will do more tonight (located about 45 mins from us). We will dissemble the pool Sat. am.
It is 18x33 oval and the deck is like 18x16 or so.

It's huge!!

Hi, Bye...little man enjoys waving now

and we are pretty sure we heard a "Hi" the other day too :o)

8 months old

When I say 8 months old I have a really hard time believing I am talking about our son. Where has the time gone?

Most recently he is:
crawling
feeding himself finger foods
babbling away, mammamamama, dadadadada, etc...
pulling to knees and standing
loving the dogs
loving the water, pool, lake, bath...splashing away happily
clapping
really attached to Mama

He is our biggest joy, happy 8 months little man!

If you're happy and you know it...

Clap your hands! And Joel does just that. So cute! He was sitting in front of his sing along stage this morning, I was standing behind him and If you're happy and you know it was playing and he proceeds to clap his hands :O)

Separation anxiety

Awww, sweet little man is going through separation anxiety from Mommy. As soon as I turn to leave a room or I am out of his site he gets so upset. No problem he'll outgrow it, but tonight I put him to bed, he fell right to sleep and awoke about 1/2 hour later crying. I let him be for a few minutes as he never does this. I checked on him thinking maybe he couldn't find his blankie. He had his blankie, but was full out crying, tears and all. I went in and rubbed his tummy and told him he as okay. I put on his crib aquarium, said goodnight and left his room. He held his breath and then cried so much...poor lil guy ripped my heart out. I let him cry for a few minutes then went in again, he was so upset. I picked him up to hug him and he just hugged me back and rested his head on my shoulder, awww! He was fine, I just wanted to make sure! Daddy came in and talked to him and he started crying again, he said it's okay, Mommy's got you and JB turned his head away from Daddy and buried it into my neck and relaxed. I held him for a few minutes then put him back in his crib and rubbed his head. As soon as he hit the crib he cried for me, MAMMAAAMMAAMA! I told him he was just fine, Mama loved him, he had to go to sleep and I left. Oh, did he get upset. Anyway he cried less and less over the next few minutes and eventually fell back to sleep. He awoke a few minutes ago doing the same thing, but much briefer. Wow, what a feeling to be missed and loved so much by our little man!

Trying out Dada's sunglasses 8-23-09

 

 

 

 

These pics were all taken on 8-23-09 at Aunt Cindy's Birthday party at the lake. I had my first taste of corn!