Saturday, December 12, 2009

10 Months!

Mac is 10 months old today! And in even bigger news...he called me "Mama" for the first time! He did it the other night and it actually made me cry. He has been doing it non stop and it makes me so happy. I wanted to write another little note to Mac telling him (and I guess ya'll) everything I could think that happened in his 9th month:

Mac, at 9 months…

-You have started to eat more and more table food (you love deli meat and tomatoes)

-Your 2 front teeth are about half way in now

-You have been waking up in the middle of the night almost every night for the last 2 weeks, but you go right back to sleep.

-You have turned diaper changing into a full on wrestling match

-Your favorite thing to snack is Ritz Crackers

-You are not allowed to eat Mum Mums anymore because you were shoving the whole thing in your mouth and chocking!

-You wear 9-12 month clothes now

-You have started to be a little afraid of strangers (especially men!)

-You love it when bath time rolls around. You love to play with the measuring cups

-You have really started crawling and you like to throw in a little hop

-You can pull up on anything!

-You love to stand up in your crib and jump

-You weigh 21 pounds and are 29 1/2 inches

-You have tried to take a few steps and have some bruises to show for it

-You take toys away from your puppy

-You get very sad if your puppy gets in trouble

-You learned how to say "Ma ma" 2 days before you turned 10 months old

-You love to yell “Da Da” all the time now

-You are the greatest gift that your Daddy and I have ever received



Sunday, December 6, 2009

Snow Day

As most of you know, I HATE cold weather! I have never enjoyed it. I would much rather be sitting on a beach somewhere soaking up some sun than anywhere where the weather is below 70 degrees. All that being said, this past Friday was really fun. I was in the car taking Mac to school when I noticed the snow starting to fall. I thought about having to pick him up that afternoon and I changed my mind and headed back home...and I am so glad I did! I know Mac will never remember it, but I actually had fun bundling him up and taking pictures in the snow.
Saturday morning I took Mac to get a picture with Santa. I had a feeling that it would not go well because this past week Mac has been very clingy and having a little bit of seperation anxiety...so throwing him in a strangers lap sounds like a good idea right? I took him to the Bass Pro near our house because they do the pictures for free. The photographer (aka sixteen year old guy who probably works in the back and got stuck snapping pictures of screaming children) told me to just "throw" Mac in Santa's lap and run towards the camera. Well, by the time I tossed my child and got out of the way he was already screaming. I am going to have Eric take the picture to work and scan it because it is priceless...

The rest of our shopping trip was fun though. Bass Pro is a great place to take kids..there is so much to look at!
And here are some of my new favorite pictures of Mac. He looks like a little candy cane!