This just in...

Guess what I got today... my first tooth! At approximately 5:30pm my bottom right front tooth made its debut. Mommy could see it in there and had been feeling my gums non-stop all day long and finally it was there! The bottom left front is close behind and will hopefully poke through tomorrow. It's about time...they've only been visible and trying to come in for two months! Last night Mommy and Daddy noticed my top front two are almost in too! We'll see how long it takes them to actually poke through though.

My latest new trick is to play peek-a-boo all on my own. I hold my blanket up until somebody asks where I am then I pull it down and laugh. This game is so much more fun now that I can do my part on my own!

I'm talking up a storm now and making all kinds of new sounds. "bah bah bah" and a whispered "p p p" are my favorite but just ask Daddy, I've also been known to say "da da da da". :-) As hard as Mommy works with me I still haven't said "mama"... she's convinced I'm just holding out to make that my official first word :-)

I'm also still into the "pfhpfh" sound only now I've added my tongue and a lot more slobber to the mix. In addition to my non-stop jabbers, I make this noise constantly. It's especially fun when I'm eating. To see me in action earlier today, check out this video...

Click Here for my Eating and Laughing Video
(To watch the video in high quality, once in youtube click "watch in high quality" located below Views just under the right corner of the video. It may take longer to load but the video is much clearer.)

OMSI

I took my first trip to OMSI on Saturday. There's so much to look at there! We had a pretty big group: me, Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, Uncle Garland, Aunt Angela, Trinity, Domonic, and Tamorah...whew!

We walked through all of the exhibits and tried the different hands-on activities. Trinity even held a HUGE millipede! I'm not quite old enough to do all of the stuff so I just sat in my stroller and watched everything. I got pretty tired after lunch and fell asleep for the last hour we were there.

We didn't have our camera so Mommy just took a couple pictures with her phone. Here I am being cute eating my lunch :-)

My First Time Swimming

Mommy and I went swimming with Leah and Sydney today. It was my first time in water other than the tub. At first Mommy just held me while I got used to the water. Then I went in my "boat" and floated around.

Once I got used to that, I just leaned back and lounged while Mommy pushed me around the pool.

I can't wait to go swimming again!

My Sock Trick

I figured out how to get my socks off all on my own! If I don't have shoes on I pull my socks off the second I sit down. Then they go straight into my mouth and I chew and chew and chew on them till they're soaking wet.

In other news...

Last week we went and watched one of Daddy's softball games. It was pretty chilly out but I had fun anyway.

We went to the Washington County Fair with the Vernon family last weekend. We walked around and looked at all of the animals. I was very good and just sat there quietly and looked around the whole time.

Dear Kasen

Dear Kasen,

You are teething right now and the nights seem to bother you the most. Last night you woke up crying in the middle of the night so I sat and rocked you for the longest time. You were sleeping in my arms but every now and then you would stir a little, then reach up and touch my face just to make sure I was still there. It completely melted my heart.

You bring so much joy to our lives every day and I hope you always know how much you are loved.

Love,
Mom

9 Months

Well, this past week I officially turned 9 months old! I had my 9 month checkup and I am 29 1/2 inches tall and weigh 21lbs 6 0zs. I'm in the 60th percentile for weight and head circumference and the 90th percentile for height!


I went and got my pictures taken too so be sure to visit the July album on our website to see them all! http://www.joeandmarinda.com/

It's been a while...

Whew, it's been quite a while since I've posted! There has been a lot going on the past few weeks.

I got to experience my first 4th of July. Well, I sort of experienced it. We just hung out during the day and I fell asleep hours before everyone lit off fireworks. The loud fireworks in our neighborhood woke me up about 11:00pm though. I was wide awake then and watched almost a whole movie sitting on Daddy's lap.

My biggest news.... Mommy's last day of work was July 3rd! Now we get to be with eachother every day and I don't have to go to daycare anymore! We've been keeping very busy going to playgroups almost every day. We went to one playgroup last week that was all babies. We just sat around and laughed at eachother and tried to steal eachother's sippee cups. It was so much fun!

Last weekend I had my first flu :-( I woke up in the middle of the night and threw up ALL over my crib. Mommy and Daddy had to wash everything and give me a bath. Then about 20 minutes later I threw up again all over Mommy. Throwing up made me cry and I decided I don't like it at all. I had a tummy ache for a couple days but I'm all better now.

Last but not least, I finally got a new high chair!! I've just been sitting in my stroller to eat but I was definitely ready for a high chair with a big tray. I eat even better on my own now! I'm getting really good at feeding myself and drinking out of my sippee cup. My favorite thing to eat is Gerber Graduates stars. I grab them in my fist then wiggle my hand around until the star makes its between my thumb and pointer and then put it right into my mouth. I could probably eat a whole container of them but Mommy always ends up taking them away after a while and I throw a mini tantrum every time. I'm starting to eat little bites of grown-up food too, which I love! I always want what everyone else is eating. I can't wait until I have teeth so I have more options!

Oh yeah, one more thing, I can "give 5" now! :-)