Daddy's stuff

Joaquin has been saying "My momma" since the beginning of his babbling, but last night he said "My daddy"...it's very cute.



He has also decided that his daddy has the best stuff and that daddy's areas must be the most fun places to play in the whole house. So he now makes his way to the A/V stuff or tries to get in the garage whenever he can. When he gets something new, he puts it in his hand and wants to walk around the house to show it to someone. We look for Gideon or Uncle Nate and then we head back to daddy's area to get something new.

Our bruiser

Joaquin has been much more mobile and, as such, we're getting our first bumps and bruises. Here's his first major one...he put his tooth through his lip while exploring the fridge. Poor thing had a bleeding upper lip which has now scabbed over...not so great with his cold, which means we've got all sorts of goo going in it. What a trooper!

Rain, rain, go away...

It has been quite rainy in Southern California, much to Joaquin's chagrin. He loves the outdoors and we haven't been getting outside as much because of the rain and cold. How do they do it in Michigan? My mom had him the other day and he was so determined to go outside that he banged his head against the glass a couple of times. So we've been trying to get out as much as possible, which has given us some cute pics...

Cute, huh?...

...until you learn that our little bundle of cuteness has already surpassed us on the computer and managed to turn off the internet on this little adventure. And now we can't get it back on (at all!) and the gateway tech wants us to totally re-load it. I think it was intentional...he totally gets more time on it now that he's not interfering with Daddy's facebook time.

Happy (belated) Valentine's Day!

Lovebug visited with Lola for a few hours while we had a very nice Thai dinner.

Joaquin likes chocolate!

8 months old!

Joaquin is 8 months old. This month has been characterized by talking. He's got Mama and Da down pat. Most often he says "My Mamma" and looks for Da in bed and out in the yard working. He also has dog, good, and yeah pretty consistently. He's working on Uncle, boo (for peek a boo--by far, still his favorite game), hello, and he's said "I got it!" twice. "I got it" is so fun...he does it in this sing-songey voice with an exclamation at the end.

He's eating alot of table food and will sit in his highchair and eat with us for the whole dinner as long as he gets some of what we're eating. I'd say his favorite foods are banana and french fries. He is a very big boy...we're already on 18 month old clothing!

Great hand-eye coordination...he doesn't struggle at all to grab anything anymore. He's also started to pull himself up all the time and he likes to practice doing it over and over. We have finally had to put away the bouncy chair as he will now pull himself over to try and follow me out of the room. He has also started to pull over to get a hug and puts his hands up when he wants to be picked up. Our new bouncy chair is a laundry basket...although he tried to get out of that to follow me inside after laundry, so that's going to be short lived too!


























And here's his 7 month pic since we missed it: