A Tisket, A Tasket

Pauley's in a basket. This was totally spontaneous. He crawled in here and I captured it. I swear it was not posed. I think he looks like a show dog in a Sears portrait (in the cutest possible way...) in the first one.

Put on Your Farty Hat

That's not a typo. Here's another video that I can watch over and over and crack up everytime (definitely requires sound):

Also, Paul finally fits into his Patriots hat. I need to get him some 49ers gear... maybe that's why we've been losing. I hear that adorable babies are good luck.

Baby Hokey Pokey

Paul's equivalent of the hokey pokey is to creep over to an obstacle and then pull himself up and stand using whatever it is for support. When he either gets bored there or one of us redirects him he just goes to something else and does the same thing.

Here he is pictured in his ultra-chic jungle animal pajamas standing next to the laundry basket/ temporary baby gate:

More Baby Shinannigans

This evening while we were all hanging out in the living room we turned around and this is what we saw. Paul had used his baby seat as a booster to pull up onto the lower tier of the end table. He would have rolled right on through like a little tank if we hadn't removed him.

Ryan told me that he was a climber growing up. Oh man. It's going to be a rough couple of years.

Paul is Amazing

He is, but of course that goes without saying. Paul sat up by himself from lying down on Saturday. Ryan and I looked at each other and took note because he'd never done it before. Two days and three nights passed with no further action... until last night. Suddenly he was just sitting up all over the place. Scoot here, sit up. Scoot over there, sit up and play with a toy. Scoot over to his pacifier, sit up, pick it up and put it in his mouth.

Also, we usually place obstacles into his path to keep him corralled in an area where we know he's safe and we can keep an eye on him. Ryan put his little chair up, and you know? He pulled himself up on it. So now he's getting himself up into the sitting position AND pulling up onto things.

He can only do two new things, but somehow he just got twelve times harder to keep up with.

Three Cheers for Cheerios!

I was under the (mistaken) impression that babies couldn't eat finger foods until they had teeth. I received an email newsletter from Tripler hospital suggesting that I give him finger foods to help him develop his pinching skills. He's been getting good at that eating his dissolvable mum-mums, but I just didn't think he could have food like cheerios. I looked it up in a few other places and decided to give it a try. It took a little while (shorter than I had actually expected) but he got it.

Now, I don't know if after watching the video of this people will think I'm a bad mom... I really hope not. Watch it first, then I'll explain myself:

I think this video is really cute, and I felt pretty bad that I let him fall over, but it didn't faze him at all. Everytime I watch this I crack up at the end where he tips over but it stops before he hits the ground. I'm sure I wouldn't laugh if he had hurt himself (and I probably would have deleted the video...) but it didn't bother him at all. I really wish I could do that in life (stop him before he hits anything when he falls).

All in all, I think he did an amazingly good job, especially considering it was his first time EVER trying to eat anything but baby food and big crackers.

Wooden Spoon Fun - Day 2!

Paul really likes this wooden spoon. It has become a regular addition to his toy rotation. I also like this picture because it captures his sort of spazzy nature. It's hard to get a picture where at least part of him isn't blurry.

Relaxing with Dad on a lazy Saturday.

This picture was taken only moments after Paul had pulled himself up onto his feet using my leg. I took the photo and the flash startled him so he plopped down onto his knees.

Wooden Spoon Fun

Babies are doin' it for themselves

Sometimes while he is playing, Paul comes across one of his pacifiers and he puts it into his mouth. Most of these times it's upside down. It doesn't seem to bother him at all.

Cat Fascination

Paul is completely fixated on the cat. He follows him around everywhere he can, he shrieks and smiles and tries to put Seamus' tail into his mouth. In this picture Seamus managed to allude Paul by hiding inside Paul's little aquarium crawl-through toy.

It has been getting harder to capture good photos of Paul because of his reaction to the flash of the camera. It seems like the best time to get him is when he's already in the sun.

This is the face he makes the most. I count my blessings everyday, and I can't believe how lucky we are!

Paul has taken to playing with the blinds...

Bouncing Baby

Such a happy baby.

Seamus finds a moment of peace amongst Paul's livingroom carnage:

Sleepytime

This is sort of out of order, but I've remembering to take pictures and then having a hard time finding time to post them.

This was from when I came home from the Sunday show of the play I was in. It was a very peaceful scene and reminded me of when Paul was a newborn.

We Voted!

Ok, I voted, but Paul was there too.