Happy Thanksgiving

We had a very nice meal at our house with my family to celebrate Thanksgiving. Because work has been so crazy and Matt is headed to trial in a week (he will be out of the state for two weeks- yikes!), we needed a nice and relaxing day with no travels (although we missed seeing Matt's family and the members of my family that could not make it up) and no worries( all the food was ordered and it was delicious).  David really enjoyed playing with his cousins-- he tried so hard to keep up with them.

My attempt to get all of them to stand still for a picture lasted about two seconds, so this is the best I could get:

After lunch, Matt and Brandin went to the Cowboys game and had some good male bonding time.

In David news, he has fully mastered walking, is attempting to run a bit, and is really starting to talk a lot. He can now say- mama, dada, emma (by far his favorite word), car, baby, is and bell (although he has not put them together to say Isabel - he rotates between calling her Is and Bell), banana (pronounced nana), bird, no, bye-bye and pretty (this is in response to us showing him the pretty Christmas lights that our neighbors put up so I don't think he actually gets what it means). He is also into everything, including any drawer that he can open and anything he can get off our nightstands or tables by standing on his tippy-toes. He has also mastered removing lids and bottle caps so we have to be on constant watch. He managed to get the lid off of a bottle of NyQuil (I question the child-proofing on the off-brand version that we bought) and pour it  all over himself a few weeks ago. Thankfully I was watching him (thinking, of course, that there is no harm in him playing with the bottle as it is a child proof lid) so he didn't get a chance to get any in his mouth. In general, he is a sweet, happy, loving little boy and we are so thankful to have him in our life.

Granny D to the Rescue

The great and wonderful Granny D came down again this weekend to help with the little man since Matt and I have been super busy at work (and Matt was going to the OU/Balyor game to celebrate his B-day on Saturday). Her and David are becoming quite the buds and we really appreciate her help! Thanks again, Gradma D!!!

Dallas Ft. Worth: Newborn, Baby, Toddler, & Child Photography: Sara Bella Photography: Happy 1st Birthday David#links

Dallas Ft. Worth: Newborn, Baby, Toddler, & Child Photography: Sara Bella Photography: Happy 1st Birthday David#links

Anatomy of a Walking Peanut

David is really working on perfecting his newly discovered walking skills.

David also thinks it is super funny to get on the first step and hang off of the baby gate (note his response in the last photo where I am telling him no).

12 Month Pictures

Happy Halloween

David was a cute little monkey for Halloween. Unfortunately, we did not make it trick-or-treating because he was not too impressed with (read: terrified of) the other kids in the neighborhood wearing masks. He was also super tired because we were lucky enough to have Granny D come down to help out this past weekend (Matt and I were stuck at work most of the weekend and Matt and his brother went to see the Rangers play in Game 3 of the World Series). They had lots of bonding time although I think David really wore out Granny D. He can be a little high maintenance at times. Hopefully she will still agree to come down the next time we call on such short notice. Thanks to Granny D for helping out at the last minute. We so greatly appreciate it!  

In other news, we are officially walking. I thought this would be great news, but it just presents a whole new set of potential hazards in the house (all of which David is determined to find). He also learned how to get on his Tonka truck and ride it (or push it) around the house.  That is a big source of entertainment lately.