the molars are coming, the molars are coming!

Yesterday I had my 18-mo pictures taken. We went down to Beloit to visit my friend, Auny. I played with her and let her pick me up, too. This is rare right now, especially since we got back from Europe. but I had lots of fun, and she already sent some sneak peeks. aren't i handsome?

Last night I crashed before 8:00. but then I woke up at 9:30 and was inconsolable. I wasn't hungry or thirsty, and it didn't even help to cuddle with mommy. Finally (after about a half hour), mommy and daddy decided to try some tylenol, and it worked. They figured I didn't have a fever, and couldn't tell them anything else, so they didn't know what else to do. I crashed about 10 minutes later. then I woke up at 3:30 again, demanding more medicine.

Tonight when mommy was putting my diaper on after my bath, she saw some tiny white spots on my top jaw - 2 new molars coming in!! she'd show you, but they aren't as easy to take a picture of as those front sparklers.

guess what i can do!

i've been practicing taking a few steps every now and then...but today i took a lot in a row. that's right - i'm officially walking!!!

grandma came to visit while mommy and daddy went to the holiday party for mommy's work. i had fun showing her all of my fun new things i can do. and all the things my toys do - like how the alligator eats my blocks!

it was a lot of work.

time for a haircut!

today i got my first haircut!! i was such a good boy. i sat on daddy's lap and sat very still. i was very curious when the lady used the clippers. Daddy was shaggy , too. Here are some pics from our trip to the hair cutter's.

Daddy's and my "before" picture

my cape had penguins on it

i kept a close watch to make sure the lady didn't cut too much off ;)

our "after" picture. aren't we handsome? :)

i've also been getting into lots of mischief lately:

i like to get into the end table drawer and play with all the stuff in there.

Then, this evening mommy put me for a nap in my pack-n-play, and heard a squawk out of me. She came to check on me and this is what she found:

for the record, when i laid down for my nap, i had pants on ;) somehow i got them all the way off.

oatmeal and hide & seek/peek-a-boo

tonight mommy fed me lots and lots of oatmeal. after the incident with the rice cereal, she is a little nervous to increase the thickness - can you blame her? and since we use mommy milk to make the oatmeal, she is cautious on how much she makes at a time. especially because i'm notorious (at least in this house) for acting hungry and then not wanting food ;) she had to make me 3 "servings" (although, mommy's servings are small...). Each time she finished the bowl, i screamed until she made more. :) i've got her trained!

then after my bath and mommy and daddy's supper we played hide and seek. i've been working on this for a while. i know how to find people when they put my drool rag or blankie over their heads. but tonight i did the hiding! i'd hold it up to my face and then drop the blanket. oh boy did i scare mommy and daddy. then i buried my face in the blanket, and i still scared them ;) this is a fun game - i'll have to have mommy video it for you to see how much fun it is.

thanksgiving fun

for thanksgiving we went down to my grandpa and grandma saillard's in chicago. grandma jan gave me some cool socks that have grippers. i was having trouble walking, and they helped me out.

and guess what i figured out how to do - on Thanksgiving after we ate, i climbed up their stairs for the first time! it was easy to learn there - their stairs are just a little shorter than mine are.

then when i got home, i went right to our stairs...and got up to the landing. that's as far as daddy would let me go :)

i sat at the table while everyone ate, and was a very good boy. grandma bought me a booster that had lots of fun toys on and i was entertained the whole meal. I also had some sweet potatoes while everyone else had turkey, cranberries, green beans and sweet potatoes too!

friday, sat and today mommy had some appointments, so i hung out with daddy. i wanted to cuddle a lot and to have daddy hold me. i lucked out that the internet was down and i got some quality mommy and daddy time ;)

we got a new ottoman recently - this is to replace the dangerous coffee table with lots of edges. i can stand up very easily now! you can see more picture of me standing by the ottoman on my picture site (link to the left).

i also am talking a LOT lately.