Who's Crawling....

Yep, it's me! I put in some initial steps on tax day but yesterday morning it became official, I can crawl. Watch out Leo, Mom & Dad! Video to come....

My Road Trip East

My travels continue, as does the number of states I've visited - up to 20 now! Mom & Dad planned fun field trips for us each day and I got to spend some quality time with Dad too. It sure is nice to all be in one spot again. The attached photos start with the final morning in my Tulsa home, followed by a tour of the Merramac caves, the Louisville Slugger factory, Buffalo Trace distillery on the KY bourbon trail and ending with one my first meals in my new home in Southbury. (Not included is our trip to the Hershey factory in Hershey, PA.)

8 Months

My cheesehead may have been ready for my 8 month birthday but the camera download stuff wasn't. Mom & Dad found the right box, finally! Here I am on my 8 month birthday. We celebrated by sharing cookies with our cool movers. And yes, we are in our new home in Connecticut. As we quickly get use to life "in the country", I am getting into sleeping during car rides and not enjoying naps in my crib for now.....
I do have my two front teeth, they came in simultaneously at the end of March. I'm using them to enjoy my favorite food, avocados! I am SO close to figuring out the whole crawling thing but with all the mess in our house Mom & Dad aren't anxious for me to reach this milestone. So far Dad's screwdriver provides me the greatest desire to crawl, we'll see. I love remote controls, cell phones, computers and paper. My toys are cool but I know what the good stuff is! I continue to pull myself up on everything but I haven't figured out how to stand on my own or cruise along things yet.
Stayed tuned for pictures of my road trip to the East Coast!

All I Want

before I move to Connecticut is my two front teeth! Yep, they are both beginning to make an appearance. Daddy felt a little something on Friday and sure enough upon further poking and prodding here they come. I think I'll be able to mash up my Mum Mums even faster now!
P.S. My cheesehead is safely stowed in a big cardboard box. My nice moving people even wrote "cheesehead" on the box so that we can be sure to find it on April 7!

I Know, I Know....

.... you all want to see pictures of me but things have been a little hectic with our pending move (3 days until the movers come)so you'll have take a little story about my travels instead.
OK, so I now have 15 flights under my belt. Mommy likes to chuckle when people ask her at the airport if this will be my first flight. I continue to be a good little companion for a busy little 7.5 month old. Don't get me wrong I have my moments (some of them a bit long) but don't we all?
My flight from Hartford to Cincinnati was filled with so much fun that I just had to share. We had the best guy sit next to us! First of all he had one of those shiny soft warm up jackets and since I am really into textures lately it was all I could do to keep my hands off of him. But it gets better! He had on a Live Strong bracelet - which is just like my Mom's watch that I love to soothe my gums with but yellow! It was all Mom could do to keep me from eating the man's wrist throughout the flight. One would think the excitement ends there but the man pulled out one of the forbidden temptations (there are just a few left these days, mainly cell phones and laptops)......a newspaper. He attempted to read it in our cramped quarters but soon realized even with Mom's best attempts to keep me from grabbing and eating it, that he was doomed. He was a great sport but by the end of the flight I think he was pretty anxious to get off the plane. I really like this flying stuff!

7 Months

Today is my 7 month birthday and "Busy" is currently my middle name. I'm not much for putting my consonants together yet but I will sure let you know what I want and don't want. I find it frustrating that I am not mobile, although I've perfected the art of projecting myself forward from the sitting position. I can reach toys that are 3-4 feet away this way! I still don't like being on my stomach, ever! I'm pulling myself up to a standing position with a little more regularity these days. I'm moving into real people food too and love to eat bananas and avocados (in little pieces of course). I'll celebrate my next birthday in my new home in Connecticut!

Ode To My Dad