November 2009

Look real close you can see my top eye teeth!

1 of many silly faces!

My old man face!

My new truck!

Reading the newspaper with mommy!

A few more days and it will be December!! Once again where has the month gone? Jake has been busy this month, along with mommy and daddy! Jake is all over the place. He has mastered the army crawl and will occasionally crawl on his knees. He can pull up on everything and now he has mastered being able to sit down from a standing position. He loves to walk around the coffee table. His newest trick is to step up on daddy's leg so he can climb up onto the coffee table. It's only a matter of time before he figures out how to do it on his own. He also loves to push his walker and other toys around while he walks. He has also learned how to ride his truck all by himself. He knows he has to hold onto something before he can get off of it. So I am wondering how much longer we have before he starts walking?!
Jake has tried lots of new foods! He loves sweet potatoes/turkey, turkey/rice, yogurt, cheese, cheerios, vegetable beef, goldfish crackers, ritz crackers, mac-n-cheese and mum mums!! He ate like a champ for Thanksgiving and had turkey, stuffing, a roll and sweet potato pie with cool whip. He made sure to let me know I wasn't feeding him fast enough. He would jump up and down and say, mamamama while fussing! My silly boy is finally saying mama. He only seems to say it when he needs something. Should I get use to this? Jake is learning to drink from a straw and has a new fancy cup to help with that. He knows how to drink from his sippy cups but needs help with holding it up. He has two eye teeth coming in at the same time. So needless to say we have for sure had our fussy moments and restless nights sleep.
On Sunday nights Jake loves reading the newspaper with me. When I am done with a section I hand it over to him! He sits there for a long time balling it up and tearing it and tasting it. He will get mad if you don't let him have a section when your done! Jake's facial expressions are priceless. His newest one is sucking in his bottom lip and only seeing his top lip. He really does look like an old man. It's too funny! Oh and you better watch out if a Geico commercial comes on. The one's with the googly eyes on the wad of cash. He will stop whatever he is doing to watch it.
We started decorating for Christmas! I was decorating the tree while Jake was napping. As I was finishing up Jake sat up from his nap and looked over at the lights on the tree and he had the biggest smile! It was so sweet! Jeff put up lights outside and it was so fun to take Jake outside when we turned them all on! We got another big smile from our blue eyed boy!! Just wait until Christmas morning!!
Our sweet boy turned 9 months on the 27th! I am sure December will be full of surprises!!