Eric is 1 year and 2 weeks old!

This week, Eric has started to wave again. He was doing it for a while (sort of just holding his arm up in the air without movement) but he stopped. Now he is waving again this time with arm movement and everything! Of course, only when he wants to do it, not on command and not just because someone happens to be leaving, lol!

Eric has been copying words we say, this week he said "kitty cat" and "dog!"

Also this week he has started twirling in a circle. This is pretty fun and pretty funny! I keep trying to get a video of him doing it, but everytime I get the video camera out he stops everything and runs over to the camera to play with it! D'oh!


We went to the library this week for children's scrapbooking day! (This is Eric's first official scrapbooking crop!!!)


Then we went to check out the rest of the library. Look at the tiny little chairs - so cute!


The library has some pretty fun stuff!

Eric is 1 year and 1 week old!

We are officially in size 4 diapers! YIKES!!!

Bailey ate one of Eric's toys. The toy had glitter in it. Hub picked up Bailey's "leavings" and had to bring it to me so I could see the prettiest dog leavings ever, lol!

Eric has been copying words we say, this week he said "grandpa" and "hello!"


We had our 1 year doctor visit this week. Eric got 2 shots and some blood taken, he was very brave. He got Taz band-aids!


This is the last time in his infant car seat, he is 20.14 pounds now and 29.5 cm tall. He has to move into the big boy carseat!


We had a playdate with Kellie and her kiddos, she brought more birthday presents for Eric! Thank you Kellie!


Savanna was super sweet and helped Eric with whatever he needed.

Eric is 1 year old!!!

Eric had a wonderful first birthday! A big thanks to all of you who helped contribute and make this day so nice. Below is one of the pictures from the party, the rest I have uploaded to an online album, click here to go to the online album.

Eric is 11 months and 4 weeks old!

Eric is so sweet, he really likes to share. He will bring me a toy and put it in my lap and then go play with something else. I've also noticed, he is aware of what items belong to whom, i.e., he will bring Dada his red hat and he will bring Bailey the stuffed pheasant toy.

He has started laughing at the appropriate times during his TV show. I can rewind the show to the funny part and he will laugh at the same point in the show each time!


My first official Mother's Day was awesome! I got flowers, breakfast, a pedicure, my hair done, a special card that Eric and Dada made, taken out to lunch, to go shopping for garden stuff and Scott finished planting the garden! What a great day!!! :)


Here's a pic of tooth #6 that popped through on May 1st.


Here is Eric's dance, lol!


Eric eating a cold pickle - check out the tongue action and the facial expressions! Sorry the video is a big wiggly, I was trying so hard not to laugh myself right outta the chair!


Eric steps up into the house. I was hoping he would show you how he can step down too cuz that's usually harder than stepping up, but he decided to go inside and get some things off the kitchen table, so I had to stop filming and go help him. He steps up and down just fine and is really enjoying all the backyard has to offer! :)

Eric is 11 months and 3 weeks old!

On May 1, Eric's left eye tooth popped through!

We have been working very hard to learn how to be gentle. Petting the dog and cat softly (not hitting), touching Moma's hair gently (not pulling), touching Dada's eyes gently (not gauging), etc. This week, Eric has started using one finger to touch things when I tell him "nice." He will go over to Bailey and grab his face, so I say, "Eric, can you pet your dog nice?" and most of the time Eric will stop grabbing Bailey's face and touch him with one finger! Hooray for progress!

Eric has started pointing at everything. He is more curious than ever about his environment. He is very observant and now dances when he hears music and laughs at the appropriate times while watching TV.


Happy Cinco de Mayo! Eric's favorite Disney character is Handy Manny the Handyman, here is his Handy Manny Cinco de Mayo shirt, it says "Sinko" de Mayo, lol!

Eric is 11 months and 2 weeks old!

This week is rough, we are teething and growing and dealing with allergies. Rubbing ears and general crankiness have become the norm. The doctor says he is too young for allergy medicine, but can use saline nose drops to help wash any pollen out of his nose and can take tylenol for the teething and growing pains.

There are times of laughter however, one is when he sneezes. Every time he sneezes he looks at me and giggles!

He has also started tickling our feet - I guess turnabout is fair play! He is pretty pleased with himself for finding our tickle spots.

He scrunches up his nose when he laughs really hard (also when he eats a big bite of food). And speaking of food, this week we tried pretzels and also some beans, he loves both!


"Sailing, sailing, over the bounding waves..." Let's go travel the world on the open sea! (doesn't it look like he is ready to go right this very minute? lol!)

Eric is 11 months and 1 week old!

This is a busy week! Along with working on getting those top eye teeth through his gums (the right one came through on the 17th), Eric is teaching himself new sounds including 't,' 'v,' and 'b.'

He is also facing his fears about the clapping Eeyore, the tickle me Elmo, and the singing crab toys he got for Christmas. He brings them to me and I explain how they work. He watches me turn the toy on and off. Then he watches me interact with the toy while he sits in my lap. Next he walks around the toy watching it very carefully. He brings the toy over to me and sits in my lap with the toy. He will now kiss the Eeyore and dance with the crab - Elmo is still a bit scary, but we are working on it. :)

The little dance thing he does with the crab toy is too cute, he bends his knees and then straightens them and bends and straightens - who taught him to dance like that?!? LOL!

This week he has really started to get the logistics down of climbing. He has tried to climb out of the bathtub, up the living room chair, and on my leg (as I am sitting on the floor) as a step up to the sofa! This climbing has also lent itself nicely to stepping up into the house from outside in the backyard. He holds onto the wall and steps right up! (April 19th) Stepping down was a different kind of challenge and took a bit longer to master, but he got it all figured out the very same day and can now go in and out the door like a pro!

Also this week he has really started to exert his wants. He will now do what I refer to as "temper tantrum feet" which is basically him stomping his feet when he can't have something he wants (where do they learn this stuff?) and becoming a "noodle" or complete dead weight when he is picked up and removed from the area.

This flurry of learning and activity led to him sleeping from 8:30pm to 6am on the 17th! This is the first time EVER that he has slept all the way through the night! Apparently it was a fluke because it hasn't happened again since.

This has been such a monumental week, I decided to do a mini scrapbook called "A Day in the Life of Eric" below are a few of the images that will be included in this scrapbook.


Morning Cheerios


The grill at school that he enjoys so much!


School is out, time to go home!


yeah, dada is home!


time for our after dinner walk


brush teeth and head for bead! (there are 5 whole teeth to brush in there now!)

Eric is 11 months old!

Since those top two teeth have popped through, eating has become a whole new wonderful experience. Eric will now hold a cheerio or fruit puff in his fingers vertically and bite it in half, then set the half down and start again with a new one, lol!


Bath time has recently become a lot more fun. Apparently the allure of the dog's water bowl finally transferred over to the bathtub. Until now, bath time consisted of Eric standing in the shallow water holding onto me (usually around my neck) while I bathed him as quickly as possible while singing to him as a distraction to keep the whining from setting in.


Suddenly, sitting down and splashing in the water is super fun and it's hard for me to get him out of the tub! :)


xylophones are much more fun to drag around the house than to play as a musical instrument!


after dragging that xylophone all over the house, i need a drink!


whoa, its bright out here, good thing i've got my shades!


I'm so cool with my shades!


check me out!


too cool for soccer or the dog!

Eric is 10 months and 3 weeks old!

I thought for sure we almost had either waving or high-5 with the way Eric has been holding his arm in the air, but it turns out, what this arm-in-the-air thing really means is, "tell me the name of this object please."

Also, this week, Eric has started to scrunch up his face to show when he doesn't like something. And he has started what I like to call "pre-running." It's not quite walking, but it isn't quite running either. Everyday when Scott arrives home from work, Eric "runs" over to hug him.