Daycare and doctor's appointment

So Axel started daycare this week. He seems to be doing great. (and I am doing much better about the idea also.) He has been exploring the new place, playing with all the new toys and meeting all of his new buddies. He has four other kids in his room and two main teachers Kelly and Sherry. On the first day he even come with art work! It was super cute.

Axel also had his 9 month doctor's appointment on Monday. He got one shot and did really well. Unfortunately I have to bring him back at the end of the month to get his Flu shot because they didn't have them yet. I hate seeing him get shot's. Axel's weight was 16lbs 12oz and he was 27 inches long. What a little peanut huh? He's gaining weight , just slowly. Well at least I don't have to get a new car seat yet.

Axel has been getting more and more mobile. He pulls him self up on every thing and I saw him climb 2 stairs the other day! Once he got to the second stair be became a little less dare devilish but it still freaked me out. I can't believe how quick he is. I think I finally got a few pictures that show off his two teeth so I will try and post one. I think that is all for now...

Jumping around and bathtime

Here are a couple of video's of Axel playing around. The first one is Axel playing around in his jumper. It's crazy how high he can jump in that thing! The other is Axel splashing around in the sink. He made such a watery mess all over the floor, but how do you stop him when he's having such a good time?

Axel is 8 months old now! I can't believe how much he's changed. He can sit on his own, he crawls and he has been pulling himself up on every thing. He has two teeth on the bottom. He also has been starting to like more and more food. He loves to feed himself cheerios and toast and wants to sample any thing that mom and dad are eating. I think we are going to have to eat less spicy foods so we can share more with him more often. Axel also has been 'talking' more and more. He mumbles and chat's all day. Some times he will wake up in the morning and I'll hear him just chatting away to himself already! Axel still is working on sleeping through the night. Most of the time he only wakes up once over night so night time is getting much better for all of us! I'm sure I'm forgetting some huge milestone that he has hit but that is all I can think of right now. Next month he has his next doctors appointment so we'll have an official weigh in, but I think he weighs about 18 pounds now and he is getting really long.

Updates

Axel has been fitting a cold for about 2 weeks now. This week he finally better but is still fighting a cough. He was full of boogers and feeling pretty punky. He has 2 teeth now! Both are almost half way in-both on the bottom. He's little smiles are so cute now with little teeth poking through. I haven't been able to get a picture of his teeth yet-I'll keep trying. My camera is kinda crappy so close up pictures don't turn out that well.

Axel is going to start daycare. His first day will be October 6th. I think I'm more nervous than he will be, but it'll be good for all of us. Brian and I have been switching out schedules so far so one of us is home with him, but we don't get to see each other to often so now we'll have more time with the three of us at home together! I can't wait!! We had a tour of the daycare and met his teacher, Sherry, today. She seems really nice and we have a play date set for the week before he starts so he can met some of the kids and get to now his teachers. Axel has been very momma clingy lately so it'll be good to have him get to know other adults.

Axel has been crawling all over and is starting to make more and more sounds. I swear he said momma the other day but I couldn't get him to repeat it so I won't write it down in his book yet! I am also going to post a video showing how he can crawl. Like I said before my camera is kinda crappy so the video isn't the best but you'll get the idea!

Playing around!

Look what dad did!

Dad got a new tattoo!! Axel got to watch dad get inked. If you can't see it the best it reads AXEL on his forearm.

Mom also got a tattoo about a month after dad. She got an 'A' behind her ear. We don't have any pictures of that one yet. It's fun having a little new decoration. We'll make Axel wait at least until he's 12 to get his!! (unless he gets one that says I Love mom or some thing on that line!)

Camping and being social

We have been so busy lately. First we went to visit our friends Nick and Sarah Ridgeway and their new baby girl Vienna. Congrat's guys, she is so cute! I can't believe how little she is compared to Axel. It's crazy how fast they grow.

We went camping last weekend in Prior Lake and Cleary Park. First time in a tent for Axel! He did great. He slept well and loved being outside all day. We got rained on the first night but we stayed dry and the next day the weather was perfect. Axel got to meet a bunch of our friends and some of their kids. It's fun to have little ones around his age that he can hang with. Jada Lindell, Quintin and Olivia Morrisey , Henry Pagel and Eddie Heski were there. Jada and Quintin are 3 years old-I think, Eddie is 10 months Olivia is about 1 month younger than Axel and Henry is 2 months younger than Axel. It's going to be so much fun when Henry, Olivia and Axel are running around like Jada and Quintin. It was a blast seeing everyone!

I also want to send out a huge CONGRAT's to Jamie and Michele Lindell on the news of being pregnant!! Babies and more babies huh?!!!

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