Sippy cup!

Here's a few more fun pictures that I wanted to add.

New talent's!

Okay, so I know it's been a while since we've posted any thing. Man life gets busy and it sucks when my email at home doesn't work when I want it to! Anyways... Axel had his first Halloween. He was a monkey and hated his costume. I think it made him mad that he couldn't use his hands to crawl and pull up on things. I think he looked super cute. Brian and I actually ditched Axel at grandma Ann's and went to party in the cities. (I know how terrible huh?...) But he's pretty little and next year we'll be all about the candy! (Thanks grandma-you rule!!)

Axel is now 10 months old! Can you believe it?! He is so much fun. He crawls like a mad man and has been pulling himself up on every thing and likes to walk around the furniture. No steps on his own yet, but he's working on it. Daycare has been going really good. He likes his teachers and has been learning a ton by watching all the kids there.

He can now drink out of a sippy cup! I've been trying it at home for a while now and the little terd wouldn't do it for me unless I was holding the cup, but at daycare they have been giving him one with meals and he takes it like a champ. (I think it helped him to watch the other kids do it.) So they other day I tried it at home and sure as heck it picked it right up and started drinking out of it! Way to go dude!! I can't wait to totally get rid of the bottle. I'm sure it'll be a while but we are on our way. The other trick that Axel has learned is to put his finger in his nose! I don't know where he learned that but he's thinks it's hilarious. I had to take pictures of him doing it the other day. (while he was making a good mess of his dinner.) He can also finally say Momma! He actually said it as he was crawling to me! I love it, enough if Da-da was his first word. Okay I won't ramble on forever but one other thing he does now is give kisses. Big wet ones on your cheek. Way too cute. All for know!

Halloween

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!