Baby Steps

Adam took his first steps on August 24th and he has been getting better and better everyday since then. Here is a video off him walking on Sunday after church. Isn't that the cutest little tie you ever saw? Thanks for making them for him Mimi! I love them all!

Birthday Girl

True Story: A week before my birthday we were sitting in church and a friend of ours got up to give a talk. It was also his birthday that day, so I thought to myself "that stinks that he has to give a talk in church on his birthday." I quickly learned that I had the wrong attitude about it because the next day Rex and I got asked to speak in church the next Sunday. So I had the opportunity to speak in church on my birthday. It didn't turn out to be so bad :)
After that we came home from church and had a long nap with Adam and then got to work on my birthday dinner.

I really love this food blog called Our Best Bites, so I requested that Rex make the Baked Creamy Chicken Taquito recipe. He used both corn and flour tortillas so we could decide which we liked better. They were both SO delicious. I could eat them everyday I think!

(I know this picture makes it look like I'm pregnant. so just for the record, I'm not)

I also made myself a yummy Chocolate Mousse Crunch Cake that I have been drooling over for awhile now. It took me three tries to get the mousse to turn out right. To be honest it didn't turn out quite as mouthwatering as it looks, but it was still good (and I promise I shared with a bunch of friends).

Despite the great food, the best of my birthday was spending it with my two favorite boys in the whole world! Thanks for everything. I love you!

Nine Months Old!

Here are his stats from his last doctor's appointment at about 8.5 months old:

18.5 inches head circumference (94%)
21lbs 4 oz. (63%)
30 inches long (97%)

Adam is becoming more like a little boy and less like a baby each day. It makes me happy and sad at the same time!

Just look at how big he is now!

I just love to watch him play and listen to the sounds he makes.

We knew he wasn't feeling good when he actually snuggled up and fell asleep on Rex. He has had three ear infections in the last two months.


"Look Mom, no hands!" He can stand up without holding onto anything now.

I often find him in this position while he is playing. It took me awhile to finally get a picture of him doing it without him noticing me and crawling toward the camera.

He also likes to sleep in this position lately.

Eating cereal all by himself.

Want to know what causes this smile? Watch this...