2-25: My 9-month birthday

These very independent shots were taken on my nine month birthday. I will pretty much hold my own bottle now and like to "turn it up". Mommy thought I wouldn't start doing that until I went to college*heehee*, but I guess I'm advanced. The milk is good stuff. I am working on my sippy cup. I will tolerate it when I have a meal or a snack, but when I am hungry, they had better put that stuff in a bottle!!

Where can I hide this thing?

Use the force, Luke!

Even Jedis need pacis now and then.

Freddie's Top 5 Favorite and Not-so-favorite Things

Freddie's Top Five Faves:
1. My pacifier...it's all purpose-I can suck on it, chew on it, bang it on another toy to make noise, etc. What more do you want?
2. Getting tickles and playing SuperBaby with Daddy
3. Crawling on top of Mommy and bouncing up and down
4. Eating puffs, wagon wheels...anything I can pick up and put in my mouth myself!!
5. Playing Peek-a-Boo and "So Big"

Not-So-Faves
1. Having my nose wiped or suctioned with that blue thing. I can see it coming from a mile away!!
2. Having my diaper or clothes changed
3. Not getting my bottle the instant that it's made, i.e., the walk from the kitchen to the living room is waaaaaay to long.
4. Having Mommy or Daddy walk past me without picking me up when I'm fussy...How dare you!!!
5. Being in my ExerSaucer for very long. Now that I am on the move, this thing is obsolete!!

Eatin' puffs

I am finally using my "pincher" grasp to pick things up. Here I am eating some sweet tater puffs. I love these things. I do a good job of gnawing them. Mommy has been afraid to give them to me without softening them with juice, but she finally gave it a whirl and I did great!

Hmmm...

Who me?

How big is Freddie?

My new "trick": Mommy and Daddy say, "How big is Freddie?" and then I throw my arms up in the air and they say, "Sooooooo biiiiiiig!!!!!" Too adorable!

Gettin' some tail

Cricket and I have a love-hate relationship. I love her and think she is the funniest thing ever until she attacks me with doggy licks in order to clean the snot, boogers, spit-up etc. from my face. She licks me in such a way that I can't get away from her. My Granny is having a small panic attack as she reads this thinking of all the doggy germs I am getting. Anyway, Cricket loves me too as long as I let her lick me and don't try to pet or grab her. Mommy and Daddy will have to help both of us. Can't we all just get along?

Video: Cruisin'

New Car Seat

Here are some pics of me riding in my new car seat. This bad boy is the luxury version. I am super safe and super comfy in this thing. I have a video of me in it coming soon to this blog!! I am too cute in it, talking, showing my little teeth and just being me!!

Table for One

Let me see you clap your hands!

Hi! It's me again!

I thought I should update you on some recent happenings. I am now crawling. I need some more practice to get really good at it, but there's no mistaking it! I can put my hands and knees into motion to actually go forward for a change. I'm loving sitting up on my own too. I like to roll around, sit up, crawl forward, roll around and sit up again. It's a vicious cycle, but I love it!

Another new thing I can do is clap my hands to patty-cake. Well, again, like the crawling, it's not perfectly coordinated...yet. I'm working on it. That seems to be Mommy and Daddy's favorite song because they are always singing it!

I also get very tickled when Mommy and Daddy laugh at me. All they have to do is laugh out loud and I begin to chuckle. They thinks it hilarious and that just makes me giggle more!

Well, I'll get Mom to try to get some video of this stuff for you guys to see! See you later! Love you all. ~Freddie

Love me some bathtime!

I'm tough enough!

I'm a sick boy in these pics, but I'm hangin' tough (as some new kids once said) and playing my little heart out.

Worn Out

Curly Top

Sorry it's been so long since my last post fellas. I've been a sick boy. I went to the doctor last Tuesday with a runny nose and a cough. By the time I left I had an ear infection. I was a big boy and never fussed about it, so Mommy and Daddy never even suspected that. I've been taking medicine since then (which I love) and I'm feeling much better. I went back to daycare today for the first time since Tuesday, so I should be sick again sometime soon. I guess it's like a friend of my Mommy's from school said, "After your child goes to daycare, he'll be able to live in a sewer and not get sick. You either get it now or you get it later." I guess my turn is now.

Fatty, Fatty :-)

More Brown Bear

I know this book! Mommy has been reading it to me since I was about two months old. I highly recommend it to anyone!

Hello!

Some random shots

Hello All! Here are some recent pics from around the house. As you can see, I am not always smiling as some of you may think. This very "interesting" second picture was taken on a night when all Mommy wanted was just one smile. Do you think she got it? NOPE! This picture was the end result of that photo shoot. I was tired and did not feel like smiling for yet another picture. Probably another one to consider when I'm looking at nursing homes for her in about 40-50 years. I am still in love with my pacifier. Mommy is a bad speech pathologist for letting me have it, but her newest philosophy is "whatever works". The last picture is a typical diaper/clothes changing situation these days. I will roll, stretch, bend and do whatever I have to do to try to get away from such an event. Well, I hope you all enjoy these pictures and some of the videos I posted. I had fun making them for you!

Why are my toys in this thing?

Good Morning!

I have some seriously poofy hair, people. I can wear it like this or curly...like this!

We are still alive!

No pictures this post, but I wanted to let you know that I am still alive and kicking! I had a fever last weekend and haven't really been feeling very well since. I have had a runny nose and now I have a pretty bad cough. We went to the doctor today and he didn't hear any wheezing, so that is good. I just have a lot of drainage right now and feel kind of yuck. Mommy is probably going to stay home with me tomorrow to give me some extra love and rest. We should have some pictures up as soon as I get to feeling better. Love you all! ~ Freddie

Outside in the Wagon

There's nothing like winter in south Alabama. If you'll look back at the last set of pictures, taken only a few short days ago, I was wearing a light onesie and Mommy and Daddy had on shorts.

Today, the weather called for a hat, jacket and long pants. It could have been a lot colder, so I'm not complaining. I did start to get a red little nose after a while of riding though. My pacifier is the best. I wasn't about to take it out for these shots. By the way, WAR EAGLE!

Playing in the laundry basket

This afternoon, I made my way across the living room (rolling, no crawling yet) in order to play with this laundry basket. So, Mommy decided to let me really play with it...in it. :-)

Leave me alone!

This is my impression of Mommy in the mornings before my arrival. Now, she has no choice. I am the boss!

I love to read!