Moving on up!

Last Monday Myers moved up to the Junior Toddler room at school. He is the youngest in the class, but he loves it! He gets to eat with the big kids, sleep on a little cot, go outside to play, and we even got his first art project (a fingerpainted turkey) on Friday!

I will post pics as soon as I get a chance. Our camera went missing last weekend, so we are using an digital camera that George bought for work, but I don't know where the connectors are for the computer!

Mama!

Myers has always been a talkative baby. I joke with George that we don't have to let Myers "cry it out." Instead he "talks it out" in his crib. He talks to his stuffed bear and to the animals on the quilt above his crib. He even "talks" with the cadence of a real conversation and pauses for answers.
Myers has been saying "mama," "dada," "baba," etc. since he was about 5 months old. BUT, on Sunday he said Mama for the first time that I was absolutely sure he meant me! When he woke up, I brought him into our bed to give him his bottle. When he finished the bottle he was crawling around between George and I babbling away. He looked up at me, got a big smile on his face and said, "Mama!" Then he crawled to me and grabbed at my face. I immediately woke George up and told him. Of course, now George is trying to teach Myers to say "Dada" every time he gets a chance!

Sushi for Halloween

We just got back from trick or treating at the mall near our house. Myers was Salmon Sushi for Halloween. He was the rice, the orange pillow was the salmon, and the green ribbon was the seaweed. Everyone at the mall kept saying, "He is just the cutest!" But no one could figure out what he was supposed to be until I told them. Of course, then they all loved the idea. One lady said, "Well aren't you the yummiest piece of sushi ever!"

Myers also dressed up for the pep rally and costume parade at school yesterday. He was a Disney tourist. I didn't get a picture of that, but a lot of the parents in my class did, so hopefully they will forward the pictures to me. He wore all of his Disney gear (shirt, hat, socks, and Mickey ears). He was really adorable.

Pumpkin Patch and a wedding

This weekend was busy with Callie and Ben's wedding to attend and a trip to the pumpkin patch at Mt Zion UMC.

Callie and Ben's wedding was on Saturday night. Grandma and Grandpa were wonderful enough to watch Myers during the ceremony and then he joined us for the reception. The wedding was beautiful and the reception was lots of fun. Here is a picture of Myers with his bow tie taken by my friend Katey.

On Sunday, we visited the pumpkin patch at our church. While picking out our pumpkin we took lots of pictures. Myers fell in love with a little pumpkin that was just his size. He was having such a good time with it (plus he let a few teeth marks on it), so he got his own pumpkin to bring home.

I am trying to figure out how to load some videos, but I am not having any luck. I will keep trying because he is doing some really fun stuff now.

Stone Mountain

Two Sundays ago, we decided to go to Stone Mountain for the Pumpkin Festival. While we were there we got a call from my parents asking us if we wanted to meet them at where else....Stone Mountain! So we met up, went on a walk together and then sat in the nice weather to ate juicy apples. Although Myers doesn't have enough teeth to eat an apple, he sure had fun playing with it!

9 months

Myers had his 9 month check-up last week. He is 19 lbs. 11 oz. (10th percentile) and 26 inches long (5th percentile). The doctor said that he is very healthy and developing just as he should. He is crawling all over, pulling up, and starting to "cruise."

He is also eating all kinds of finger foods. He is actually eating the school lunches now. His favorite things to eat at school are black-eyed peas and anything with noodles in it.

While George was in Virginia for Grandaddy's funeral, Myers got to go to his first movie. We went to go see Up! at the dollar theater. Of course we had to see a Disney movie! He was very interested in the movie and very well behaved.

Sneaky baby!

Myers is now pulling himself up to sitting and standing all by himself. He actually pulled himself to standing first. One morning I put him in his crib sitting up so I could get his clothes out of the closet. When I turned back around he was standing up and smiling so big! He was so proud of himself. Then a few days ago he was laying on the floor playing and I turned around to put some things away. When I turned back he was sitting up. He is so sneaky because both times he waited until I wasn't looking to try out a new trick! What a silly baby boy!