Almost There

Yesterday I put Bopper in his crib with a book so that I could run into the kitchen to fix his supper.  When I went back in I discovered that he was in the process of pulling himself up to a standing position from a sitting position.  Boy, was I surprised at that.  I wish I had captured in on camera to capture that moment.

Well, he did it again this morning using one of his toy boxes, and I was able to get most of it, including the tumble that followed.

Alaska Fun

My dear friend, Laura, emailed last night to say she was thinking of me as she was looking at the photos her parents took during their recent Alaska vacation.  Why would that make her think of me, you ask.  Well, before Laura met Matt and I met Hubsters, Laura and I had each other (we've been sweet friends since our freshman year of college) and we took an AMAZING Alaskan cruise one year.

I miss Laura very much as we don't get to see each other often.  I've been tardy in getting back to her email, so that is on the agenda today after Bopper has his breakfast and we take our morning walk.  But until then, here are some fun moments from our cruise.


Laura and the Glacier

Whales and Dancing Sea Otters

Picture Collage

Getting Stronger!

It's a good thing the TV Mount people are coming tomorrow to mount the TV to the wall...

Finger Food

Bopper has puree foods down pat.  He even does thicker ones well.  Now we're working on finger foods.  It might be a bit before he gets the hang of it.

Kitchen Creativity

We had the pleasure of hosting my mom for about 9 week while I healed from surgery on my rotator cuff.  During the last few weeks we had a good system down; she would play with Bopper while I made dinner.

Well, since my shoulder is much better, my mom went home.  Now it's up to me to figure out how to keep Bopper contained and entertained while I create dinner.

The first attempt was to put him in the exersauser.  That lasted for all of 15 minutes.  Then I set out a blanket on the floor and surrounded him with pillows.  He refused to sit, and just laid on the floor doing this:

Then he decided to find his toes.  But it was the point when he rolled around and looked for the garbage can and the fire extinguisher that I knew this would no longer work.

So this was the final solution:

Don't judge me for containing my curious 8-month old with a laundry basket.

Father Son Fun Time

Baseball.  Need I say more?

Creativity

Yup, a low cost play pen.  It works wonders in a pinch.