Update Time :)

Life has definitely been full lately! Our house has been full of laughter these past couple days. Devan has been full of it- such a goofball! Maybe he's just showing me that his top teeth look like they're going to explode from his gums... They're so close!

What's funny to him:

• Anything Taylor or the cats do
• Dropping things (especially toys into the bath water)
• Crawling fast and playing "chase the animals"
• Getting into trouble (apparently "NO" is funny...)
• The "Tickle Monster"
• Making faces when he has a stinky poo

His latest game is to pry the dowel out of the slider and chase Taylor around the house (laughing) with the dowel out in front of him while he crawls. Pretty funny looking. Dowel in one hand, crawling with one knee and one foot, sliding along the hardwood floor.

He likes standing up on everything! He'll pull himself up using the couch and scare the cats who are trying to stay away. He'll pull up on the end tables to try and grab my water bottle or the remote. He also likes toilets and bathtubs. And he tries the entertainment center, only to be told "NO" and then he laughs. He'll get up on one end of the couch and scoot sideways to the other end. And now he'll let go with one hand and turn sideways. Last night he let go with both hands and actually stood for several seconds!

Last night he also discovered the kitchen cabinets... He's been into doors for a long time. But he crawled over to the kitchen cabinet. Got up on his usual stance: 1 knee and 1 foot. And he opened the door with the HANDLE!!! Gotta wonder why he would go through the trouble of reaching for the handle when he knows he can just open it from the side like he does regular doors...

He's also enjoying music and will bounce to the beat (somewhat) when you play it. He's still enjoying his musical V-Day card from Grammy and now he's really into the Learning Dog (I think it's Baby Einstein- from my cousin and her family for Christmas). He pushed the foot, hand, heart, tummy, etc and bounces to the nursery rhyme music. Still too young to understand colors and words, but he likes the music.

I also figured out that if I sit cross-legged on the floor and he sits in my lap, he'll actually sit and listen to a story! He's usually next to me on the bed or floor and he'll grab at the pages or halfway listen. But last night he was kinda cuddly toward the end of the night and I sat him in my lap to read a book and he sat still the whole time!

On another topic....

The countdown is on for Dustin's travels! WhooHoo! 6 more weeks and it'll (hopefully) be over!! Can't wait! 3 more full weeks and 3 more half weeks....

This weekend is going to be packed full! We have a babysitter for Saturday so Dustin's going to take me out to dinner and then we'll see Avatar in 3D. So excited! And probably Sunday we'll go to the boat show with our neighbors. They want us to go with because they're looking at getting one and they want Dustin's input. And Lauryn has been asking to play with Devan for awhile...

I think that's all for now... :)