Christopher has found a new love – football. Our day consists of choo-choos, football, and reading books about choo-choos and football! His dad is of course very excited to have a little football fan. Here’s a quick video:

Last week, we had a busy week of visiting with Christopher’s “Gumpy” and “Ci-Ci”, and then when we finally made it back to San Antonio, we made his first trip to the Children’s Museum as a toddler. We actually went there when he was tiny – maybe 8 weeks old – when I met my “mom friends” for the first time. I didn’t get to stand around and chat this time! I was definitely on the run after Christopher.

Going into the "Mini HEB"

Loves to grocery shop...just like Gumpy.

Trying to taste the bubble solution - yuck!

He had a great time, and now we have a yearly pass, so we can visit a lot this summer to stay out of the heat!

We’ve spent some time recently at the coast, and Christopher LOVES the beach. He runs into the waves, and only gets a little nervous when the water rises above his knees and he feels unsteady. We stayed for a week at the coast with my inlaws, and it was a nice visit. He had lots of fun with his Mom-Mom and Pa.

 
Watching the “boots” go by!

Feeding the very hungry (or very aggressive) seagulls!

Cooling off with a juice box after a long day in the sand!

I haven’t posted in forever. I acutally post a lot of pictures on Facebook, and use that to share photos most of the time. But I know some who may read here don’t have a FB account, and I also would still like to keep this as a sort of online babybook, so I will try to be better about updating!

Tonight Christopher and Jeremy are spending their first night away alone as daddy and son. They left this morning for the boat show in Corpus, and are spending the night at the coast. I talked to Jeremy just a while ago, and he said they had dinner and Christopher LOVED grilled shrimp (like his mommy!). They were then heading to the beach. I plan to enjoy a night alone with my book!

Here is a recent photo of the little guy. I have a few upcoming posts I’m working on, so hopefully I will get back in the swing of posting…no promises though!

Christopher has finally become attached to a “security item”.  He has a plush giraffe that my mom bought for him before he was born.  We’ve been putting it in his crib, and he rests his head on it while he sleeps.  But recently he has been going to his room and bringing “Giraffie” out to play.  Here’s my issue – “Giraffie” is a Gund animal that has been discontinued – it is only available on ebay – used – for $40!  My fear is that Giraffie will be lost, covered in something disgusting, torn, or otherwise destroyed, and we are left without a backup.  I am thinking of buying a similar Gund “Comfy Cozy” – unused - as a substitute if it is ever needed.  Any of you who have children who currently have or had stuffed animals or blankets – what did you do?  I know he would be fine after a few days if it were lost, but I like that he has his little friend that is a piece of home that he carries with him! 

Here’s a cute video of our wild man babbling away - Giraffie is featured in the beginning – then he’s carried away to the bedroom again. 

Here are some pictures from Christopher’s first real bubble bath – he tried to eat the bubbles and dunked his face right into them!

Trying to eat the bubbles…

A bubble beard!

Yesterday was Christopher’s 15 month birthday. We went to a playgroup Christmas party, and the poor little guy was terrified by Santa. I don’t have the pictures from that yet, but I will post them when I do.

As I said in my previous post, Christopher is an official toddler now. He walks more than he crawls now. He has already had a few bumps and bruises from the switch, and I’m sure more are on the way.

We are getting ready for Christmas now, and Jeremy’s family will begin arriving soon. We will spend a few days with them, and then visit my family over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I can’t believe how much he’s changed in a year – here are a couple of photos to prove it!

2007

2008

As of yesterday, Christopher has decided that walking is his preferred way to get around the house. He walks from place to place, and if he falls, he crawls to the nearest piece of furniture or wall to get up again. When he needs to get somewhere fast, he will still resort to crawling. But, I think we can officially call him a toddler now!  I’ve included a couple of pictures from this week.

“What are you looking at? I love to eat spinach ravioli naked!”

And here’s a photo from our Christmas card shoot. It isn’t a smiling one, but shows his blue eyes!

I searched all over for a Halloween costume for Christopher that wouldn’t be too hot – most are furry and footed – and way too warm for October in Texas.  Finally I found a little pink pig costume that looked like it would be cool enough.  It was pretty cute, and we got lots of compliments, but it did look a little girly!  Luckily he’s a baby, and didn’t seem to mind when people said, “She’s so cute!”.  I only have a couple of years to dress him in what I choose, and soon enough he will be asking to be a football player, a ninja, or a cartoon character.  So he was a cute pink piggy for Halloween 2008. 

 

 Those things on his ankles are supposed to be hooves…

 

“Say Oink Oink!” 

 

The pig is on the run!

I haven’t written in a long time, but I have lots of pictures to share over the next few weeks!  Some from his birthday party, a trip to the pumpkin patch, and soon we will have Halloween pictures, too!  Christopher is doing great – growing and so much fun!  He is crawling and pulling up everywhere, and getting closer to walking.  He recently started clapping and dancing, too!  He doesn’t have much rhythm, but those who have seen his father dance will understand that.  We took some video of the little dance machine, and I will get that loaded soon. 

These pictures are some from this weekend.  We spent the afternoon with some friends – it was a beautiful day out.  Christopher got to do his favorite thing – play with a ball -and he also spent some time in the playpen with his little friends. 

Rolling in the grass!

With friends Alex and Kennedy in the playpen: