good morning, Finley

This was taken when he was just waking up from a nap. Sometimes he's like daddy when he wakes up (likes to wake up slowly) and other times, he wakes up happy and ready to go. Today? He was happy and ready to go.

grandma's here!!!

Grandma is here visiting from Charlotte. She and Finny have been having fun together playing games and laughing. He reaches for grandma and giggles when she talks to him. These are some of the fun pictures that grandma has taken.

Sitting in his bouncy seat chewing...always chewing...


Playing games with grandma in the kitchen.

playing on the floor with grandma

We were at Subway on our way back from Williston for Jeramy's dad's funeral when Matthew started playing peak-a-boo around the corner.

Cutie pie showing off those big brown-green-blue eyes.

another first...

This morning at church, I had Finny on the floor. After a couple of minutes of trying, he got up onto his hands and knees and put one hand and one foot forward. He pushed himself forward and fell down. He tried a few more times and then got frustrated when he only went backwards. This video was taken out at the farm. Darlene and Kristen were trying to get him to scoot towards the frog on the floor. He didn't end up getting anywhere, but he got up on his hands and knees and put his left leg forward each time. It's a start...

more fun pictures...

I love Finny's hands and feet. They are so soft and chubby. When he is waking up or tired, he will open and close his hands and use his nails to scratch his sheets to make noise. Sometimes, when I wake up in the night listening to the monitor, I will hear him scratching his sheets while he's waking up. If you watch him do it, he will usually do it close to his face and it almost looks like he's waving to himself although he has no clue he's doing that.

Feet pictures. He is so ticklish on his feet.

Finny was scooting around on the floor and started scooting under the couch. It looked like he was trying to get underneath it. His cheeks and nose are so red because they are chapped. We put a lot of vitamin E oil on his face every day.

Hanging out on his blanket trying to get up onto his knees and getting frustrated in the process. He's not all that happy in this picture.

am i bleeding?

I was just viciously attacked by our cat. I was laying on the floor with Finny draped across my stomach. We were playing a game and Finny was having great fun laughing and giggling. Zodie wanted to join in on the fun though and climbed on my chest. I started to pet her. Now, Finny LOVES Zodie. Zodie, however, does not love Finley. Well, Finny wanted in on the fun and started petting Zodie too and grabbed her tail, which by the way was swatting him in the face. She just got her haircut so there is a nice poof on the end of her tail....perfect for little hands to grab onto. When she clued in to exactly who was pulling her tail, she started growling AT ME....her face was about 1 inch from my face. I started trying to get Finley to let go, but as you know, little hands turn into little fists and they don't let go. Zodie started hissing at me and swatting me in the face with her paws (luckily she is declawed). I pulled harder on Finny's hands and Zodie pulled harder to get away while hissing, growling, and batting at me. It turned into a big game of tug-of-war that Finley was having fun with. This was the closest he had ever been to Zodie and he was loving her soft fur. I don't have to tell you how Zodie felt. When I finally got Finny to let go, we were all 3 out of breath. Zodie from hissing, growling, batting and pulling; me from dodging paws and pulling; Finny from laughing. I love to hear him laugh, but maybe I can just make a funny face of something and not come away with bruises or smelling like cat breath.

a first

When I went in to get Finny up from his nap he was up on his hands and knees rocking back and forth. He was trying to get the puppy dog, but he kept pushing himself backwards. He's never done that in his crib.


He tried a few more times but then ended up sliding back.

Sometimes, I'll go in to check on him and he will be either flipped over or scrunched in the corner. He sleeps like Becky used to with his hands down by his hips and tucked under him and his legs pulled up with his butt in the air. So cute...