25 September 2008

Dexter: 14 weeks old

(Ummm... Let's just pretend we DIDN'T miss 13 weeks ok?)

14 weeks old - bear

When we do these, we actually take a few pictures - to make sure one will turn out ok. Trying to get Dexter to look at us one time, I put a very excited happy look on my face and Joel and I called to Dexter. It was then that he did this:

beginning to cry

Joel went to comfort him. Here he is trying to talk Dexter out of crying.

daddy says sorry for scaring dexter

"What's the matter?" I ask Joel.
"I probably scared him." Says Joel
"What? How? What face were YOU making?"
"I was going like this:"

it was that face

Hmm.... No wonder.

24 September 2008

Playing in the Jumperoo

Ok, so because there has been a serious LACK of updates, and SOMETHING needs to go up, you'll get more pictures today.  Hopefully I'll get something more wordy up soon, but it's been a busy week or so! So, without further ado, you get to see what happened the first time Dexter got in the Jumperoo!

It was really hard work playing! It took a lot of concentration!
playing in the jumperoo takes a lot of concentration

Elephant!
elephant!

What happened to you?
what happened to you?

23 September 2008

A totally gross but totally funny Dexter video

Auntie Eleanor watches Dexter one morning a week.  And sometimes she brings her camera along.  Of course, this means about a billion cute pictures and short videos with Dexter.  But it also sometimes means that "life" is caught on camera.  This video is AWESOME - a short glimpse into what it means to be a baby, specifically, a Dexter baby.  This video might make you laugh, cry, or... spit up, but at the end just check out that little grin.  It's all worth it!


Dexter Spits Up from liz waid on Vimeo.

22 September 2008

Dexter in the Bumbo: A Triptych

dexter in the bumbo

what!?!?!?

serious dexter in the bumbo

I'd like to think there is a story that goes along to these three pictures... Captions, you know? Anyone have any good ideas?

12 September 2008

08 September 2008

my very busy weekend

hello faithful readers! as the summer draws to it's close, mommy and daddy and i have been trying to enjoy every last minute of it! we get a lot of stuff done but that can lead to some very busy weekends! i'd like to tell you about my weekend!

on friday, uncle josh and aunt sara invited us to celebration on the grand.

Our little family at Celebration on the Grand

there was a lot of good food there that mommy and daddy got to eat. i was sad i didn't get any, but i did get to do one thing that i really love, and that is SLEEP! check it out, i slept right in the baby bjorn for a long time.

How Dexter spent his time at Celebration on the Grand

i drooled right through that thing too. daddy likes to tell people that i drooled a puddle so big he could have wrung it out! that is disgusting! by the end of the night though, i had found my second wind. we went through the art museum and as we left i was telling daddy how much i loved it. he was pleased.

End of the night at Celebration on the Grand

on saturday, mommy and daddy and me went on our usual saturday morning walk to starbucks! mommy and daddy decked me out for the walk since it was pretty chilly. i am a summer baby so i don't have a lot of winter clothes and unfortunately, it looked like they had dressed me in the dark... a red vest with a blue striped sweater? what were they THINKING?  and that hat!

Dexter's all decked out to go for a walk in the chilly weather!  Unfortunately, his parents dressed him in the dark.

i had a good time though - even if i do look like a goofball in this picture:

Dexter mugs for the camera

and mommy was trying to share her addiction with me. i didn't take a drink though. that stuff tastes terrible!  i don't care how much milk and sugar you put in it - yuck!

Mommy shares her addiction.  C'mon Dexter, one little sip won't hurt...

later on saturday nana came over! i haven't seen nana in a LONG time, practically half of my life! so i was really excited. i was really good too and i showed her how i can almost stand on my own and how i babble ALL the time. she even brought me a little toy cement truck! that's 'cause grandpa's in the cement business and they start 'em out early over there. anyway, nana and i played in the kitchen for a while!

Nana and Dexter

Nana thinking about how Dexter is the cutest little boy in the universe!

after that nana and mommy and daddy watched some of the video from when i was really young and marveled about how big i was getting. i just slept on nana's lap. that grown up stuff is BORING.

on sunday we went to church as usual. except this sunday i went to the nursery - it was ok. by the end i had a REALLY dirty pants, but all in all i was really good! we had lunch at grandma and grandpa's house but mommy and daddy's camera wasn't charged so i wasn't able to take any pictures. after that though we went home and i took a long nap with daddy. he was so comfy!

daddy and dexter naptime

but we couldn't sleep too long! we had to meet uncle josh and aunt sara, and nana and grandpa, and aunt ev and uncle john for dinner at rose's.

uncle josh's birthday dinner at rose's

that place is so great! but it was cold outside and i was cranky for some of the meal. after we got home though, i was all smiles and giggles! then i got to go to bed. i was only an hour late for bedtime, but my crib felt so nice!

all in all it was a pretty great weekend!

06 September 2008