Tuesday, April 14, 2009

11 months old and Happy Easter!

Dylan turned 11 months old on Easter Sunday! As you saw in our last post, this month's big achievement was learning to crawl! Dylan can get pretty much anywhere he wants to go (unless it's gated off, of course) using a combination of crawling, pulling up to stand, and cruising. He's even trying to crawl up the stairs! Gotta get the 3rd and 4th gate in ASAP! Dylan's two top front teeth have come down to join the two he has on the bottom. He's getting even more chatty and really trying to communicate with us verbally. He is doing his best to learn English and we are doing our best to interpret his sounds, gestures, and facial expressions. One of the cuter things he does now is, anytime one of our two the cats is around, he will mimic us when we say "meow". As I said, it is very cute.Easter was a fun day! We went to Great Aunt Lorraine and Uncle Jim's house on Long Island with Mimi, Papa, Aunt Lisa, Uncle Brian, Katie, Grace, Baby B (who is getting ready for his/her big introduction on April 30th!), my cousins Ryan, Julie, and Jeff, Jeff's wife Jen and their kids, Kieran and Maggie. Oh and Jen is pregnant too! Lots of kids! And lots more on the way (none here though!).

Mimi and Dylan
The Big Kids' Table: Katie, Grace, Kieran, and Maggie

Sunday, April 5, 2009

We Have a Crawler!!

On March 25th, Dylan began crawling! That, combined with pulling up on every surface more than 2 inches off the floor, and cruising has meant that Dylan is quite the mobile little boy - keeping Mommy and Daddy on our toes!

This video is from the first morning Dylan finally figured it out, so it's not the prettiest crawl. Since then, he's really become quite a pro - he's getting into everything! Oh, and I made the "leg warmers" he's wearing out of adult no-slip socks. It was driving me crazy that every time Dylan tried to crawl, his knees would slip out behind him. I don't think they really helped. I think he just needed to figure it out. But it made me feel better at the time:) Now, even without the leg warmers, he is getting around without a problem.