Videos!

My mom came Monday night and stayed all day yesterday to keep me company since Darrel is gone during the weeks. Here are a few clips of what Clayton was up to. In this one, he can get up out of his chair:

Here, he is seen opening and closing his laptop, over and over and over again!

As you can see, he was clearly finished with it at the end! Ha ha!

And last, but not least, here are some clips from his bath time tonight. This is especially for Darrel, who usually gives Clayton a bath:

Towards the end there, it really sounds like  he said "da da" (for the second time today) but it's really hard to tell if it was ga ga or da da...

French Fry!

I meant to post this yesterday, but found other busy, mommy things to do! Also from Sunday, we went to Ruby Tuesday's and I let Clayton try his first french fry. He seemed to like it, and the waitress sure got a kick out of seeing him like this with it just sticking out of his mouth. What a silly little boy!

New Swimming Pool

We bought a blow up swimming pool today for Clayton to play in. Well worth every penny! You can't really tell it from the pictures - but he had a blast. What fun relief on a hot hot day!

Decked out in his entire beach ensemble

Splash! Splash!

Picture Time

Having fun in my Walker

Mom, no pictures, please!

Clayton and Daddy on a Kitty hunt... They got one!

Upside down with excitement to have Daddy back

There are no words - just love in my heart for that precious grin

Clayton's Almost Crawl

WARNING: this extremely adorable video is 7 min. long!! Watch at your own risk of wasting time!!

As you can see, he has the leg movement part down, but can't figure out what to do with his arms! You'll also hear that he has recently figured out how to click his tongue.


And a special bonus clip:

Always, Sometimes, Almost and Never

Clayton can Always. . .
. . .call for me "mom-mom-mom"
. . .say "buh buh buh" and "ah goo guh" whatever that means...
. . .put himself to sleep now - no more nursing or rocking to sleep or sleeping in Mom and Dad's bed
. . .loves his bath

Sometimes Clayton. . .
. . .likes to give mommy kisses when I ask for them (it's more like he tries to suck on my check or chin and it is very moist, but I love every one) - but sometimes he won't.
. . .will pat me on the back when I pick him up, like he's trying to burp me. Probably because that is what I do to him! : )
. . .tries to clap his hands together (the motion is there, but no sound), but when I start to say "patty cake" he just stops and looks at me (this is something he just started doing in the last couple of days)
. . .will pull himself up from sitting to standing if he is positioned correctly with a sturdy object to grab
. . .entertains himself in his crib after we wakes up for 20-40 min. since I started leaving his monkey and a teething ring in there for him (this helps mommy get a lot of stuff done around the house!)

Clayton can Almost. . .
. . .CRAWL! He moves to all fours from a sitting position and rocks back and forth. One time he took one crawl "step" and it scared him so bad he fell on his face and started bawling.

Clayton Never. . .
. . .has said "dad" or any thing like it - the "duh" sound is one of the only common ones he does not make
. . .has pulled himself up in his crib (thank God!) since he hasn't figured out how to get from laying down to sitting up yet
. . .has cut a tooth!
. . .holds still while I try to trim his finger or toe nails

Phone Pictures

Here are two rather random pictures that I had on my phone. Sorry they might be kind of low quality!

In the tub last night

And one that I forgot that I had taken while we were camping last weekend of Clayton trying out the big boy lawn chair in his lion PJs

I hope that this update satisfies "some people" : )