Sunglasses!

These are from quite a few days ago, but I kind of forgot I had them! He doesn't really like wearing them, and I had to keep a hold of his hands otherwise he will rip them off of his face and EAT THEM! : ) As Darrel would say, "funny baby."

First Steps!

Last week, he took about 3 steps toward my mom when she was at our house visiting, but it was all gravity. This morning he was taking up to 6 or 7 steps in a row before crashing! Not quite "walking" but he is getting soooo close. His biggest issue is that he is scared of doing it, once he realizes we have let go he doesn't want to do it any more. One day he will get brave and just TAKE OFF!


As a bonus clip (and before it becomes obsolete!) here is a cute clip of him walking along with dad (from a little over a week ago):

At the Lake

Today, Darrel, Clayton and I drove to Johnson Lake again where Darrel's parents, and brother Tyler, and sister Betsy and her husband Brandon and son Kolby were all staying for the weekend. Clayton had a blast being outside and out in the water!!

And playing with Grandma:

Sorry it's kind of weird at the start, the camera had been inside and since it's so hot and humid outside the lens kind of fogged up!

Clayton's 9 Month Check Up

Clayton had his 9 month check up yesterday and he is 28 3/4 inches tall (70%) and 19 lbs 8 oz (35%) and has a head circumference of 46 1/2 cm (85%). I was a little worried about his weight dipping to the 35th per cent tile (he's typically been about 50-55%). But his pediatrician explained that often once a baby starts moving around and crawling he is burning a lot more energy and may establish a new growth pattern. She suspects that to be the case! He only had one shot and did a really good job, he only cried a little bit, but it still breaks mommy's heart!

9 Months Old

Sorry, I haven't been very good about posting lately! : ( Clayton is hard to keep up with these days since he is all over the place now. It's so great that he loves to explore but it sure keeps mommy busy and hard pressed to find a moment to sit down at the computer!!

Hi, my name is Clayton and I am 9 months old today and I LOVE to play in this box!

Darrel and I took him for a walk in order to extend the amount of time he could be awake before his afternoon nap (if it's too early he gets so cranky before bedtime. . .). Unfortunately, he just fell asleep!

Cruisin' around on the furniture!

Long 4th of July Weekend!

Clayton had a busy weekend! On Sunday he was running some voice experiments! I have been tapping my hand on his mouth when he says "ahhh" and it keeps him entertained for a few minutes listening to his voice change. Looks like he was trying to do it himself:

Yesterday we went swimming in the backyard pool which Clayton loved, but was cut short when a wasp came to visit! Yikes! We bought some little fireworks to show him during the day, these little bees the wizzed up in to the air. He cried. . . : ( Oh well, maybe he will have more fun next year. Here are some pictures from yesterday:  My First Fourth of July. Here are two of my favorites:

Happy Independence Day!

Oh, I think I could get it!

Daddy's Home!

Clayton sure seems happy to have his Daddy back again!!  He was trying to grab his hair and glasses, and thought that his evasive maneuvers were pretty funny:

It looks like he is crying, but he was smiling. He loves getting under there!

Look at that devilish expression!