noodle boy

Well, Dorian proved that he is definitely my son by trying his first noodle. They kept sticking to his fingers and he wasn't quite sure what to do with them. But hey, they came off of our plates, so he liked them. Anything that is mom and dad food.



He is also standing mostly on his own now, and starting to creep along furniture a little bit. Pretty amazing. He's very excited about it because he can get to anything he wants now (we have to baby proof the house quick!).

Yay Naked!

Today was the first time Dorian and I attempted to take a shower together. He's been in the shower before, but usually we have Karl to help take him out after he's clean to get dried off. Well Karl was already hard at work, so I decided to try the whole routine myself. Worked pretty good actually! Dorian turned into a little monkey and clung to me. He's used to baths now and wasn't sure what to make of the shower. A whole lot of soap and one handed shampooing later we were both clean. He does love his naked time, so here he was getting down to his birthday suit for the shower.

When we made it to Reno last night, through some mild snow, Dorian was ecstatic to see Daddy. There were slobbery kisses, lots of grins and some very enthusiastic hand wavings (as you can see). When he gets really excited, there's no stopping those arms. Despite having some gum issues (looks like the teeth may put in an appearance, finally), he's a happy boy.

working working

Dorian pretty much likes all the toys that are not really toys. Lotion bottles, tupperware, food lids, baggs, wipes containers, you name it. The most recent fascinating toy is grandma"s calculator. He likes to push all the buttons and flip the screen up and down. Great fun. Beating it on the ground makes great noise too, we're working on "gentle".



This other picture is him sitting in a high chair that grandma got for when she has both boys at her house, Milo and Dorian. He's testing it out with Mr. Mouse. He's a bit squished, but he likes to share with Mr. Mouse. He also likes to give him kisses and chew on his nose.

peekaboo giggles

Dorian is a very happy baby overall. He laughs a lot and he grins at people. He flirts with the old ladies in costco, actually he flirts with all the ladies everywhere. Karl says he's already getting phone numbers! Well, pretty recently he is starting to giggle. Sure he let out a little laugh here and there, but now he is doing that cute little kid giggle. The infectious kind that makes you want to laugh along with him. It is incredibly cute. Yesterday I was lifting up his shirt and looking at his belly, then I would look back at him and make a surprised noise, like I found something on his tummy. He thought that was the funniest thing ever and would let out a big giggle every time I did it. It works with peekaboo too. Lucky for me, my handy phone was right there, so I took a picture of him giggling. When he gets really excited he stuffs his hand in his mouth. Watching him giggle around a mouth full of fingers was pretty funny too. Everyone should be so easily entertained! May you have a giggly day...

faux hawk!

Dorian LOVES bath time. He gets to splash around in warm water, play with the washcloth and shampoo bottles and generally have a ball. Last night we had bath time and mommy got to have some fun too. His hair is now long enough to do some cool shampoo styles! :) It was cute. So, here is a picture of his first faux hawk. Hopefully he never has a real one in his "identity crisis" teen years, but I suppose there are many worse things.
We also got a new towel at IKEA last week, so here he is in his nice fluffy new towel. I am not sure if it is supposed to be a green monkey with a huge red mouth and blue ears or what, but it's cute and warm, so hey.




I have decided that I love this age, 8 months. I think I really started to have fun with him once he was 6 weeks old and was smiling and I didn't feel like I was going to break him anymore, but this time right now is awesome. He responds to people, he flirts, he grins, he crawls all over the place, he is SO excited that he can crawl, in general he is quite the little man now. Very fun.

when life gives you lemons...

Here is another picture in the getting up to date atempt. I think every parent has a wicked little thing in them wanting to see their baby make funny faces, like a dog with peanut butter! Totally funny. So Karl and I were at a restaurant and we had lemons in our water. This is when Dorian first started to really watch us eating food, around 3 months or so. So of course, we both say, "hee hee lets get a picture of him making a sour face with the lemon!". We get all ready, camera, lemon piece, expectant expressions etc etc. Well, this is what he did with the lemon. As you can see, there is no sour face involved, he loved it! He still likes lemons and limes. I really craved limes when I was pregnant, wonder if that could have had anything to do with it? Anyway, this has become one of my favorite pictures because it looks like the lemon is his big smile. Hilarious. That'll teach us to try to get him to make funny faces. Wonder how he would do with peanut butter... :)

Food!!!!

Dorian has been really happy about big people food. Especially if it comes off OUR plate. It's the funniest thing, we can be eating the same exact food but his is in a jar. He won't touch his, but he'll eat all of mine. He knows that the food in the jar is "baby food". So I think I am going to put all his food on a big plate and see what he thinks of that. It also helps if I eat some of it first and show him how "yummy" it is. Now I remember why I hate spinach. Wow, some of that baby food is just NOT good. yech