Moving

Sorry everyone for the lack of posts lately. School started the same week as the previous post happened and we just got settled in our new home.

Oh! and he's 9 months now. Actually, nine months and three weeks. He's losing weight- which is normal and he's still on the right track. And as of this past Friday, he weighed 18 lbs. 11 0z. Doc said he's perfect. :]

Yes you read right at first, a new home. We now have our own little 3 bedroom 2 bath house! It's very exciting and Cube loves it too. Besides the fact that scorpions are known to hang out the neighborhood(we've seen one and then sprayed everywhere), mijo really enjoys crawling around with supervision.
This past weekend my mom even came into town to help with some unpacking.


Cube liked the days activities :]

And when we unpacked his highchair and he saw it for the first time... he already knew what time it was:

Nom Nom Nom...

Catch Up Finally

As most of you already know, Cube's Tio Sean, my brother, passed away August 23rd.

It was in his sleep and the cause is still unknown.

As for mijo, he didn't know what was going on. That morning I packed him and I up and we were in Killeen by noon. We spent the week there until the viewing in San Antonio. The only thing the baby went to was Saturday's funeral. He was fine and loved seeing the family and getting tons of attention. He was the little ball of light in the middle of everyone's dark moods.

He loved his Tio, and now it's everyone's job to make sure he always knows him.

RIP SEAN

January 10, 1986 - August 23,2010

Pictures of Playtime

I was determined to get some pictures up here so I took my camera with me when we went to my Dad's yesterday...

Walkin' along the couch:

Dazed by the camera:

Smiling once he realized what it was:

"Uh-oh mommy, I fell." :

Playing with his little hammer thingy:

Posing with his lion:

Beating up his lion:

And that's all folks! Hope you liked his little 8 1/2 month photo shoot!!

&& now here's a video of the most adorable giggling in the world :]]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r73duvYJ6M

8 Months && More!

He is officially 8 months old. It's terrible. I know.
Anyway, the weekend after he attended his first birthday party. My friend, Ashhton, has two girls and the eldest turned 4. We were invited. It wasn't long after I whipped out my camera that the little nugget saw it. And then immediately, a smile.

&& eventually some sunglasses from the goodie bag made it onto his face.

The sun was in his eyes so he wouldn't open them, but still a good picture.

Me, Cube, My dad.

Mijo is getting so used to baths now, it's ridiculous...
He was falling asleep! Haha.

Well, video links to Youtube will be up shortly..... brb!

He learned a new trick- You ask him for kisses and he gives them :]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBVSlVIx1Ds

Mobile Baby Alert

Caution: Do not take your eyes off this boy for 10 seconds. He crawls anywhere and everywhere, pulls himself up every chance he gets and gets into EVERYTHING.

He has gotten sooo mobile and loves standing up. If you hold his hands, he'll walk around. But you have to hold BOTH of his hands, or he's terrified.

He has a new bouncer that makes little noises and melodies every time it moves. Apparently it's a good work out, because I left him for just a second and came back to find this.

&& then it became a habit.

A few weekends ago, my mom and brother came into town. My mom and I got matching toe tattoos and Sean got to spend time with his nephew. At first Cube was scared of Tio Sean because of this one sound he made when he tickled him. But eventually, he warmed up to him...


He loves his Tio. :]

7 months

On Wednesday he reached the 7 month mark. Yay :]



On Friday he said his first word.... drumroll please....



MAMA!!





It was wonderful. Glorious. Spectacular. And now I get bragging rights for, like, ever.



He only says it when he's frustrated and desperately wants attention. And to be fair, he kinda says it to both his Daddy and I. He knows what he's saying though, so it counts. :]

Antoher accomplishment... he can now take a blanket off of his face. I'll put a receiving blanket lightly draped over his head and he'll pull it off! It may not sound interesting, but I guess it's one of those things you have to see for yourself.

Plus, he's quicker and quicker each day with crawling around. Well, maybe not full on crawling. But he'll crawl just a tad, then plop on his belly and low crawl on forearms, then repeat until he reaches his destination. This, too, is amazingly adorable.

Big Changes

So...

I have come to the conclusion that it is going to impossible to update something from every single day of my son's life.... sorry everyone.

I'm a busy bee being a full-time student and a house-wife.

However, I will update when I can..

Here are a few little details you all might've missed...

We got back from our Wisconsin/Illinois vacation on the 22nd.
As of yesterday(Monday the 28th), I now have class Monday thru Thursday, with Mondays and Wednesdays being super long. When Rudy has to work, Rudy's mom watches Cube at Cube's Aunt's house. This means Cube gets to spend time with his cousins Landon and Peyton. :]

He loves them.

He loves company.

He loves music.

He loves to suck his thumb.

He loves to kinda sorta crawl/scoot toward things he shouldn't be getting into(i.e. phones, laptops, remotes, trash cans).

He loves his ball that's almost the same size as him.

He still loves his Share Bear.

He still talks to his Share Bear.

He talks to pretty much everything.

He listens when people talk.

He listens when people laugh.

He even laughs along.

He smiles easily.

He eats solids easily.

(No teeth yet though.)

He eats meats now.

He's fed himself a strawberry and a piece of pineapple.

He can't feed himself little foods yet.

He's just learning he can make a fist.

He stares at his own fist VERY intensly.

He's funny.

and as of right now... he's taking a nap. :]]