little b is far from little. he’s huge, in fact! he has so many rolls on his legs, we can’t even count them. and his cheeks are so floppy and kissable, they alone must be adding 5 pounds to his weight. okay mom. slight exaggeration. but he is so big.
despite his fluffy self, we started him on baby food. i wasn’t in any rush because with riott, food wasn’t really an option until 12 months. i figured it would be the same with beckham. i was WRONG! our first food was avocado. i was jittery with excitement and had the camera ready to go to catch all the gagging, funny faces, and body shivers. to say the least, our expectations were disappointed… but we were surprised to discover that b LOVES food. devours it. he doesn’t gag. he doesn’t shiver. granted, he isn’t a garbage disposal. at about 5 spoonfulls, he’s had his fill. but he’s a quick nurser too (5 minutes flat to eat off of both sides). we did finally get a few fun shots after b was over the whole eating thing, and here they are, to share with you!
beckham is officially a growler. it’s a.dor.able. he’s been doing it for a few months but i believe this is the first i’ve posted on it. i love it. when he wants something or doesn’t want something, if you’re in his way or annoying him, he does this little body shake thing – like he’s really straining, and he’ll let a little throat rumble out of his pursed lips! boy don’t mess around!
it’s done (#1). we’ve gone from being a roller… to a scootcher. and within days of being a scootcher, we moved to an army crawler. it started with b figuring out when he pushed on the floor with his toes, he moved. once he figured that out, there was no more stationary beckham. and it was adorable to hear – as he toe scootched, we could hear the squeak of his toes pushing on the hardwoods!! squeak! squeak! squeak! we are officially mobile. b makes his way round the house. if we’re in a room he’s not, well he just figures out a way to get to us. he loves being mobile!
it’s done (#2). we went cold turkey. and bam! had lots of naked hineys around our house. okay, maybe just one, really cute, two-year-old naked hiney! we went for about 2 weeks completely naked around the house and in a pull-up in public (mom was so scared about accidents in the car seat!!!). over all, we’re pretty much finished. naps and nights are not complete yet (though we have woke up to the whispers of a 2 year old saying, “momma, i have to go peepee potty.”) but we’re pretty much in “underwears” non-stop. and we love it! riott loves the praise and independence of climbing up on the potty, doing his thing, and celebrating his potty super-powers!!! we even have a “peepee in the potty” dance!
we’ve celebrated many birthday parties, much to riott’s delight. one was his very own 1/2 birthday. we even sang, “happy 1/2 birthday to you…” he just ate it up! his cupcake that is! if he keeps up this need for birthday parties, we’ll have to start celebrating un-birthdays, re-birthdays, and 1/4 birthdays too!!
auntie katie came out for a visit during b’s 7th month and ri’s 30th month! she treated us all to a fabulous trip to the “‘quarium” as riott says. we LOVED it. no really FELL IN LOVE with the “fishies” and the sharks, turtles, penguins, all the colors of the “fishies”, etc. it was the best trip! riott still talks about it every day and we cannot wait to go again!!! THANK YOU AUNT KATIE!!!!