Eric's First Haircut

The other day, I was combing Eric's hair when I noticed that it was long enough to touch his eyebrows... At that point I realized it was time to cut his hair! So we put him in his eating chair. He was excited about this, which we didn't realize might happen (silly parents).

He turned to give us a side view of his head before we started.
Then he realized that he wasn't going to eat! You're going to do what?!?
Then I broke out the clippers and started to cut his hair.
Cutting an 11 month old's hair is difficult. Thus this next picture is the last one you'll see as I made Daniel put down the camera and help me.
The results:
Look at how short! Look at how handsome this boy is!

It wasn't a perfect haircut, but I did end up getting an opportunity to fix some of it the next morning. I figure by his first birthday it will look great! That is one thing I remember hearing, never get your child's hair cut before school pictures or family pictures - just in case.

Eric 11 Months

Eric's 11 Months old! I can't believe that next month I'll be posting pictures of his first birthday!! Time sure flies!

He has super long hair in these photos...

I didn't realize how long his hair was until I combed it the other day. It reached his eyebrows! Needless to say, we gave him a haircut, pictures will be posted later this week.

I also can't believe how small that green monkey is now! It use to be just smaller than Eric.

He is starting to look so grown up... in a baby sort of way.

Eric LOVES to stand.He loves to walk while holding on to something for support.

It would not surprise me if he started to walk next month. Scares me but not surprises.

He actually stands for moments at a time unsupported by anything.

But that is only for a few seconds before he squats down. He does stay on his feet in a squatted position for a few seconds as well.

Eric also knows that everyone thinks he is cute. He has started trying to make his smile bigger by squinting his eyes, I have yet to be able to get a picture of it though.

We absolutely love this little guy and his precious smile!

He knows it too!
This is Eric's new favorite toy, he loves the little puppy.

This is the real puppy that loves Eric. They get into trouble together and the puppy puts up with Eric climbing on him and such.

Adventures in Eating

Eric enjoyed his first 'real' people food last week. First he had some pureed beef stew... not such a hit. Then he had our roast dinner, and LOVED it. I think the mashed potatoes were fun for him to play with, but he wouldn't eat it without the peas (as we found out the next night.) There is always plenty of mess when we let Eric feed himself.

Look at that seat!

Chocolate Adventures

The other day, Daniel and I were busy doing some things and Eric was behaving himself nicely. He wasn't fussing or trying to get out. Then we noticed why.
Yep, Eric had found some chocolate. This particular chocolate was in a gift bag on the love seat, he stood up and reached the bag to get it. He enjoyed every bite! I took away the wrapper before all these pictures were taken.
Finger licking good! (Or wrist licking good.)

I think it is so cute how he is so intently looking at the chocolate on his hands! The above photo was taken after he crawled on the rug and most of the chocolate on the palm of his hand had been rubbed off.

He was even happy when I was cleaning him up!Look at how happy he looks.

Let it be known that Eric LOVES chocolate, but only gets it by cunning measures (or his parent's inattention...)

Picture collage

I had to download some of these photos from our blog to get all the months since we still do not have our data back (I'm not sure when we'll know for sure if it is salvageable or not.) I'm sure glad we had them all posted to this blog! This is also a friendly reminder to back up all your important documents regularly (we last backed up our photos in May or June...)

My sister is HOME!!

After 5-1/2 weeks of being in hospitals, Valerie is finally home! We're glad that she is back and though she is still not fully recuperated, it is great to see her smile and laugh occasionally again. She got back at 5:30 last night, luckily there was a break in the snow storms that are sweeping the state so the roads were not bad through the mountains.

Welcome Home Val!

10 Month Photos

I can't believe that I'm actually posting these so soon after Eric turned 10 months. Almost as much as I can't believe that Eric is 10 months old! Time sure flies, it feels like just last week I was posting his 9 month photos... Oh wait, it was!

Eric is standing for up to 15 seconds at a time without support, which is exciting but scary... I'm not ready for him to be this close to walking (I know he still has a while yet, but still.)

We got his onesie on clearance recently and I LOVE it so I had to take photos of Eric in it.

Eric loves playing with the monkey when I am trying to take his pictures.

The above photo is one that I absolutely love, Eric does this laughing cough and this picture captures his face perfectly!

Look at his cute bare feet!

So just to let you know, to get these pictures I used the burst photos (takes 10 photos in a row) and I had to reposition Eric after each burst of photos. I usually got 1-2 where he was in a good position (that is he is mostly in the photo instead of just part of his body.)

like this one...

Playing with the Monkey again.

Looking up at his Momma

Looking at something...

I love the intensity of this look.

Standing up (using a storage tub for support.)

Look how good I'm doing!

Hey mom! I'm here, want to play?