11 months today

Our little guy is 11 months old today. It is hard to believe he will be one year old shortly. We are starting to plan for his first birthday party. I wonder how messy he will get when he eats his cake. I'm sure his mom will have the wet wipes out to keep him clean!

The other night I was helping Brighton walk by putting his feet on my feet. He just giggled and snorted the whole time. What a silly little guy.

Until next time . . . Dad.

Another Day, Another Dollar

Brighton had his first swimming class yesterday. I think he enjoyed it although he was much more of an observer at first. He carefully studied all the people and the pool and the toys before he decided he was OK with it. He's just like his daddy. At home, he's murmuring up a storm, but get him in that kind of a setting and it takes him a while to come out of his shell. But that's OK. He got the hang of it eventually. The only thing he REALLY didn't care for was when we sat them up on the ledge and had them "jump" into mom or dad's arms. (Mom in this case, dad didn't go). He got up there and despite my coaxing he gave me a very worried look then started to shiver. So I picked him up and we tried again later. He did do it, eventually, but only once. Next week will be better. My sweet boy is growing up.

Backing up a day, we went to the Wisconsin Gourd Show on Saturday. It was a nice day and I'm SUPER glad we got the Jeep stroller. Neither of us realized that the show was outside, on a hillside. The show was small, but we got to take a stroll through the little town afterwards. Lots of great artists in that town. Check it out at www.mineralpoint.com .

Today, the big news is we went and applied for a home loan at Linn Area CU. We found a little house that just went on the market about a week ago and we put an offer in on it last week, the offer was countered then we accepted their counter. SO...We might be new home owners here pretty soon. The house is a small two bedroom, BUT it's got a .6 acre lot, a walk out basement (clean, 1/2 finished I guess or finishable), new roof (2 years) new windows (2 months), new heater. The outside is brick.

Well, supper's done better get going!

Maybe I should change the password...

OH I'M ONLY KIDDING! I do like it when Andrew posts. It's good to see his perspective on things. We decided to go with Amy for day care so far. She does a great job and it's only for a couple of months. It's not her I worry about, I'm trying to adjust to Brighton being around "big boys" but I can manage. I'm sure she wouldn't let anything happen to him.

Moving on...As Andrew mentioned, Brighton learned to climb the stairs this last weekend. WOO HOO...Even though I was IMMEDIATELY behind him, like almost with my hand on his rear end, it still freaked me out a little. He'd go up a few steps, stop and turn around and look at his progress. Then he'd get really excited, snort, bounce and off he went again. It really was cute.


This weekend was a good one for new things. He got bubbles for Easter which he liked to try to pop,

he encountered grass for the first time and found it very disturbing.
AND he got a new stroller. I tried explaining to Andrew that three strollers really isn't that bad. There's the every day mid size stroller for mall crawling, an umbrella stroller for a quick jaunt to the store, and the all terrain stroller for walking around town. I don't see anything wrong with that. I mean, we don't have to pay insurance on them or anything!!!

Today we went for a walk around Mount Vernon and down to the park where he swung (is taht right?) for the first time in a park swing. He had a grand time then promptly fell asleep as soon as I got to the car. So I kept going and into the nearest coffee shop until he woke up. We had a great day. See more pics on his picture trail site, but here are a few for you to get you interested.

A climbing I will go!

This weekend we went to visit auntie Amy and Brighton discovered the joy of stair climbing. As he went up every step, you could hear a little giggle of joy. We let him do this three or four times while we were there.

Brighton is also the owner of a stroller number three. This one has bigger tires which will allow us to navigate the broken sidewalks in town. Last night he enjoyed the stearing wheel for him to play with. Maybe we will go for a walk around town before mom gets home from work.

Until the next post from Daddy . . .

Tooth Number 2

Brighton's second tooth finally popped through yesterday. We had fun brushing both teeth last night.

That's all for now.

Dad