Bye Bye Baby Food!

Even though I have just one tiny little tooth, I can still chow down on some Cheerios. I've been eating them for a few days, but now that I've finally figured out how to pick them up and put them in my mouth, I've been shoving them in. Yes, that would be several Cheerios at a time. Amazingly, I can eat them all. I had my 9 month appointment, and my Dr. gave me the all clear to move to table/adult foods, and life could not be better. Not only do I love dogs, but just like any ole dog, when my parents eat...I just go stand next to them and wait for them to give me small bites of their food. Let's just hope this is the secret to gaining weight, because, UNLIKE my parents, I'm having a little trouble packing on the pounds. We will see. Yesterday, my favorite new food was scrambled egg yolk mixed with green peas. Yum...who wouldn't want some of that?

WOOF! WOOF!

You can't really tell in this picture, but yes, this is me saying "Woof! Woof!" I LOVE dogs! Much like my dad and so unlike my mom. Everytime I hear a dog in the neighborhood barking, I stop whatever I am doing and just listen until the dog stops barking. But today was different. This time when I heard a dog barking, I decided to try it too. As I molded my mouth to what I thought would produce a barking sound, the bark just came out..."Woof! Woof!" It really must run in my blood, because if any of you know my dad, he LOVES dogs, too.So, I guess I have now said my 3rd word...Woof!

I had so much fun this weekend with my parent's friends who came to visit us from Tennessee. Thanks for coming Jonathan and Shannon!

These have been my 2 favorite things to do all day today...actually, make that 3.

Spread the tupperware all over the kitchen floor...
and try my hardest to make it up at least a stair or two before someone stops me.

Oh, and while my mom was posting this blog, I came up with one more thing I like to do...pull all the books off the bookshelf. I'm even smiling like "I know I'm not supposed to do this, so I wonder how many I can pull off before she notices."

Congratulations to Aunt Francie and Uncle Brandon! They got married last weekend. Pictured here are three of my cousins, plus my new step-cousin, Andrew.

Sorry this picture is so dark, but here is the whole family.
Here are the cousins again, minus the newest, John Stanley (not born yet in this pic).

Congratulations to Uncle John and Aunt Deborah. My newest cousin, John Stanley Ragland III, was born today, 9/5/6 at 12:30 pm EST. He was 7 pounds, 2 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. Now I am older than 3 cousins...Pierson, Conley, and John Stanley!

After hundreds of attempts, (which included holding me down and prying my mouth open), my parents finally got a picture of my lone tooth!

Sometimes my mom gets a little too close with the camera, and I start to go a little cross-eyed.

My mom just sat there and took pictures of me while I fell asleep in my Johnny Jump Up. What mom lets their precious little baby do that?

Last weekend, we went to see the Moore/Bolline family in the mountains. I had such a great time, and even left with a new girlfriend. I'm not a big fan of kissing people, but when I saw Lauren, I knew that it was over. I couldn't stop kissing that cute girl. Check us out at www.thebollines.blogspot.com

My favorite thing about this chair is that I can easily go from sitting to standing!

It's time to lower the crib.

For the 2nd time today, my mom came in to get me after my nap and this is what she found!

Who needs a pacifier when you have a soccer ball?

Yes, I'm loving my soccer balls. Last week, my mom said to me, "Where is your ball?" My eyes scanned across all my toys until they locked in on my soccer ball. My mom was so excited that I understood the word "ball"! Then she said, "Go get your ball." (Although, she did not say it like I was a dog or anything.) And to her amazement, I did!

Sometime I use the steering wheel, and...
sometimes I don't.

This is my current favorite toy. I get to stand to play with it, and I can even walk from the couch, to the toy, to the other "standing" toys nearby!

Congratulations to my Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle John! My cousin, Conley Paul, was born today, 8-7-6, around 4:24 pm EST. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 1 oz. and was 21 1/2 inches long. I am most excited because now I have 2 cousins that are younger than me...that's 2 people I can boss around.

Look at me crawl! (And if anyone is wondering, the red spot on my head is my birthmark.)

I love to crawl through the tunnel...around and around in circles.

"I'm going to get you." My toes are all red from doing the "army crawl" all day.

Who's gaining weight now? I've been working hard on getting out of that 10th percentile!