Two Words! And a Move Forward!

I can't believe that Bee will be 9 months old in just a few short days. That means he's officially been out of my belly longer than he was in my belly.

Our first new trick is that Bee now knows how to drink from a straw! Amazing. And, of course, like mother like son... he was motivated by a vanilla milkshake.

From Big Boy!

On a pretty inconsistent basis, Braxton has two whole words in his vocabulary.
"Up!" and "Mama." Now, you'll recall that at 6 months I was sure he was saying mama one day. He continues to say it, and about 20% of the time, it seems intentional.

"Up!" was my first word, according to my mom. So when she was here last week for my brother, she taught Braxton to say it, too. He's said it two or three times on purpose and appropriately to me. And once to Mike.

The other biggie this week is that after several weeks of pivoting on the floor, Braxton has made his first move in a forward scoot. Not quite a crawl, definitely a scoot. But lord have mercy! That means he's mobile.

From Hospital

He's much more interested in walking than crawling. He stands at the ottoman to the glider rocker and pushes it around the room. And, with a little help, stands at his Baby Einstein music table and pushes all the buttons.

From Big Boy!