All Ready For Church

Abbi sent Derick some cloths. They are so cute and we love to use them. He looks so grown up and cut. What a happy boy. Thanks Abbi.

Our Little Squirt

Derick loves to play with pop and water bottles. I thought this was pretty funny.

Helping Daddy

Russell was being a big help to me and folding laundry. He ran upstairs to put some of it away and Derick decided to help hi while he was gone. He was having a great time playing in the folded laundry. It was pretty funny to see. He looks like he would never do anything wrong.

Getting Around

Derick has decided that he loves to crawl and get around. He loves to see what he can get into. Russell has followed him around and put outlet covers on because outlets seem to be his favorite toy. He is now trying to stand when ever he get the chance to hold onto something. He seems much more happy now that he can go were he wants and get what he wants. It sure is fun to watch him grow.

Biter Biscuits Mess

Derick has become a BIG fan of biter biscuits. He is such a mess by the time he gets done. The other day he even had it on his socks. I love to give them to him so that I can get stuff done. I am to chicken to just give it to him so I put it in a mesh bag thing so he doesn't choke. That is one of my biggest worries is that he will choke. I know that at some point he will be ready for chunky things but not just yet. He loves his biter biscuits until it is time to clean up. He is not such a fan of that.

Bath Time Fun

Derick really loves taking a bath. I make sure to give him one every morning. When he was way little he got 2 a day because he would spit up so much and partly because I was bored. He loves to play in the water. I guess that makes him part Hayman. When he gets in the tub he talks and talks. I think it might have something to do with his ears being under water and he can hear himself. It is so fun to watch him kick his legs and play. He even likes to turn over sometimes. (I don't like that part.) As you can tell he loves his rubber duckies. They are no longer just bath toys he takes them out of the tub with him and chews on them for a long time.

Party Time!

Derick was invited to his first birthday party. His little friend Lydia turned 1. It was a fun party! They had cake and opened presents and then each family got to carve a pumpkin. As you can tell Derick was all into it.

He loved playing in the goo and the seeds. I had to watch to make sure that he did not put them in his mouth. He tried a couple of times but mostly he liked the feel of the pumpkin guts.

I love this picture, Derick is so into what Russell is doing. He always wants to be a part of everything.

Derick would have played with the pumpkin all night if we would have let him. He did not get as dirty as we thought he would but I still striped him down. It was so much fun to watch him play in the pumpkin.

To Young For A Sucker?

A few days ago I decided to have myself a green apple sucker. As I was eating it Derick kept on looking at me, so I decided to let him try it. He LOVED it! I could not get the thing away.

When I decided that he had more then enough I started to bite it so that it would get smaller and smaller. Soon enough it was gone. This did not make him very happy at all. He cried and cried for about 15 min. It was not just a sad cry it was a MAD cry. I even tried to give him a bottle to take his mind off of it. He wanted no part of that.

Soon he got really tired and was falling a sleep but would wake up and cry for a little bit and then he would doze off again. It was pretty cute to watch him eat the sucker but it was not so cute when I took it away. Poor boy!