So many new things...

Austin has been doing so many new things lately! He now constantly cruises around the coffee table in the living room! He is starting to stand up on his own too! Sometimes he just lets go when he's holding on to things or if I'm carrying him and want to set him down he doesn't want to sit on his bottom, he wants to stand up! This is both exciting and scary at the same time! Next thing you know he'll be walking around getting into even more stuff!

Austin has also learned how to open the cupboard doors now too! He likes to stand up and bounce the door back and forth and make the most annoying sound ever! Of course he thinks it's so funny to make such a big racket! He also likes to help me unload the dishwasher whether it be clean or dirty!

And let me talk about him being all boy! Like my mom says, "it sounds like you guys are raising a heathen down there!" He puts his toys on the coffee table and then proceeds to knock them off with either his hand or another toy. I keep trying to tell him that he can't put his big truck on the table either and he gets mad at me! But the cutest thing is when he knocks his toys off on purpose and he says "uh oh!" I don't know why uh oh is the first thing he's saying because I didn't think we said it that much. Must be we do! But it's so cute! Although it's not always cute when we're at the grocery store and he keeps dropping his toy on the ground just so he can say uh oh then watch me pick it up! But, it keeps him entertained instead of fussing so I really can't complain that much!

He has been drooling really bad the last week too, so I don't know if he's trying to get more teeth or what. I can't see any yet, but I guess it's only a matter of time! Speaking of teeth, Austin is starting to feed himself now too! We are putting him in his highchair and putting little pieces of bread on his tray so he can practice picking things up. He loves bread and has almost gotten the hang of picking them up and getting them in his mouth! Last night he ate 3 bowls of cereal, half a jar of baby food, drank some milk then had half a piece of bread on top of that for dinner! I don't know what we're going to do when he eats food with the rest of us! I'm going to have a huge grocery bill!!! Oh well, it's worth it!

My parents will be here in 2 weeks to visit! I'm getting excited to see them and for them to see Austin! And only 10 weeks until we leave for Michigan. We're still unsure of how we are going to spend our days in Michigan. Really it's Michael's time to spend with everyone since Austin and I will be back a month later! We'll figure it out, probably not until the ride there, but we have over 20 hours to think about it!

Well, I better get going. Michael is having people over to watch football and have a cookout today so I better get the kitchen cleaned up! Plus, Angie and I are playing Michael today in fantasy football!!!! Hopefully we can beat him like we beat Ben last week!!!! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Andi