I've Brainwashed my Child...

Oh no!  What have I done?  Haha.  So Austin one day was hanging out with me in the kitchen and I decided I guess it's time that you have your "cooking supplies" to play with so that mommy can cook dinner while you play.  Well he still uses the things I pulled out to play with and actually it is some of his favorite things to play with.  Lately we (or I guess I should say I have) been using this "whisky" spoon as a face mask and Austin and I take turns with it.  It makes him laugh and I like to be silly so it is a win-win situation.  Well when I was trying to take his 9 month photo on Saturday I needed a distractor so I got the spoon out and look what he did...

Pictures Galore!

I guess it is a good thing in a way that I am not a stay-at-home mom although I would absolutely love to be one because if I were we would probably have twice as many pictures as we do of our little man.  We were sitting outside tonight while Dad was grilling dinner and I just couldn't stop taking pictures of him because he is just so darn cute.  Haha.  I was remembering that when I was home with him taking like 50 pictures of him on our bed and this was at a point when he could not move.  Haha.  So basically I took just 50 pictures of him laying there.  I guess that is what mom's are for.  Haha.  Now since he has grown up so much and is doing so many new things I am always trying to snap pictures of him which of course is great pictures it is fun to go back and look at old pictures.  So this post is just an excuse basically for me to be able to put some pictures that I have taken of him up on the blog.  Enjoy!

And he's off...

As I have mentioned earlier Austin is now crawling everywhere.  I finally broke out our old camera which is a little messed up but I felt the need for a new video of Austin on the blog.  I think all of you will enjoy it because you will get to see Austin crawling and yes ladies and gentlemen he does get upset sometimes...mostly because he thinks he is a two year old.  Haha.  If you try to take something away from him he does not like it.  Haha.  Poor guy...haha...what am I thinking?  Poor us.  He is only 9 months old and already thinks he is going on 12.  It is funny because his teacher even says that he always wants to do what the "big" kids are doing.  If they are having a snack...he wants a snack regardless if he just drank a full bottle.  Haha.  She says you would think he has never been fed.  Oh boy...the things we have to look forward to.  (Just a side note to the video...Austin does know how to crawl like normal, but he can move a lot faster if he uses his right leg to push himself across the floor which he does ALL the time.  And yes, don't worry the bowl that he is playing with is the dog's bowl.  Haha.)

Personality+Brains=Perfect!

Austin has got to be one of the cutest kids I have ever known.  Now, really think about it?  I am not just another one of those crazy moms who thinks their child is the greatest because people will back me up on this.  I feel so proud when people talk about Austin and all of his cuteness!  I mean shouldn't I?  He is 50% me.  Now when he is his serious self and won't smile (which is not very often) we say that he is acting like daddy.  Daddy is serious a lot and can't really relax much.  So of course he got all the good parts from me...haha.  Just kidding!  He is a perfect mix of David and I.  It is amazing watching him.  I know I have said that before but I love just watching him learn something new and being the one to teach him about his world.  It is amazing how much he takes in.  He has always been one since he was little to watch what was going on around him so I really think he is a smart kid.  Again...it is not just me thinking that because I am his mom, I promise...his teacher even made a comment recently about how smart she thought he was.  I mean you can see in the pictures that he has figured out how to take things with him somewhere.  You just put them in your mouth...haha...then your hands are free to crawl and play with the doggie door.  What a life?

Futue Football Coach...

It is so funny how as a mom you catch yourself treating your child a certain way because they are a boy or a girl.  I remember a few months ago Austin and I getting ready to go out for an evening walk and it barely drizzling and he and I went.  I remember talking to myself in my head saying it's fine he's a boy and boys can't get a little dirty and wet.  Now if we had a girl I don't think I would have continued with the walk.  Why is that?  Who knows I am probably the only weird person that thinks like that...well I am a girl so I guess that might explain some of it.  Haha.  So tonight David had a soccer game at Clements High School which is far away I hear so Austin and I just hung out at the house.  I decided to be a crazy mom again and snap a 100 pictures of him so tonight we did our coach's son poses.  Towards the end I was showing Austin how to actually use the whistle and he was able to blow it once which was very exciting.  Austin also learned tonight how to say Dada.  He has been saying Mama for a little bit now so we have been trying to get him to say Dada.  I think he has really learned how to say it from his friend Barrett at school because every day when I pick up Austin Barrett always points and says Daddy to his dad.  Austin loves his friends at school!