hitting milestones all over the place

Matey has always been a stander- since 3 months old he prefers to stand over sitting, on his back, or on his stomach and for a while now (a month or so) he's been able to stand while holding on to something without anyone supporting him. but today he figured out how to pull himself up into a standing position and then grab the chicken off of Mommy's plate.

This morning he had pulled himself up from crawling on the floor to trying to crawl in the dishwasher, and while I was impressed with him its only a 6 inch gap between the floor and dishwasher lid (when the door is open) and I was more concerned with him pulling out the bottom rack (which he successfully did as I picked him up because I hadn't realized he had grabbed hold of it again). But this evening I was sitting on the floor with my plate on the ottoman feeding Matey occasional pieces of potato when all of the sudden his face rises over the edge of the ottoman and his hand grabs the chicken off of my plate.

Now he was on his stomach and the top of the ottoman is like 2+ feet off of the ground and all by himself he managed to haul himself up. (I rescued the chicken before he dropped it on the ground, he will hold on to food and bring his hand to his mouth but 95% of the time he eats his hand and not the food)

So I'm just bragging that my baby (your grandson, nephew, whatever) is amazing and ahead of his time ( I checked and most kids can't till like 8 or 9 months meaning he's a month or two ahead).

Matey is still wobbly on his feet and falls over when standing unattended but its usually when he tries to walk over to something, when he stands still he stays up for much longer. And he lets go! Which gives his Mommy heart attacks. He'll be holding on to something (me, the chair, the ottoman) let go with one hand completely and then will hover his remaining hand over whatever it is and quickly drop it back down when he starts to shake.

He's always trying to outdo himself and when he doesn't drop his hand back soon enough and falls over and bonks his head he is HIGHLY upset at me. Oh well.

We still love him.

i want one...

Little Matey with his booty. He Loved the lollipop and was sad I wouldn't let him eat the whole thing.

This is el diablo getting candy from the nice man.

Matey really wasn't sure what the heck was going on and found it annoying that people kept ringing the doorbell at our house just to stare at him while Mommy gave away all his candy. Then once it was his turn he was still a little confused for the first couple houses on why people were now giving him candy but when it became apparent that no one was really going to touch him and that we were going to be outside for a bit he got into the spirit of things and had fun.

What a cute little chugga mugga.

This is the cat that I could have if some people weren't allergic (and if the lease allowed it).

I want a kitty! I really do. They're so cute and fuzzy and it would give me something to play with, right now I just sit around all day long and that is SO boring.

He's the cutest baby I know

This is Jane Christine DeMott

My darling little precious baby girl

Although she hasn't really got the lady-like behavior down quite yet...

and here is a picture of thePirate in a pink dress (in case you were wondering what it's look like).

She's such a pretty southern bell, don't you think?

The dress is mine from when I was 18 months old (my mommy made it for me for uncle Troy's wedding) but I don't think matey will fit it when he's 18 months. Lots of people mistake my adorable little man for a girl and especially in this dress I can't see why. He still very much looks like a boy to me. Maybe it's just because I see so much of thePirate in him.

hugga bugga boo

This is the chugga playing dead. he laid like this for 2-3 min before "waking up". (10 min later he took his nap). it was kinda weird and he's done it a few more times but i've learned he's just tired and put him down for a nap.

this is when he was on grammys back. He liked it and was good for over an hour- it was great.

now he's doing laundry. he helps out all over the house.

he has fun in his playpen but its not always his favorite, when he's done he presses his face up against the mesh so it smushes his nose while he yells at me. however when i try to get a picture of that he pulls away.

i'm going to try and wrangle Leucas to take "real" picture of Matey and I and should post those by the end of the week.

*love for thePirate*

(lion king intro)

Matey (i think) loves laying in the grass. He's quiet and doesn't really try to move or make noise- just looks around at the world around him.

I decided to get down there with him... he thought that was ok.

I'm going to say it was the bright sunlight and not me giving him kisses that made him get this face.

While Matey didn't have any real opinion one way or the other on the grass, he DOES like to be held up.

This is his serious face, he's thinking: if you put me down, I will cry at you.

We went to the Dr. today and Matey is well on his way to being a functioning human being. He weighs 17 lb 1oz and is 26 1/2" long. Matey was VERY wary of the new Dr. and at first looked like he was going to cry, but after Grammy started making faces he became is happy self (except he still stayed very quiet and didn't make hardly a noise while the Dr was in the room).

The Dr. said that Matey was doing well and meeting all the milestones and as far as Mateys crawling skills hes where the Dr. would expect a 9 month old to be (yes, I am a bragging mother but only until he really gets the hang of things and starts getting into the trash).

I like feeling like I'm worth someone's time (especially someone I'm paying) and that did not happen today. I think I like this new Dr. but he seemed to have a full schedual today and was a bit behind but his office was nice and had a touch screen game that Matey very much enjoyed, and the Dr. was nice just in a rush so we'll go back again and if the same thing happens then maybe we'll looking into other people.

does this mean he'd be good with a sibling?

This is Matey and the other baby. He loves the other baby.

He also loves the camera and can't decide which one to go after...

He's checking this other kid out to see if he'll be interesting.

Hmm... well he sure is tasty!

I can only hope that Matey was trying to give him kisses and not trying to eat the other little kid.

*note: my hand is there so he doesn't fall back, I swear I am in no way trying to get him to lick the mirror, I was actually cringing at the thought of when it was last cleaned.

I have found that he really enjoys licking smooth surfaces: glass (including mirrors), metals, wood that is highly laquored... ect.

fishes!