Stop Screaming Vincent

Vince is now screaming, high pitched screams, and a lot! HELP! He is not doing it because he is angry, tired or hungry. He is just plain doing it. I can't wait for this phase to stop. So I decided to look it up online in hopes of some answers. This is what I found: "The toddler years are some of the most physically and emotionally challenging times for parents. " Fantastic, as if I am not already tired enough now we start the toddler years :) ha ha!

Last Saturday Vince went to his first Major League Baseball game! Matt's work had an anniversary picnic and paid for everyone to go to the Texas Rangers baseball game. At the park, we put Vince in a bucket swing. He liked it at first, but then he cried! Even though he was holding on, he was shaking around in it. I think he was too little for it.

Nice Hair Vincent!

When Vince woke up from his morning nap this morning, his hair was a total mess! I just had to capture this moment on camera. Too cute!!

Learning to Walk

Vince is learning how to walk with his walker/push toy. Although I don't think he loves doing it; he'd rather be on the floor crawling around or playing with toys. He'll get bored with it very quickly.

He has become VERY interested in the toilet and I have yet to go to the bathroom without him hanging onto my legs! He has a bad diaper rash right now so I've been giving him time without it on and he has peed on the floor three times already. (at least it was on the tile and wood floor!)

His vocabulary is still increasing. He is very interested in knowing what things are. Today he has been saying "cow" a lot. I am not sure if he means an actual cow or if that is just the sound that is coming out.

Vince has been very sweet this week. I received a lot of wonderful hugs and kisses!

Lake Pics

Here are some pictures of us at Table Rock Lake. We had fun visiting Gram and Gramp and riding their jet ski. Vince is too little to ride the jet ski, but he enjoyed floating in his raft in the lake!

10.5 month update

Vince is now completely off baby food! I can't believe it happened so quickly. He actually now just refuses to eat it. I am not quite sure how much he eats now since he feeds himself finger food, most of it ends up on the floor which in turn ends up in Roxie's mouth! Today we had a play date at our house and I had the moms bring snacks that their baby liked to eat to share with the group. That way we had the opportunity to try things without buying them first and know what the babies will actually eat. Vince ate grapes and cheese, both of which I have offered him before and he wanted nothing to do with them before. He loves Cheerios now. He'll have yogurt as a snack between lunch and dinner and the past few times he has had it, he will make funny noise with his mouth and blow yogurt everywhere!

He is all over the place crawling around and cruising. My stainless steel appliances now have finger prints and hand prints on their lower half! He loves to take the balls from his ball pit and put them in the wine rack in our center island. He did try to get into the wine so I moved those up. He broke one of the oil bottles that was on a shelf next to the wine rack. Today he broke off a piece of a ceramic rooster that I had on another shelf! So far, he has not try to get into any cabinets. Which is great because we have not put any locks on them yet. He has become more content playing with his toys on his own. I was able to vacuum the stairs today while he was in our play room upstairs and he didn't make a peep! He was just happy playing with all of his toys. When Matt and I play with him, he thinks it's hilarious to put the toys in our mouths. Vince is also interested in our Nintendo Wii as you can see in the pictures above.

We are getting ready for his first birthday already! Matt is going to work on the invitations this weekend and I have already ordered the plates and such. Yesterday I hugged him tight and gave him a bunch of kisses and I told him "You'll always be my little baby boy!!"