Bumps, scratches, and probably a few bruises...

More pulling up and standing today. Now he can hold onto the table and reach down to pick up another toy. He biffed it a couple times though, so I'm sure he's got a few good bumps today. He's got a fascination with these ceramic chickens that are on our living room floor - they are from one of Aaron's friends who a ceramics grad student. I tell him "no" when he heads for the chickens and now we're making progress so that most of the time he will turn away from them. Well, tonight he did not listen to Mommy and when he lunged at them he scraped his cheek on one of them. So, he's got a little scratch on his cheek too -hence the title of the blog. I'm trying to be more stubborn than he is when it comes to the off-limits stuff... :)

When I was cooking supper tonight, he was playing in the kitchen. I found him here, among other places. He bumped his head on the chair and got mad... I feel bad that he falls over and I don't catch him every time, but I hope that he will learn from the falling!

He's starting to want to hold the spoon when I feed him. It's making eating so much messier. Tonight I gave in and gave the spoon to him.

Is that a pleased-as-punch face or what???

I broke out a few tupperwares, kitchen towel, and a spatula so he could "cook" with Mommy tonight. That entertained him for quite awhile. Here's a little video of my personality-filled boy - you can see he's learning to fall over a little more gracefully now. :)

Anyway, I got to spend a lot of time with him today, and I had a great day. I am heading to Chicago tomorrow night for a dental conference (I got nominated somehow) with one of my classmates. The conference is Thursday and Friday, so I will head back home on Friday night. Wyatt is heading up to Cedar Falls tomorrow morning so he can spend some quality time with Grandma Muffy and Daddy! I'm going to miss him and Aaron!