Happy Thanksgiving a little bit late

For Thanksgiving, we went to Harold's niece's house. It was just a small group of us. His niece has 2 daughters but they are teenagers. There were no kids Nathaniel's age there but they had video games! We saw Nathaniel when it was time to eat and that was it. Tabor had a good time too. The girls played with him and he crawled up and down the stairs. I think his favorite part was dinner, as you can tell from the pictures. He started with a bib at the beginning of the day then he spit up on it. For some reason, I didn't think to bring a second bib. After Tabor was done with dinner he needed a change of clothes. I remembered a change of clothes which I was thankful for.

Sick little boy

Poor little Tabor has another ear infection. It is the third one he has had in one month. I feel so bad that he is sick again. It just breaks my heart that he keeps getting sick. He is a little more cuddly since he hasn't been feeling good. Normally, he is too busy to sit and cuddle.

9 months old

Tabor is nine months old today. What is in his mouth? It is his pacifier. He likes to put it in his mouth like you would a CD or DVD. He normally doesn't take a pacifier but in the past few weeks he has decided he likes them again. He has been working on teeth. He has one on the bottom and is working on one on the top. Also in that past 2 weeks, he has started pulling himself up on anything he can. He is walking around the coffee table, on the front of the couch and even holds onto your fingers. And he even goes back and forth between the coffee table and couch. He has also learned how to crawl up the stairs. I have to be honest, I wasn't ready for that.

Grandpa and Grandma Whipps

Yesterday, my parents were running errands on my side of town and stopped by. It was nice to see them since we don't get together all that often. I was also lucky to get this great picture of all four of them.

Big blue tote

Mike came home with 2 really big totes from work one day last week. We decided to put some stuffed animals into one of them since we have quite a few them. Tabor was interested with what we had put inside it. So, we put him in it to play with the stuffed animals. He really enjoyed himself.

Standing up and holding on

Tabor loves standing up. He has loved standing up since he was about three months old. I have not seen a baby stand up for as long as he did at three months. When Tabor starts fussing all you need to do is stand him up at the coffee table or couch with a few toys set on them. He also likes to hold his fingers and stand. This week Tabor has taken 3 or 4 steps holding onto the coffee table, couch or our fingers.

Big brother's toys

This morning Nathaniel was trying to play with his Hotwheels. Tabor hears and sees something that he should play with and put in his mouth. Tabor does his fast military style crawl over to where Nathaniel is to get his Hotwheels. Nathaniel starts to tell me Tabor is getting his toys. I tell him that he shouldn't play with something he doesn't want his brother to play when he is awake or in the same room. He starts putting his Hotwheels away and decides to wait until Tabor is napping. But by that time Tabor is starting to climb over him to get his Hotwheels. Nathaniel eventually gives in and lets Tabor play with them but only certain ones since he puts them in his mouth and bangs them together.

Bath time for Tabor

For those of you who have seen Tabor, know that he is a big boy. He doesn't fit very well in the infant bathtub anymore. I had been holding off on putting him in the bathtub since he doesn't play around in the water. Plus his toes get wrinkly like prunes during a 10 minute bath. Last night, Mike suggested we give him a bath in the regular tub. He loved it! He was on his tummy kicking and splashing. I think he smiled the whole time he was in there. Only baths in the regular tub for Tabor.

The tooth fairy visits

Nathaniel has had a loose tooth for months. Every day we kept telling him to wiggle his tooth. FINALLY on Saturday, his tooth came out! We told Nathaniel how to pull it out. He said it was too hard. I asked Harold to come over and pull it out for me. I didn't pull any of my teeth and don't plan on pulling my kids teeth. THAT IS GROSS! My parents came over and tried to pull it. Harold couldn't get a good grip on. My mom suggested Nathaniel try to pull it out. Sure enough, he pulled it. He was so proud. That night when he went to bed he put his tooth in his tooth pillow. The tooth fairy came and bought him $5. We weren't sure what the going rate was for teeth. Anybody know what the tooth fairy pays for losing teeth?

Darth Vader and Yoda

For Halloween, Nathaniel dressed up as Darth Vader. Which is no surprise with how much he is into Star Wars. Mike and I, were trying to decide what to dress Tabor in. I wanted him to be a pumpkin or a Hershey Kiss. We ended up buying him a monkey costume but returned after I got the idea to dress him as Yoda. We did some trick or treating in my mom's neighborhood. We walked around for about an hour. Several of the houses told Nathaniel "May the force be with you". Nathaniel had a great time. Tabor was well behaved in his stroller the whole time. No fussing or crying from him. When we got home, Nathaniel even wanted to do the "optional" homework his teacher gave him. I think it was because it involved counting his candy.