Improvements?

I just wanted to brag on Teddy and his behavior, for once. When I went to pick him up last night, there was no time out to report. I literally almost screamed with joy! And they even had a new baby in the room, an infant, and he was "gentle". Truly, I thought someone was playing a joke on me but they assured me it was a fact.

But did I tell you about Monday? Oh, I conveniently have left out that he tackled another child (a child, who is 15 months by the way, that loves Teddy and when we walk in, he runs over to give Teddy a hug and play) not once, but twice. They pulled Teddy off of him and he ran over and just tackled him again. No idea why. In case you wonder if we let him do this at home, the answer is no. (He is somewhat rough but not tackling us or other weird stuff.) I have no idea where this comes from, but I do know that he loves that Time Out chair he has. And I think he better get used to it, something tells me he is going to see a lot of it in the future.

This is the face he makes when he thinks he is in trouble. (This is after he has already peeked to see if we are watching.)



You tell me if you could punish this face, especially after he blows you a kiss or two. I know, I am a sucker for a boy with a great smile.

Teddy Walks the Line

If you are familiar with our blog then you are familiar with Teddy's "unique" way of showing his love for his Momma. This weekend would be no exception. Adrian and I like to take turns getting up with Teddy on the weekend [this kid is a early riser and likes to be up and playing by 6-6:30 everyday, I mean come on, just once I would love to have the kid who sleeps until 8am]. Saturday was Adrian's turn to get up with Teddy and then later brought him in to wake Momma up. Teddy was not happy with that plan and decided to "express his displeasure" which included a full on back arch into Momma's mouth (Greg Louganis would be proud of the back arch form, perhaps he will be an Olympic diver). I immediately tasted the metallic in my mouth and ran to the bathroom. The Roo got me good...a nice big fat lip with cuts on the bottom and top of my lips. (If you did not know better, you would think Adrian has abused me but luckily now it looks like a bruise on my lip and is not swollen.) Now that he also has these 8 teeth he likes to bite and HARD. He has been vamping his way through Daddy and me. I feel sorry for those poor teachers of his, I can only imagine what he does to them...

However, the cutest thing he does now is that if he thinks he is in trouble, he will blow kisses. If I say no, he just melts my heart with the blowing of kisses, like he knows he is charming you but playing you at the same time; little rascal.

KISSING

That brings me to the Teddy discipline story of the week. I went to pick him up this week and they told me he had to be in time out for about an hour that day. He apparently finished his bottle before all the other kids and wanted them to play with him, IMMEDIATELY. They were slow, so he went around knocking all of their bottles out of their mouths and throwing the bottles so they could play (I guess that makes sense to an 11 month old?). That was time out number 1. Then later they all wanted their passy's, and now that Teddy has one there you would think this issue was fixed, but you would be wrong. He threw his passy and stole all of theirs, again, you guessed it, and threw them. Time out number 2. Apparently he got so bored in time out he took a nice long nap that day. I swear, this kid is just too much. If he does not have your attention, he will get it, by any means necessary!

We have made a lot of progress though in other areas. At music class, Teddy started shaking the maracas and banging the drum instead of just trying to eat everything. He started waving his hands and clapping (not exactly in time but, hey, small victories here people). I think we have a music man on our hands.

As you know, Teddy has been trying to walk ever since we got home from Grove Park Inn. He has made great strides and is now officially walking everywhere. It is his preferred method of locomotion now and he likes to move all around. I like to call his swagger the Nixon, watch the video and you will see why:

WALKING

We are excited to visit with our friend Molly and Richard's baby Henry, more wolves in the pack! We are also getting excited for the big birthday party coming up in 1 month...time flies!

How much fun can you pack into a week?

Well, it has been a while since I was able to post. (This little ol' thing called work got in the way. You can tell my parents there is no need to hide that secret trust fund any longer.) We recently wrapped up a whirlwind tour of Lee County, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. I must say, I could move to Asheville, but that is beside the point. Adrian and I got to take our first vacation since Egypt with Teddy!

We went down to Jonesville for the 4th of July with my family in Lee County. We had an awesome time (if you don't count the food poisoning that kept me from all the fun on the 4th, but it's not a holiday if someone isn't sick in our family). Little Philip is getting huge and Teddy had so much fun with him. We also had fun seeing Ava Grace and little Logan and having such a big playdate that I think it was a big ol' dose of, um...reality, with more than one child in the house (is that a diplomatic way to say it?).



However, Teddy loved it and did not miss daycare quite as much when he had all of these people to bully, I mean play with, around. (Have I mentioned that he is still quite the bully, but he loves that girlfriend of his, Olivia....made me bring in a passy just so he can give it to her, what a gentleman. She is now leaving daycare and he is getting some infants in his room....they better watch out.) We had a little pre-first birthday birthday party to celebrate with all the Jonesville folks and Nanny! It was a Cookie Monster cake and Teddy really enjoyed it (side note, Kami Harber is a VERY talented baker and cake artist and does amazing work). Daddy put a quick stop to the sugar rush, but Teddy just played and played and played in that icing.

Nanny got him his very own 4-wheeler like his Daddy and Papaw so he can ride around like the big boys.



He likes to make it rev the engine (this scares me for when he is 16...which feels like it will be tomorrow.) We have also had a spate of teeth come in and we are now up to 8 teeth in total, and Lord help me, I cannot wait for that to be over. Little Vampire Teddy now likes to bite me all the time, especially on the neck. It looks like I am necking with Adrian from the bruises but its little Teddy trying out his True Blood impressions.

Did I mention that Teddy is now trying to walk? Did I mention he thinks he can walk, so he let's go, then falls? Did I mention he did this and cut his gum? Yeah, it was traumatic for me because I was not there and I freaked out when I saw the cut. Poor little man, he just cannot catch a break with those front teeth. But he did officially take his first steps. I would like to thank the Grove Park Inn for the nice long hallways it provided to help us with this milestone. Teddy and I would "walk" up and down the hallways and by the time we got home, he just thought he was walking. (Okay, you caught me, I am overstating his capabilities. He can take 2-3 steps then fall but I count that as walking.) He is really enjoying this independence and Mommy and Daddy are having fun chasing him around. (On his first day back in daycare they wrote me a note that he is climbing on the tables and what a big boy he is now climbing. The real story was that he climbed upon the table and was peering over to see where his girlfriend was in the nap area. Imagine a height of say 1.5 feet. I smell trouble....lock up your daughters, no seriously, lock them up.) He also got so used to seeing us that week that he had a hard time transitioning away from us. (Okay so I sort of made this up. He walked into daycare and basically shut the door in my face.) He loved all the attention he got at the Grove Park Inn but could not figure out who the annoying kid was following him.



All in all, I have to say I am just truly blessed. I could not have imagined how fun it would be to get married, have an awesome baby, a boy no less, and watch him play with grandparents and greatgrandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles. It really has been the most fun thing I have ever done to watch my son play with his family, especially his Daddy. Now I know I call Adrian out a lot (hello, he totally deserves it), but there is nothing that makes me happier than watching the two of them chase each other around and play hide and seek. I think Teddy is going to start really talking soon, so watch out, actually just listen up, you will definitely be able hear him!