moving quickly

Today was a crazy day for Levi. Let me preface this by saying that he has been scooching his way around for a while now, and a couple of weeks ago he figured out how to move his hands and feet, but only for a few steps and then he would fall over and resort to his worm-like crawling!

Well today, out of nowhere, he just started crawling. Like, real crawling. He started at Grandma Wright's house (which she was super thrilled to see!) and then he was going all over the house today!

But that's not all. So, in his crawling around the living room, he crawled up to his car seat, and proceeded to try and pull himself up.... he was halfway successful, but given the fact that the car seat wasn't stable, he may have taken a tumble because he couldn't quite balance.

Well, it was a good first try.

Later, I put him in his crib, because by his crankiness I could tell he was sleepy. Well, he apparently didn't think he was too sleepy, because he cried and cried in protest. So eventually I went to get him, and he had successfully pulled himself up on the side of his crib.

I guess he is taking to heart all of those jokes about having to beat his dad who walked at 8 months. Silly kid!

I guess we will have to see what tomorrow brings! :)

Japanese Ham Sandwich

Well, today was a fantastic day. I got my papers graded at a very early hour, in time to take a nap and shower before going cake testing with my beautiful bride-to-be sister. We went to this cute little bakery and tried lots of mini cupcakes, which all were amazing.. good luck to my sibling only picking a few of those flavors for the wedding.

After finishing our errands, we both headed to the yoga studio, as she was teaching and I was taking. Something funny always strikes me in class. So, in one of the poses, something like padesasana (I have NO idea how it is spelled or if that is even the right one, but just go with me)you are supposed to step on your heals with all five fingers with baby fingers touching (be proud I remember how to describe that sibs!) and then you are supposed to try to straighten your legs and touch your forehead below your knee. This is what makes me chuckle EVERY time I go to class. At this point, the instructor says "you should look like a Japanese Ham Sandwich, no gap anywhere". I cannot help but wonder, what does a Japanese Ham Sandwich look like, that there is no gap anywhere? Do American sandwiches have gaps? Is there something entirely special about a JHS? I don't know, but I always wonder exactly what such a thing looks like, thus distracting me for just a bit from trying to touch my forehead below my knees.

Anyways, that is my great thought today.... perhaps I should find a picture of a JHS so that I can always have that picture in my mind while in class.. Hmm.

lil' wonderings

So. I constantly have these thoughts running through my head. Sometimes they are stupid questions, like if a girl marries a guy with a hyphenated last name, does she take both names, or just one, or quite possibly add her own and take all three?
Yeah, I know... these are the things I think about though! :) Let's see, the other one that really gets me these days is the whole "it's a girl/boy". If you know what "it" is, why does it continue to be "it" and not "he" or "she". Granted, it would sound a little bit weird to say, "she's a girl", but it just doesn't work for me. I was helping plan a friend's baby shower the other day and brought up this point to my fellow ladies, and they just laughed and told me I was ridiculous. They also told me that we didn't have to have "it's a boy" signs at the shower, so that made me feel a little bit better!
Anyhow, this week is going to be fun. Me and two of my girlfriends are throwing a baby shower for a good friend this coming weekend, and it is going to be a good time. I am in charge of food, so I am super excited to get some baking and things done later this week.
Also, I have a goal of completing my son's closet. You see, about 8 months ago, before Levi was born, I was entirely fed up with his closet doors. They were those 8 foot, fake wood, paneled doors that took up one entire side of his room. I ripped them off with the hope of getting new ones put on before he came. Well, it has been over six months and the room is still sitting in the midst of disarray because there are no doors. Finally, this past weekend, my father in-law went with me down to Home Depot and we were able to purchase tracks and doors, and he brought them all back to our house in his nice big truck! :) So this week, that closet will be tackled and completed... and pictures will follow!