Finny Winny

Changing up my schedule a little bit!

Want to play around a little bit more with the videos from Nick's Competition before I do his post!

Sir Finnegan

Finn Moves - So so much more! He's got the crawling down, and is getting braver and braver every day. He can walk pretty well with just one of us holding his hand and last weekend and with Grandma Ekern as the witness took about 6 or 7 steps all by himself. This element of motion adds quite a bit to your day :-) I think we may have taken his contentedness to stay put forgranted. The other morning I was in the bathroom getting ready for work, Nick in the kitchen...and we were like "Is Finn in by you?" - No - "Is he in by you?!" NO! We made a mad dash, couldn't find him anywhere...he had crawled back on the other side of the bed where we couldn't find him. The adrenaline was flowing! Was picturing him trapped and surely suffocating somewhere. Good thing to practice how that felt so as to not duplicate that experience, oh say, DOWNTOWN, or in a MALL.

Finn Eats - more and more big people food - Here I think he is noshing on noodles. It is really fun to be able to take him out with us and have him just try what we are having! During our visit to MN, he has a lollipop, steak, a grilled cheese and a Cotton Candy Blizzard! What is NOT to love about getting older with more teeth? Speaking of teeth....holy smokes, he's getting them all at once. So that has made things interesting, but for the most part taking it in stride.

Finn Speaks - he is seriously good with the "c" sound - Not entirely sure what he was saying as I snapped this, but there is a 90% chance that he was saying CAR. It's his favorite word. He says it constantly. He also says, or makes the sounds for the words: clock, bus, water, doggie, train, plane, ball, and book. He says MAMA a TON now, breaks my heart. Tet-Ta was Greta this past weekend. He says PaPa, DaDa, and more! He is cracking us up with these long string of babbles. He'll just look right in your eyes and babble away, very serious tones mixed with light joking tones. I cannot WAIT to hear more about what this kid has to share with us.

Finn Sleeps - this update will be cancelled until he stops sleeping well. I don't want to rub it in too much to any moms out there that may NOT be getting enough :-)

Finn Looks - like a good mix people are saying now. He certainly doesn't look like a baby anymore. A little boy.......his curly hair is so cute in the heat, and it appears that he has Mama's olive complexion, he doesn't seem to be as sensitive in the sun as Daddy is.