Jump-aroo

Lately, Barrett enjoys his Horsey jumparoo. Today he seemed to be having fun (until I tried to take the pacifier out of his mouth). He wasn't very pleased about that.
Come to find out, he was just exhausted from the day.
Moments later, I noticed it was really quite in the living room. I found him passed out. Funny thing about it is when I went to get him out of the seat, he immediately started to kind of jump again (out of reaction). Poor little guy. He's slept for a good hour + after I moved him to his crib.

Fun in the February Sun

It was such a beautiful Sunday that we just had to get outdoors. I captured some fun shots of Barrett. He loved being outside and the dead grass was quite interesting to him.

I'm looking forward to this spring and summer. My list of honey-dos has already begun (ha ha). Seriously, I would like to get a few of these accomplished by summer:

• Buy Barrett playground equipment (slide, swings, fort)
• Landscape the front and back yards
• Plant flowers
• Plant a few new trees
• Build a deck
• Upgrade patio furniture
• Buy Barrett a baby swimming pool (because you know I'm going to be sunbathing outside)
  

Tupperware Party

My amazing sister and two nieces from Throckmorton came to visit this weekend. They kept Barrett Saturday night while Matt and I attended the Chamber of Commerce banquet.
Barrett didn't know what to do with all the attention. We took him with us shopping all day, and then the girls entertained him all afternoon. At first I didn't think they would be able to keep up him, but it ended up being the other way around!!! Barrett was worn out! He passed out around 8:00 and slept until 8:30 the next day!!!
Maybe I need to rent some kids this summer?!?!?!

Brandi said they spent the majority of the evening in our kitchen (Barrett's new favorite place to be...mainly because he can slide around everywhere). The night turned into a Tupperware party with lots of spoons, tupperware, and their very own live band!!!!

Restful Weekend

We had a nice weekend, although it was a little chilly and Barrett and I were stuck indoors with a cold. Luckily, Matt felt 100%, so he played doctor all weekend.

Barrett has started pulling up on the furniture and just about anything else that won't tip over. Not only that, but he is crawling everywhere. I find it adorable how he is hot on my heels when I leave a room. Cute...but kind of scary too.

His favorite place to be is the kitchen floor. He loves sliding across it. Plus, he has found the secret cabinet full of Tupperware!!! So far, he hasn't discovered the place where I keep all my pots and pans, but I'm sure he will in no time.

Pulling the drawers in and out seem to be very entertaining to Barrett (until he smashes his fingers in them)

He is so smart he even tries to weigh himself - 22.5lbs is what it said.

His new movie - Monsters Inc.

After naptime, he was well rested and ready to play! (notice that he pulled up on his bed all by himself and was squealing for me to come in there!)

Wild Man

Let me make this clear...Barrett does have a Jump-aroo, but he favors his exersaucer more. As you'll notice, he has pretty much grown out of it, but occasionally he spends time in it because I like to think of it as a small cage (ha ha).
Barrett will tolerate it as long as he is close to the t.v. and doesn't have to stay inside of it for too long (about 15 minute threshold).
We thought it was funny how wild he gets in it now. He was "bringing down the house"!

The REAL Deal

Now we're REALLY on the move. No more army crawling! No more cat naps in the afternoon. He's into something 99% of the time. But I wouldn't have it any other way!
Enjoy the clips.

Army Crawl

It seems like overnight that Barrett has picked up speed. Granted, he has figured out that if he army crawls, he can get around faster. Here is a short clip of how fast he made it across our living room floor. I had walked out of the room for a brief moment, only to find him chasing right after me.
I can't turn my back on him at all. He's into everything! I found him chewing on the cable cords that connect to the wall, then I had him in our office where he proceeded to pull at all the computer cords. He even chases after my tennis shoes strings! ha ha