Mean Mom

I think Crue must think I am the meanest mom because I won't let him have dog food. I've really tried to figure out how to keep him away from the bowl but I'm drawing a blank.  If I put the food up then the dogs sit there and whine till I put it down.  If it is anywhere on the floor Crue's got a sixth sense and bee lines for it.  I really don't know what to do!  I've caught him with up to 4 pieces of dog food in his mouth and three additional pieces in his hand.  I'm not worried about him eating it as much as I'm worried he'll choke because he's stuffing so much in his mouth.  Apparently I'm just going to have to watch my child. 

(If you listen carefully you can hear him huffing and puffing to hurry and get there before I stop him)

Garner Village

On Friday Crue and I went to Garner Village with friends and had so much fun.  I love that place during Halloween and can't wait till Crue's a little older and not so afraid of the witches! He was pretty good for the most part except for when he escaped from his stroller.  I turned my back for a few minutes and the next thing I know my friend Lisa is pointing on the ground and calling my name.  Crue had slide out of his stroller and was crawling away.  We were parked next to the sweet shop so maybe he thought he could sneak away and get some candy...can't blame him for that!

I'm not sure why but he's almost always sucking on his bottom lip

 my friend Timalee's little girl LOVES "baby Crue"

 Sunny, Crue, Landon, Brynlee

 Crue wasn't too sure about the witch...

 I bought Crue a honey boy cookie which he devoured in less than 2 minutes

Tubes

Crue had tubes put in on Sept. 24th. He was scheduled to have it done at 7:00 so they said he couldn't eat before he came to the hospital. I woke him up at 2:00 am and gave him a bottle so that he wouldn't be starving. He cried for a while after he woke up but a couple of hours later he was back to his old self.... only happier! yay! It wasn't as bad as I thought (thanks Ash and Steph for reassuring me) but I'm glad it's over.

What we've been up to

Crue is almost 10 months and I know I probably write this on every post but I can't believe that he is growing up so fast.  He can stand by himself and he will walk from couch to couch or from person to person as long as they aren't too far away (he can take about 5-6 steps).  He's a speedy little crawler though and mostly prefers to get around on his hands and knees....that's right...no more army crawling for this one.  This little monster is in to EVERYTHING!  He loves to open drawers and cabinets and pull things out.  He will usually grab something out, stick it in his mouth, toss it on the floor and than repeat.  Crue leaves a trail of destruction wherever he goes. This has really helped the clean freak in me believe it or not.  I'm so tired of picking up the same stuff multiple times a day so now I don't.  I just wait till he goes to bed to clean up.  Crue has now started to pull Maggies tail and today she was just lying on the floor and he went over and crawled right on top of her.  If you know Maggie than you can imagine how suprised I am that she hasn't bitten him yet!  Poor little Shrek loves Crue and is always giving him kisses but Crue he just doesn't feel the same way.  He wants Maggie all the time and she tries to keep her distance...obviously.  However my most favorite thing that Crue has started doing lately is CUDDLING!! I have been waiting for this day and it is finally here! He doesn't just cuddle when he's tired either.  Sometimes during the day he'll just come up to me and motion for me to pick him up and he'll lay on me for a few minutes and then he will want to get down and play again.  I love it.  When we hand him his blankie or stuffed animals he will lay on them and cuddle too.  It's the cutest thing! I love my boy.

Here is Crue drinking coke with his Great Grandpa Morrell

Crue and Sam

This is Crues FAVORITE toy.  If the characters are popped up he has to make sure he puts them all down.  Even if he is across the room when I pop them up he will come over just to close them

Here are some pics we took in Bear Lake:

Crue, Melia, Jayda

Crue did NOT like bathing with the girls

The babies loved the swings

This is Crue playing in the dogs water...for some reason he is drawn to anything that has to do with the dogs.  I think he likes playing with their toys more than his own