Only fair

If you remember awhile back I told about the time when Mike let Crue fall off the counter.  Unfortunately, the day I hoped would never come did.  I feel it's only fair that I record the time I let it happen.  It all started when I put his bumbo on the counter, so that I could feed him his fruit.  I stuck him in it and turned my back for about two seconds. Somehow Crue managed to wiggle out of it and was just sitting on the counter.  Mike and I were right there and I said to Mike, "Oh my gosh I can't believe he just got out of his bumbo! We really need to watch him." Well apparently in the 10 minutes it took me to feed my child I forgot about this new little trick.  I had just finished feeding him and was throwing away the jar when I heard the crash.....oops....that's right...he fell off the counter.  I felt horrible. Maybe worse than horrible because, like I said about 2 seconds before, I knew he could get out of the bumbo but I guess I just forgot.  Can I blame that on mommy brain?? Anyway I must say I am very thankful that Mike had previously experienced this fiasco because he was able to check Crue's eyes and the bump on his head and assured me that there wasn't any damage and that we didn't need to take him to instacare.  So now, thanks to some neighbors who were no longer in need of a high chair, Crue has a safe place to eat.  I have posted some pictures below to show that for the most part we do watch our child and he's normally a pretty happy kid...except for when his parents make dumb mistakes that result in him being injured.

Crue riding the frog at the aquarium

(Mike just pointed out to me that him sitting there by himself on the frog wasn't super safe... wow we really can't be trusted alone with our own child)

While at the aquarium Crue's favorite thing were the alligators and Aiden's were the piranhas...these boys worry me

He's excited!!

Finally in a front facing car seat!

Pulling out the nightlight at Great Grandmas house

and then making a mess of her spices

Crue LOVES his puppies

Playing quietly! Yay! This is happening a little more frequently now and I must say it feels like I've gotten my freedom back

 Eating a dum dum sucker

I don't know why he is so unhappy in this photo..he's getting snuggles from his mom! What could be better than that?

This kid puts EVERYTHING in his mouth

Here he is screaming because he wants more coke...I think we may have an addict on our hands...

(honestly though I really don't give him that much)

Halloween

This year we dressed Crue up as a robot/alien...not really sure exactly what the costume was suppose to be, but hey, it was cheap.  Well Crue didn't like it so my mom gave me my brothers old pumpkin costume and he LOVED it! He even kept the hat on! We were going to go trick-or-treating with neighbors but since the weather was so crappy we just visited family and friends.

This is for you Gena!

I can't believe I haven't put up any video of my little guy walking! Thank you Gena for requesting that I do this!  Crue's been doing this for a little over a month now. He pretty much walks everywhere but if he falls he has to crawl to a piece of furniture to lift himself back up.  He hasn't quite mastered how to stand up from a sitting position yet...but we're working on it.  The funniest thing about him walking is he is so tiny that it just looks weird.  He's only 10 months and in the lowest percentile for everything so you can image how small he is.  Whenever people see him walking they laugh and comment about how cute it is that such a little guy can walk. I must say it is pretty dang cute! We were with some friends on Halloween and they have a little boy who is a little older than Crue and about a head taller who can't walk yet. To see these 2 together was hilarious!  Crue was walking around the house and Carter just watched him go!

and just for fun here is some video of Crue dancing! Normally he dances for a lot longer without stopping but I used the ringtone on my phone and whenever he sees my phone it's like everything else in the world disappears!

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