Ally Wally

We have an awesome dog named Ally that Easton adores! He will follow her around and talk to her all day. She is so patient and sweet to him. Somehow she knows which toys are hers and which are Easton's even though he doesn't. He wants to chew on her toys more than his.

Last night, Ally snuggled up with Easton's hippo and was happy as can be until...

(cue JAWS music)

Someday they will be best friends, but until then Ally will have to keep being such a good Wallers.

Yum

Easton LOVES nutrigrain bars, I mean who doesn't really. I figure it is okay to feed him one for a snack as they are semi-healthy and he can down a whole one. Now a nutrigrain bar frequents the diaper bag.

The other day I was keeping Easton happy on the ride home by feeding him pieces. I thought I was being careful by putting them right in his mouth. He enjoyed his snack and fell asleep. Good mom, right?

It was inside of his ears, on the back of his head, smeared on his eyelashes, mushed into the carseat... yummy to clean up!
Too stinkin cute to not take pictures first.

Lip smacking good

Easton shows how much he is enjoying his food by smacking his lips and sucking all of the goodness out of each morsel. This video is kinda long but the grandmas will still like it.

Fun at Holyoak's

Our Bishop has the coolest yard and it is a little boys dream land! They have cool toys, bikes, chairs, benches, an old truck and not to mention chickens! I was trying to take Easton's 1 year pictures(a little early) and he could care less about me. All he wanted was the chickens and their dog, Sadie. I don't think he looked at the camera once but they still turned out pretty cute.

Flirting with Ella

Easton had Ella over to play the other day and they were so good with each other. They crawled (well, Ella rolled) around together and shared toys. It was so fun! Turn up the volume to listen to Ella giggle as he tries to get her.

11 Months!

I can not believe that my baby is almost a toddler!! Easton has grown up so much this past month that it has been a whirlwind and I am LOVING this stage! I try to keep track of his growth and milestones so here it goes:

• 30.5 inches long, we measured at home(:
• about 24 pounds, outgrew his infant car seat
• sleeps through the night, unless teething
• crawls everywhere and gets into everything he shouldn't
• loves finger foods and feeding himself
• is getting over baby food
• drinks from a straw
• chatters up a storm
• chases Ally around the house
• likes to grind his teeth
• still is nervous to stand up holding on to something by himself
• asks to be held
• crawls toward me saying, " mamamama" LOVE IT!
• still lets me cuddle him and likes a light swaddle

Whew!

What a week! It seems like Easton grew up really fast this week since he started crawling. I wasn't ready for a fully mobile baby and WHEW! It is tiring. He is also cutting his 2 front teeth for a total of 6 teeth! So that has added to the adventure. Here are a few of the interesting things Easton discovered this week:

• Ally's food and water dishes
• That hairspray doesn't taste very good... my first call to poison control (:
• Stairs are VERY tempting
• Chewing on his crib like a little beaver is a good way to start the day... we have teeth marks to prove it
• Shaking his head no and yelling for mom really gets her attention
• Crawling all over Ally is really fun
• Crawling after and trying to chew on Ally's toys is even more fun
• And last but not least that everything he shouldn't be into is exactly what he wants

These pictures are funny but perfectly show this silly kid's personality. Especially the second one with the booger nose!