Happy!

In honor of Stuey's first birthday, his Auntie Sarah taught him to say "Happy!" I think their next lesson will be on how to say "birthday!" Stuey has also taken some huge steps (not literally...yet) in his level of comprehension. Yesterday I asked him where his ball was and he went and found it. Then I asked him to bring it to me and he very happily did! Imagine what this means for Ben and I...we never have to get up off the couch again! But really, he is an absolute blast these days, chatting away and getting into everything!!!

singin' and belly dancin'...

...or dancing on your belly, I should say. This video is a treat because not only do you get to see Stuey singing along to a bluegrass song, you get to see Ben playing guitar and singing too! This is becoming almost a daily ritual at our house. It is so sweet to see Stuey watching his Daddy singing and playing and he always adds his own soundtrack too, of course.

Also, Stuey made his first phonecall the other day! Dad left the room for a minute and Stuey got ahold of the Blackberry and called his Mommy! Awww...he missed me so much he just had to call ; )

Flashin' that Svobodny smile!

I thought this picture was so cute. He is getting so good at flashing that winning grin. He uses it to his full advantage! When we are out and about, he will look at people and smile at them until they give him some attention! If they aren't responding to his smiles, he will yelp to get them to look over at him. Amazing how early he's learning to work a room!

oral hygiene

So now that Stuey has 2 teeth, he has decided it's time to learn brushing! His method includes gnawing on all sides of the toothbrush and then tossing it to the side. I guess we'll wait awhile before introducing flossing ; )

On the Move (no foolin')!

Put up the baby gates and childproof the cupboards...we have a crawler! This April Fool's Day Stuey took his first crawls. His daily workouts of "sit-ups" and "push-ups" have finally paid off! I almost cried, I was so proud of him. Watch out world, here he comes!

we got a tooth!

Stuey officially has his first tooth! It popped through a week or 2 ago. You can see it (kind of) in this picture. We have had a couple rough nights lately, possibly due to teething but overall the lad is handling it very well. He's so incredibly good-natured. I love the eyebrow in this picture. Again, looks like he's up to something...good-natured AND mischievious? We'll see!

7 month pictures

This (and the previous picture) are from our most recent "in house" photo shoot. Mom has taken on the role of photographer and stages inpromptu photo shoots to document Stuey's ever-evolving cuteness.