Private parts

Hunter has a pair of pants that is hard to zipper and snap and so recently he asked John to help him. But he warned that then Dad was "going to see (his) private parts." I asked for clarification and he said, "you know...my belly button!"

Crawling?

Tyler and Brody are moving backward and not at all forward when on hands and knees so that's not exactly crawling but it's one step closer (or further away technically speaking). They don't seem to mind that they're not getting to the places they are attempting to reach...or maybe intend to go backwards. Who can say? That's the beauty of being so young. They just go with the flow. I need to take a page out of their book!

New food?

I really like the "Super Baby Food" book because at the beginning of each chapter it lists all the new foods your baby can be introduced to at each new month. For example, at six months your baby can try avocado, bananas, and rice cereal. Now that Tyler and Brody are nine months old, I wonder if now is a good time for them to try cat food...because they did so yesterday. I was upstairs straightening up and when I came down to the kitchen I heard Hunter say, "Mom! Look at what Tyler did!" I walked into the living room and almost had a heart attack. There was mushed up cat food all over his mouth and the front of his jammies and the cat food was spilled all around him. I think Brody got a few kernels as well. DISGUSTING! Somehow I don't think that's organic. I grabbed my phone and took a quick pic to send to John at work. It said, "Daddy! I discovered cat food is really yummy today! Mmmmm! Love, Tyler"

Conferences

Today we met with Miss Martha, Hunter's preschool teacher, for parent-teacher conferences. She told us that she noticed he was very interested in sea creatures, particularly the sea anenome. We already knew this because we have a book at home that is all about the California reef system and he has memorized each picture in the book. Miss Martha told us that she had mentioned to Hunter that she noticed this interest and that maybe someday he would be a scientist or a marine biologist. Hunter said, "Miss Martha, I can't be a scientist because I can't read all those big words!"