Dylan is one - MY LAST BLOG POST!!!

Today is Dylan's first birthday. I was on vacation Thurs and Fri and Laura didn't have to work last night. Since I didn't have to work this weekend (THANK GOODNESS!) I offered to go over Laura's this afternoon so she could take a nap before working tonight. Usually if I'm not babysitting him Friday, mom goes over on Saturday. However, mom has been going every Saturday since I've been working. So I wanted to repay her today. Poor Jeff worked like 70 hours this week so I asked if I could have Dylan sleep over tonight so Jeff could recover. Mark and I went out to dinner to our favorite restaurant and took D with us. He was such a good boy!!

Today is his first birthday!! Today is also my last blog post on this website. I've decided it's too hard to keep up with both blogs, so I am going to just post Dylan stuff on my regular blog.

What's in here?

Christmas family photo

Playdate with Lil P

Laura went over Crystal's house with Dylan for a playdate. They had a blast!!

Prince Charming

Thanks Marie for this cute shirt!

Soooo big!!

Great Grandpa Welch

Taking steps

Sorry I haven't blogged on D Man's website in a while. I blame Laura though - she hasn't been taking as many pictures as she used to. :) I am not that much better, I took a few pics and a video but didn't get a chance to upload them yet. Dylan is standing now without assistance. He can stand there for a good little while too! Even more exciting are the steps he's taking. Laura and I sit on the floor, and he walked two or three tiny steps over to me!! When you let go, you kinda have to stabilize him so he finds his balance. Then, he just goes! How great to see!! My dad said he'd be walking before his first birthday. We'll see...

Happy Halloween

Rub a dub dub

Cute pictures

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Mouthing

Dylan's new thing is putting everything in his mouth and crawling around with it. It's very cute. Love, Aunt Linda

Boy oh boy...this eating business is messy!

Go Browns

Auntie Lori bought this super cute outfit!

Another professional pic

D's 9 month pics

We always have a blast when Dylan comes over.

Don't you love how pictures capture the moment and things you wouldn't normally see. Blarney is of course on my lap-he's on the right.

The house turns into complete chaos on babysitting nights. Check out the floor-shoes everywhere, Dylan's toys and Blarney's toys spread all about (there's that beheaded chicken I blogged about earlier)! We don't have a DVD player, we just use the Play Station-which Dylan loves to play with the controller. He takes my stack of papers by the laptop and throws them all over the table.

Love, Aunt Linda

D likes my blog

Dylan likes my blog. Here he is playing the bubble popping game. He also loved to eat the mouse. Love, Aunt Linda

Thanks Crystal

Thanks to Crystal for this jacket. It's one out of a huge bag of Lil P's clothes that she gave Laura. Love, Aunt Linda

Tongue!

I think I mentioned this before, but Dylan always has his tongue out. How cute is this pic? Love, Aunt Linda

Dylan's first trip to the zoo was Thursday

Captain Adorable

I love this onesie!

Love, Aunt Linda

Dreamin'

Mom came over Laura's on Saturday so she could take a nap before she had to work Saturday night. He also fell asleep and mom said that in his sleep he was sticking his hand out, picking at the air, and putting his hand to his mouth. He was dreaming he was eating his Cheerios!! This boy loves his Cheerios! He even thinks the canister is a rattle and loves to play with it. Love, Aunt Linda

Another paci picture

I was trying to get a close-up picture of his teeth, but couldn't. This one is super cute though. Love, Aunt Linda

Paci

Laura sucked her binky until she was in kindergarten




but Dylan doesn't really suck on his paci. He just plays with it like a toy. He loves to bite down on it and pull it out of his mouth which makes a popping noise which he loves.

Semi Truck PJs

Marie and I were shopping (yea, I know-imagine that, right!) anyway, I wanted to get D some Baby Gap PJs because I love how the bottoms are tight on the diapered butt! She found these that say Semi Truck. Just like daddy!! Love, Aunt Linda

Socks

Last Saturday morning when Blarney and I went to go wake up Dylan, we found him with his socks hanging off his feet. I had to take a picture! Love, Aunt Linda

I love my bib!

Thanks Marie...I love the bib you made me!! Love, Aunt Linda


Love, Aunt Linda

Walking?

Laura said that Dylan took his first step, well kind-of. He was by his activity table and let go and kind of moved forward on his own. He then, promptly, fell...so that probably doesn't count. She bought him a walker and here he is outside on my patio. He loves to go backwards, and only goes forwards sometimes. Love, Aunt Linda

Eating more types of food

Dylan is eating all types of foods now. So far he's had Gardenburgers, sweet potato fries, Cheerios, etc. Unfortunately, his favorite food (even though he hasn't eaten a piece yet!!) is Stan's dog food. He's fascinated by the dog bowl!! I love this picture, look at Stan's kibble in mid-air!! Love, Aunt Linda