merry Christmas

Merry Christmas...love, The Mayes'

Halloween

Warren loves all of the Hallmark musical figurines. His Gammy got him the Halloween Tree...and he loved it...even started dancing to the music!

web album update

So I'm not great at keeping up with the blog, but....I have updated the web album. Click on the link to the left, for a complete look at Warren's first year!

the WoRM turns one

Well, not just yet actually. His real birthday is on Thanksgiving Day this year, but we celebrated it with friends and family today! We had a really cute Winnie the Pooh cake (it's called a pull away cake, made out of cupcakes), and Warren even had his own cake to get down and dirty in. Although, I have to say that he was very neat and gentle with his cake. Rather dainty, actually??

Instead of gifts, we asked people to bring things to include in a time capsule which Warren will open when he's 21 years old. We got lots of really neat things...some we can't even open yet.

pumpkins

So, I'm a little bit behind.... but, last weekend we went searching for the perfect pumpkin! Warren's first experience in a pumpkin patch. We also attempted to carve it, though the WoRM didn't like the guts at all!! (He takes after his father.)

We're getting ready for his first birthday party on the 17th! Crazy....I can't believe he's almost one. Though, when I think of all the ear infections, it seems like he should be about 21. We go back to the doctor on Tuesday and will probably have a referral to the ENT from there. We'll see.

Other than that, the WoRM is walking all over the place....into everything and just, this morning, learned how to stick out his tongue. He thinks he is really something!

a union celebration

This past weekend, we traveled to Homosassa Springs for Pj and Amy's wedding celebration. It was absolutely beautiful! Definitely the most tender, intimate of all weddings! Warren was even there...decked out in his tie dye shirt (especially for Uncle Pj and Aunt Amy) for the rehearsal dinner. He was fascinated with Bodhi....sleeping in the daytime?? What is that?

da da

What a milestone! Last Saturday, our little WoRM said his first words! (Yes, we know it probably doesn't count as a real word....but it works for us!) "Da da" You can just imagine how excited we were! So...here's the big video!

We've also been cracking up over his sleeping "poses". He's really teething lately and doesn't sleep very well through the night....that is, until we heard about teething tablets! Man....I wish I could use them! We give them to him at 7:30 (they dissolve on his tongue) and we have to wake him up at 6:15! They're great! Finally, he (and we) get some relief! He's got his bottom two teeth....now we're anxiously awaiting the top two.

As if all that isn't enough right now, he's also soooo very close to walking! It won't be long now!

grandparents day

Last week the WoRM had a great luncheon at school for Grandparents Day. Memaw, Gammy and Pap all went and had lunch with him. They had Ceasar salad, bread and fruit. What a good time he had!!














Then, tonight, Daddy and I had a little photo session! He LOVES the water!

busy busy busy

What a busy couple of weeks this has been. Since school started back up, we are just on the go. And...so is Warren. He finally broke two teeth, with the top ones following close behind. He's really really close to walking!! Anyway....here are just a couple of shots from the past couple of weeks.

sippy cup

Today Warren graduated to a sippy cup....successfully, I might add! What a big boy. He choked just once, but seemed to get the hang of it...and even reached for it!

nighty night

We took this picture of Warren tonight while he was sound asleep. Even the flash didn't wake him!

latest tricks

This is Warren's latest trick. I think he's really figured out that he has a tongue, and what a cool thing that is! He loves sticking it out. Between sticking out his tongue and rolling his bottom lip down, we hardly ever get to see his adorable, "normal" mouth.

He also loves to read. In fact, he might just be a teacher when he grows up. He's already reading books to his class.

And, he loves to pull himself up on things....On everything!

slideshow

I'm finally caught up on our photo album and thought I'd try something new. Here's a slideshow with all of our pictures from this month. (You can see the rest of the pictures from the past seven months in the photo album by clicking on the link to the left) Enjoy!

it's that time

Well, I've gotten used to taking pictures daily now, so I thought I might as well go ahead and post them. Nothing in particular, just cute pictures of our little angel!

mommy's helper

Warren, Aunt Yadi, Risa and I went walking the lake the other morning. And the WoRM got soooo tired, he couldn't even wait to lay down on the mattress before he fell asleep.


What a big helper Warren is! He loves to play in the laundry basket while Mommy does the laundry.

trasks

Today, we had lunch with just about all of the Trasks!! We had Chris, Kim and Warren; Rip (Kim's cousin), Betsy and their two kids (Emily and Brett); Josh (Kim's cousin), Jenny and their son (Jak); Uncle Rob; Uncle Zip and Aunt Janel; Memaw and Pops; and Maggie (Kim's mom). It was great fun to see all the kids playing together. Even Warren tried to get in on the action! We missed Pj, Amy, Aunt DJ, Jim and Danny!!

painting....and stuff

This past weekend, Chris and I decided to take a night off and leave the WoRM with Harriet while we went to help Aunt Yadi and Coach Holmes paint their house. (Chris isn't much of a painter, and hasn't yet figured out that the windows don't have to be painted.) We primed two rooms, painted one...only to find out the color was a bit too pink!

In the meantime, the WoRM is changing every day! He is kinda spastically crawling all over the place. In fact, we just bought a big play yard for him...so he can stay contained while I get some housework done. He can also pick up little puff food and feed it to himself....he's holding his own bottle. He's growing up so fast!! We had to lower the crib, take off the bumper and buy the next size of diapers all in one week!

mother goose time

Today we met up with some other mommy friends for our first Mother Goose time at the library. We sang songs and read books. Then, we went for a picnic at the lake, with all the ducks! We even had a duck follow us and eat with us. He just wouldn't leave us alone! He especially liked Mrs. Heather!! Here's Warren with all his new friends (Kylie, Ashley, and Alan). After today, we're realizing how tiny our little guy really is!!

first father's day

We celebrated Chris' first Father's Day today, with lunch at my grandparents and dinner at Abuelo's with Chris' dad, Tom and his wife, Ronda...little did we know that the WoRM would take a three hour nap....which kept us at my grandparents all day...so, needlesstosay, we had lots of photo ops today!

bathtime fun

We caught Warren having fun in the bathtub tonight! He loves the water....and now that he's really squirming ("Big WoRM") he just has a grand 'old time in the tub, though he's getting too big for his little blue tub. It's almost time for him to sit in the sink!! What a big boy!

first swim

Warren had his first swim today!! Boy, did he love it! We took tons of pictures, but I thought rather than post them all, I'd pick the best two. The white "war paint" on his face is sunscreen. With his mommy's history of skin cancers, we thought we'd much rather him be slathered up!! He had a great time....and is sleeping like a log tonight! He starts actual swim lessons next month at the Y....we think he's gonna love 'em.

six months

Can you believe it? My little WoRM is six months old already! He went to his first birthday luau today, for his cousin, McKenna. She turned two years old!! She is always totally intrigued by him. He's just about ready to crawl, but until then, he just rolls everywhere...back and forth! And as for the foods...so far, the only thing he doesn't like is bananas and cereal! He takes after his mommy and daddy!

memorial day

Ahhhh, yesterday was Warren's first Memorial Day! We celebrated by spending the day with family. We visited with Gretchen, Rox, Brett, Julie, Logan and McKenna....then moved to Memaw and Pops' for a Memorial Day cookout! Warren had a taste of canteloupe and watermelon. He seemed to like the canteloupe, but I'm not too sure about the watermelon.

yummmm

Tonight was our first attempt at regular food!! We've been trying rice cereal, but he hasn't seemed to like that so much. So, we decided....if the kid doesn't like cereal, he doesnt' like cereal. So....carrots it was! He LOVED em....ate a half a jar in his first sitting.

On the crawling front...he's probably a week away from going. He gets up on all fours and just kinda scrunches backwards. So, not too much longer.

And, as for teeth...yup, that's happening too (all of this happens at once, I notice). He's teething and fussy. We found this great new gadget that lets us put ice chips inside while he gnaws on it at a time...and it looks like he's got two little teeth coming in on the bottom. Too cute!