Gimme my Starbucks!

I need my coffee. I cannot get through the day without it! Can you believe my dad let my cup get empty?!? You just cannot get good help these days. Sheesh.

Clearly I needed a bigger bottle

I am a growing boy and my regular 8oz bottles simply are not doing the trick. I figured that this would make a great replacement:

Yes it is a blender and it is all mine. It is very cool that I can fit my entire face in side of it.

Happy Easter!!!!!

Happy Resurrection Sunday! It was a beautiful day today. I got my first Easter basket from Mom and Dad.

Toys and Food. This is great!

Here is my first Easter outfit. It is kind of like Harvard meets Osh Kosh.

"Every since I can remember. I been poppin my collar...."

I hope that everyone had a blessed day today. I sure did!


Sidenote: My teeth are finally starting to poke through. I bit my mom and she could feel the teeth. Woohoo

Musings

I wanted to express myself verbally. Many of you get to read what I am thinking, but never get to hear it. So here it goes. Stay tuned after the video for a transcript of this speech :)

Translation:

Thank you all for reading my blog. I appreciate the love and support that I receive from all of my family and friends as I go through different stages of development. Please stay tuned as I continue to learn something new everyday and my mom finds some way to keep shoving her camera in my face. I am getting pretty active, so it is harder to post daily, but please be patient and check back as often as you can.

Taking it to the head

How many babies do you know can gulp an 8oz. bottle in 20seconds.........

You've just met him. I can tilt my head with the best of them. Maybe this skill will come in handy someday.

New Food Alert-Stage 2 Foods

Happy Good Friday! It has been another busy week for me. I have graduated to another food stage! Yay, for stage 2 foods. According to Beech Nut stage 2 foods are for those babies who are 6mos+ and can sit up unsupported for a certain period of time. Here is my first taste of stage 2 food.

yummmm..pears and raspberries

I liked this much better than that whole meat fiasco of a few weeks ago. Notice me feeding myself like a grown-up. This is a good indication that I like this. Mom and Dad need to keep this good food thing coming.

Happy Monday!-Self-Portraits

Happy Monday Everyone!

It is Saint Patrick's day today and no my mom did not dress me in green. She is totally not festive. It has been a long time since I posted. It has been a looong week. My teeth are really coming in, so I have been really tired and not really in the mood for posing for cute pictures. I like to sleep, gnaw on cold things, or have my gums bathed in Orajel. For everyone's viewing pleasure thoughI got hold of my mom's camera (I have got quick hands) and snapped my own photos.

Enjoy!

This lens looks yummy. As long as it doesn't taste like beef. ugh

is this thing on?

I think I can, I think I can

I will crawl. I am determined to crawl. I just cannot seem to get my legs to move forward. I can lunge forward with the best of them, but my parents do not seem to like it when I suddenly lunge for things. I will not give up though! My 2 in 1 gym though is givng me good tummy practice so that I can be strong enough to crawl.

I wonder how my legs can move so fast and I do not go anywhere!

New Food Alert-Beef and Broth

Beech Nut is one of the only baby food brands that offer meats in their stage 1 foods. I have only had veggies and fruit up until this point. My dad really wants me to try meat so that I can get big and strong. I'm not convinced that this meat thing is all it is cracked up to be.



Hopefully meat will get better.....hopefully :(

I love my 2 in 1 gym!

This weekend went by too fast. Went to Church yesterday and had a good time. I clapped along with the music. I did not even pull anyone's hair this time. My teeth a eager to poke through, so I am increasingly irritable and not too happy when mom wants to take a picture.

I have been doing tummy time with my Playskool 2-in-1 Gym. I have such a great time with this thing. I can play with it either on my belly or on my back. It makes noise and everything. This toy comes highly recommended...well by me at least. It has so many gadgets that supposedly help me with strenghtening my stomach muscles. But lately I have preferred playing on my back because I can look up and see myself in the little mirror.

Who do I look like?

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Ms. Cristin told my mom about a site where you can upload photos of baby and parents and based on face recognition technology calculate which parent the child looks the most like. This finally settles the debate on who I look most like. What does everyone else think?

My First Probate Show

I went with my dad to see the newest initiates of the Tau Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. at NCCU. This is my dad's frat so he was very excited and could not wait to take me. I even had my own special outfit.

hmmmm. maybe spring 2027?!?

Yay Malcolm (Jekyll & Hyde)! He is like family.

More extended family pics

Thanks for taking good care of me! Congrats to Malcolm, Al, and Emmanuel!

It was a good time and I took many pictures. My mom will probably post those in her Facebook album. Some people even asked my mom to take my picture because they liked my outfit. Needless to say, I passed out shortly after this photo was taken. It was good times.

Heartbreakers

Dad and I posing. Why, 'cuz its what we do. Ladies and babies watch out. My dad is allergic to t-shirts because he has muscles (insert sarcastic eye-roll from mom and sarcastic groan noise). He says that when I grow up and get big muscles I will not want to wear shirts either.

But if my mom has anything to do with it, she will keep me bundled up for as long as she can :)

I'm a Growing Boy

My doctor's appointment went well. Or as well as it could considering I got THREE SHOTS! :(

Here are my stats:

Weight: 17lbs 8.5oz. (average for a boy of my height)

Height (or would it be length since I don't really stand, but oh well): 27.5 inches long-I'm pretty tall for my age.

Head Circumference: 17.5 inches (My head is big-that means I am smart).

Then...dun...dun...dun....

I had to get three shots: ugh

Chilling on the examination table waiting for my temp reading

OUCH!! I got a cool Sesame Street Band-Aid out of this though

Dad helping me get dressed.

Still in shock

My mom cried like a big 'ol baby and took pictures. My dad laughed at her. She is so weird. She did hug me and give me a big kiss after it wall all over though.

Whatchu' talkin' bout Mom

I do not like surprises. Especially those that begin with "David, you have to go the doctor's". At my age, a wise 6.5 months, going to the doctors is a euphemism for, "You are getting a shot, a lot of them, and they are going to hurt". Mom and Dad say that it is for my own good and they want me to remain healthy. Whatever. As you can see I was not amused by this news.

Didn't I just go to the doctor like 2 months ago?!?

I will update everyone on my stats later.

Hair! Flow it, Show it...Long as God can grow it!

My hair is finally growing back. I was born with a head full of it. See!?!

Me @ 1 day old. (photo taken by Ms. Cristin).

Then I had some sort of baby male patterned baldness and my hair grew into a pretty funky mohawk. I had no hair on the sides, very little in the back, and a curly mass on top. Apparently, my father's hair grew in this exact pattern when he was a baby, so I guess it is hereditary (what did I tell you about my really extensive vocab?). If my mom can find a picture of him when he was a baby she will post.

Today, I think my hair is making a comeback!

I'm not only a client....I'm the playa president

My mom found the title of this blog based on a song from the musical Hair. She thought she was being funny and creative. Hmmmmm....try again. from now on I name my own blogs.

Rest of Weekend- My mom is a stalkerazzi

I went to church yesterday and I got to wear my cool blue sweater for the first (an possibly last since I am growing so fast) time. Pair this with my brown corduroy pants and I was sharp. I had a little accident with a bottle of milk and my pants hence no photo of the complete outfit.

Then my mom wanted to get all paparazzi on me. After church, After I had eaten. I was not in a picture taking mood....

Please, help me! I just want to take a nap. What is mommy looking at?

...As evidenced by the following photo take a mere two minutes (literally) after the one above.

See, a man cannot even get his rest.

Finally refreshed, I had tummy time. I am getting so much better at this and my parents think that I will be crawling rapidly in no time. No irritability today, my guns were nicely soothed by my endless supply of Orajel. Not much happened today, I chilled and played. I had a busy week, so I needed to rest before it started back up again.



So it was off to bed for me. I have gotten pretty good at soothing myself to sleep. I could have fallen asleep sooner had my mom not decided that she wanted another photo shoot.

Now I told her I was tired. She just won't leave me alone. This is just plain mean.

I mean if you insist on taking my picture, mom, here you go.

It is kind of funny, I look like my dad when I am sleepy, but like my mom when I am awake. Hmmm, what do you all think?

New Food Alert

Tonight I feasted on Beech Nut Butternut Squash. The squash was good, much better than the peas.

I am going pretty big and strong and when I go to the doctor's on the 5th, I'll see how much weight I have gained. Last time I went to the doctor's on January 2nd, I weighed 16lbs and was 27.5 inches long. My dad is hoping that I have broken 20lbs. He wants me to be the first baby bodybuilder. Needless to say, my mom is not to keen on this idea.

Straight Chillin'

This weekend has been great. I relaxed. Increased my personal best during at home tummy time. I do have church on Sunday, but other than that I have been in all weekend with my mom. My gums are bothering me, so I hope these teeth come in soon. I'm trying to chew on everything in site. My vibrating teether is working well though.