New Heisman Trophy Unveiled This Week

Hook 'Em!

While Grannie and I were hanging out with Spencer on game day last weekend, I remembered that Aunt Janice and Uncle Gary gave him an adorable suede vest and chaps when he was born. After I put the vest on him, I called Dave in to take some pictures. All of a sudden Spencer decided to take 7 or 8 steps in a row - a first! So we captured his first big move in photos. It should be noted that he was walking toward his Bevo, also a gift from Janice and Gary (who, by the way, are Red Raiders). Hook 'Em!

Grannie stayed with us for 6 days last week, and PawPaw joined us for the weekend. Then we headed to Pine Fork to spend Labor Day with Geep and Pop. Spencer is lucky to get so much time with his grandparents!

In case you missed it, Spencer turned 11 months old this week. He has 8 teeth, and his canines are coming in now, too. He seems to be in some discomfort from those bad boys. One of his new favorite foods is mashed avocado. He also likes to tell you that a cow says, "Mmmmmmmmm!"

Rain!

We had a great rain storm last week. Spencer hasn't seen much rain in his 10 months so Daddy took him out on the porch and let him soak it in.

P is for Peacock

We took Spencer to Mayfield Park yesterday to see the peacocks. We only lasted about 10 minutes because it was so hot, but the boy got to see lots of pretty peacocks and some little baby chicks. He studied them very intensely.

Jiggy Giggly

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10 Months Old Today

Yowza! Our boy is 10 months old. Dave took some great pictures of Spencer today. Here's a quick preview until I have time to get them all uploaded. Gotta love that faux hawk!



His first top front tooth has broken through. It's going to be weird to see him with teeth on top! He's also saying "ma ma ma ma" a lot—and it seems like he associates it with me, but who knows? Music to my ears either way.

Sentimental Sap Alert!

I'll admit it. I've become a sentimental sap since I had a baby. One of my favorite things to do is look back at the notes in my calendar from 2008 and see what was happening on this day a year ago during my pregnancy. I came across a sweet entry from August 1, 2008 that I thought I'd share (and FYI, "Ziggy" is what we called Spencer in utero).

"Dreamed about Ziggy. Dave and I were figuring out how to take care of him—bathing, swaddling, diapering—and didn't know if we were doing it right. Zig looked up and gave us the biggest, sweetest smile!"

I thought that kind of summed up how the last 9 (almost 10!) months have been. Just when it seems like we're too tired to make it through another nighttime feeding or if we're sure that we're doing everything wrong and ruining our child, Spencer gives us one of his sweet, gummy smiles and we know everything is just fine.