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.

Reading Is Super!

Spencer and Mommy went to the book store yesterday and bought a couple of new board books. Spencer had fun reading them with Daddy.

He also had fun playing the saloon piano at Hill's after lunch yesterday.


Spencer got to hang out and play with his cousin Audrey from New York on Friday. He's now met two of his four 1st cousins. He'll meet Taylor and Hyelom this week—yay!

Lots of new pictures in the July album—I had forgotten to grab the ones from Lake LBJ weekend off Dave's camera. Have a great Sunday! We're off to eat Pho with some friends soon.

Lake LBJ and 9-Month Stats

We spent last weekend at Lake LBJ with Geep, Pop and a big group of aunts, uncles and cousins, including 2nd cousin Caroline who is one month older than Spence. The babies were the center of attention, of course! Spencer swam in the lake, went on his first boat ride (or should I say, slept on his first boat ride), and did a face plant off our air mattress, which resulted in two grisly scabs on his nose. I think he was having withdrawals from all the fun on Monday—he seemed stir crazy all day.


Just as I was starting to get over the air mattress incident, today he slipped and hit his face on his bookcase. I guess I have to get used to all the bumps and bruises that come with toddler-hood.

Spencer had his 9-month checkup with Dr. Bayer last week, too. He weighs 23 lb. 2 oz (85th percentile) and is 30.5 inches long (97th percentile). Long and lean! He had to get two shots and also have blood drawn from a finger prick, which he did not like. It's now time to expand his menu and start feeding him more solids.