Hunter's First Christmas
Christmas included attending the Family Candlelight Service at church on Christmas Eve, opening lots of presents (with the help of Jake the dog), and lots of fun. Hunter loved the music in "big church" and of course, the candles. We got to see our friends the Taylors and the Snowdens - I'm so glad they'll be part of this first Christmas memory.
Hunter scored with some clothes and lots of toys. He also blessed Mommy and Daddy continuously with lots of smiles and babbles.
Hunter's First Playground Experience
We have lots of pictures of this, too, but I haven't uploaded them yet. We went on Christmas Eve and again on Christmas Day. Hunter got to swing and go down the slide with Mommy. He pretended like he was going to go across the monkey bars and also had his first "ride" on some kind of green bobbly thing. :)
Hunter's First Back to Front Roll (12/16 - 6.5 months)
Hunter still hasn't realized that he can actually move himself around by himself. So rolling around on the floor hasn't really been a priority. He consistently rolls himself to his side, but finally rolled all the way to his tummy on Sunday, the 16th. I didn't actually see it happen because he did it in his crib while I was in his closet picking some clothes to put him into. And I don't have any video of it since he refuses to do it again. But at least I know he CAN do it...just have to make him WANT to do it again.
He is also starting to somewhat enjoy being on his belly, but not enough to want to crawl. Maybe during his eighth month....(which is right around the corner).
Hunter's First "Words" (12/13 - 6.5 months)
The weekend of Mommy and Daddy's 5th wedding anniversary (12/14) was quite a big one for Mr. Hunter. That Thursday (the 13th), he figured out how to say his B's and boy did he practice that weekend. Again, we haven't managed to capture his "talking" on video yet, but he's really "ba-ing" a lot these days. He's even started doing it throughout the morning (starting around 4:00 am sometimes, and continuing on and off for about 3 hours). Thankfully, Mommy is able to go back to sleep (most of the time) and keep one ear open for when the "talking" turns to whining when he's ready to get up.
We really do have a lot of pictures to post, but just haven't had the time to organize them and post them. Hopefully will get to it tonight. And will also have more pics after this weekend when we get to have Christmas with both of our families.
