Visiting Westie “Babies”

 

He loves to visit with the puppies.  Calvin already thinks he’s his best friend.  Anytime Brice crawls towards the gate, Calvin goes crazy.  He just thinks he’s another puppy. 

And the Spittle Flies

Click on the picture, it should get larger for you to see all the spit flying as he blows his raspberries.  Love when I can get an action shot!

Old Cartoons

We watched some old Mickey Mouse cartoons on YouTube today.  He thought that was pretty funny.  He loves music, so the old black and whites and Technicolor's were just perfect for him.  At least he wasn’t yelling at me for a little bit of the day.

Fish Lips

He I caught him just in time for the picture.  He was doing this on Saturday at lunch, and I caught him a few more times today.  It’s a kind of tradition in my family that the kids all learn to do fish lips.  Something my dad started…?  Anyways, the girls were working on Brice at Christmas.  Looks like it worked!

Oh, yeah…Happy Birthday, Butthead.  David is 25 today!  Woohoo!  Cheaper insurance, here he comes!  Hey, he’s 25 on the 25th!  That only happens once.

How to Post Comments

So, while Blogger works out its problems with the embedded commenting form (the box at the bottoms of post where you leave comments) I am having to revert back to the old way of leaving comments.  So, to direct you in what to do, here is a brief tutorial.

There is two ways to go about getting to the comment form to leave a comment on a posting.  I’ll lead you through the one that I think is the easiest for most of you.  I am assuming that most of you visit the site by going to www.lanefamilyadventures.blogspot.com.  This allows you to view all of the postings at once (where as, if you click on the blog title it takes you to just that posting).  From this main window, here is what you’ll do:

1. Scroll to the bottom of the posting you would like to comment on and find where it says “Comments”.  I might have a number next to it (i.e. 1 Comment).  Click on Comments

2. A new window will open where you will type your comment. 

3.     After typing your comment you will have to choose how to identify yourself.  If you have a Gmail (or Google) account, you can sign in with this on the form (I was already signed in) and it will show me your name.  If you have it set up to show your email address, i’ll be able to email you back!  [If you want something like this set up and need help, let me know and i’ll get it set up for you.]

Your other option is to choose Name/URL where you can enter just your name (no URL needed…or you can enter your blogs URL there), or to choose Anonymous.  Just remember when choosing Anonymous to sign your name to your comment so I know who said what. 

4.  After that’s all done, click Publish Your Comment.

Once the embedded comment form is working again, I'll get that back up and going.  And I'll do another tutorial for those of you that are unsure of how to comment on that form.  I hope this helps and gets you commenting!

As a side note, if you happen to already be within the blog posting, the way to comment is slightly different.  Instead of clicking on “comments” as in step one above, you will simply click on “Post a Comment” at the bottom of the comments section at the end of the post.  Everything else is the same.

9 Months Old

   

9 months old and doing something new every day!  I absolutely love how he will stop crawling and sit.  I can’t get enough of it.  It’s just the most precious thing.  It’s pretty cute how he has to push my shoes around the room, too. 

Grunty Boy

Grunty Boy, originally uploaded by The Sometimes Crafter.

It was even funnier watching it again on the video camera. There's no mistaking when this boy is messing his diaper.

Brice Blowing Raspberries

Brice Blowing Raspberries, originally uploaded by The Sometimes Crafter.

Yea! Video! We got it figured out and here is some video of Brice blowing raspberries the other day. It was so darn funny! It was like he just woke up that morning and decided he was going to blow raspberries. He started when he woke up and didn't stop all day long. He's only done it here and there the last few days...but he loves watching this video of himself! Notice in the video that he has spit all over his face.

Commenting Confusion

I thought i'd better do a quick post since there seems to be some confusion on who I was directing my "commenting" comments to.  This was mean for Dad + Val (and girls), Auntie Diane, Grandma Dorothy, Aaron's family...etc.  The family members we never hear from.  I just like to know from time to time that you're checking in.  And i'm sure you all have great things to say or advice to give and we'd love to hear them.  Remember, this will be something Brice can see one day when he's older.  I have ideas of printing off each year and putting it into a book - they have services that will do this for you now.  This way he has a record of his life and what went on when.  It's a neat idea.  So....if you are not sure how to comment still, send me an email (hikebikekayak@gmail.com) and i'll put together a tutorial on here for how to comment.  Then i'll put a link in the side bar so you can always refer back to it should you need a little reminder/help.  

Aaron is going to help me with the video problems later.  I have been using our video camera to take video instead of the point-and-shoot (little camera), so that is why there is an issue getting video to load.  It is a hard drive video camera, so it holds LOTS of video and has better quality.  I just haven't taken video off of it on my computer yet.  Also, we are headed out with Grandma Sheila today, and since I haven't taken photos the last two days, I plan to make up for it today! 

 

So I know this is a few months away, but Brice told me he would really like a new lens for mommy's camera for his birthday this year.  A 28mm 1.8f or a 50mm 1.4f would be really nice!  He just wont stop talking to me about it...going on and on about how my pictures of him could be so much better.   He said it doesn't have to be Canon, Sigma's are fine, too.

  

I was running out of picture ideas - nothing new of Brice you see.  So you get photos from my "yellow week".  

Video’s Coming Soon

 

I haven’t taken pictures the last two days.  So I'm pulling something up from the archives, from our first month at home with Brice.  Isn’t this sweet.  I have some great video to share with you – really good stuff.  I was almost peeing myself I was laughing so hard.  But first I have to get my video editing program working so I can shorten the video.  So….hopefully tomorrow. 

As a side note, I'm changing the format for commenting back to the old form.  Blogger seems to be having issues with the commenting working for certain people.  We’ll try it again in a few weeks to see if they have the bugs fixed.

Also, it’d be great to hear from some of the other family.  It’s really easy to comment.  Just click on the link at the end of a post that says “Post Comment” (you have to click on the title of the blog posting and go to the page for that posting, it’s there).  Fill in your comment to the blank box on the left side of the screen and choose how you want to post (anonymous is fine, just sign your actual comment with your name so I know who it is commenting).  Easy.  Start commenting family!

Ready….Set….

Almost ready to go!  Yes, these are from the other day…I don’t really let my kid wear the same outfit several days in a row.  Can you believe it, I didn’t take a single picture Wednesday!  So not like me!
 
Yes, he’s ready to get walking.

Crawl, Sit, Crawl…Repeat

 

It’s funny how one day he just all the sudden figures something out.  For instance, he just decided he can sit during crawling sessions.  As opposed to laying on his stomach and looking up.  Smart kid.  It’s so cute that he put two and two together, and he’s pretty happy with himself.  He hasn’t been much of a sitter, always preferring to crawl.  So it’s very fun to finally see him sitting a bit more.  Too bad it doesn’t last for longer than a second.  I could use the break!

  I think he was a little disappointed that this was a fake Westie.  He was hoping this one would be his friend.  He just kind of sat there waiting for it to move (or growl?) at him.  He eventually figured it out. 

Fast Mover

He’s so fast he was just a blur on the camera.  He’s crawling on his knees almost exclusively now.  A bit slower than with the army crawl, at first.  But now he cruises right along!

Poor kid, his knees are all red.  Can you see? 

IKEA Trip

   

See, it’s not all dimply smiles all the time.  He got tired of his stroller and wanted the cart.  And of course it was all “Nananana” until he got what he wanted.  Smart kid.

 

These little carts are pretty funny with a kid in front.  I didn’t think they had a kid seat, but apparently I was wrong.  And thankfully.  It was the only thing keeping him happy.

Good Plan

Although he loves his yogurt, it’s a good plan for getting him to open his mouth for a bite!

Steps

He’s getting around quite good now!  Not long before he’s walking without the assistance of furniture.  He loves walking around Grandma’s sectional…I worry about sharp corners of the coffee table (hence the quilt to the right of him).  I’m guessing two more weeks.  Not that i’m rushing it.

Sleepy Boy

He seems to do this a lot.  There’s a calmness about grandma that just sooths him to sleep without a fuss.  But of course he has to have her finger.

Aunt Betty asked for a picture of his new teeth…but we don’t have enough teeth showing for a picture yet.  You can just feel the little sharp teeth when you run your finger along his gums.  But, as soon as they are showing more, i’ll snap a picture to share.

Grunty Boy

His favorite spot.  It’s not plugged in, but he still loves to push the buttons.  The other day I was sitting at the desk and heard this grunting…I looked over and sure enough, he’s pooping!  This kid is going to be a behind-the-couch pooper, for sure!  I had to snap the picture fast, before the moment passed….so it’s not a very good one.  Oh well.  Next time.  Don’t you just love how I post about his bodily functions!?!

Playing Nice

Kind of playing nice.  A little foot to the head never hurt anyone.  

Here’s Brice getting even.