Funny Blocks

So I bought Cruz these blocks today at Target and when we got home he thought they were just hilarious! We probably played for a half hour like this and he was laughing so hard the entire time. I've never seen him laugh so much!

We are heading back to Nebraska tomorrow, we get in around 10:30 in the morning! I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and hopefully we'll get to see some of you!

DaDa

Cruz said his first word Friday night... Dada. Now everything is dadadada. I caught some video of it tonight... He also is starting to pull himself up to things. He can't quite get up to his feet but he'll pull himself up from his butt to his knees. Still no crawling...

Five

I caught some video this morning of Cruz giving me fives. We've been working on this for awhile and now he'll finally do it on command! He also gives kisses now but I haven't been able to catch it on tape yet. Now we need to work on clapping and waving!

Veterans Day, 8 Month Birthday and the Aquarium

Well today was Veterans Day and Cruz also turned 8 months old today. We decided to take trip to the aquarium since they were having free admission today for Veterans Day. Adam, Andrea and Eve joined us and even though it was extremely busy we still had a good time. Here's a few pictures from the aquarium and then a mix of some of him trying to crawl after we got home. He's so close and tries so hard but just can't get it:)

Elmo

Well Cruz officially loves Elmo. I recorded a couple days of Sesame Street for him and if I have it on he won't really pay much attention but the minute Elmo comes on he's glued to the tv laughing and talking away. Then Andrea let me borrow Eve's "Elmo's World" DVD, which is what he's watching in the video below, and he loves it! Guess we'll be getting him some Elmo DVD's for Christmas this year:)

Well it took Cruz all week to get switched back over to normal time after the time change on Sunday so that was fun, ha! He's back to sleeping from around 8pm to 8am thank goodness! We've been trying to get out an enjoy the nice weather while it's still here. He loves it outside and seems to be a little cranky if we're stuck inside all day! Luckily the North Carolina winters aren't too cold so hopefully we can at least still get out to walk Tucker every day. I've been trying to give him more and more table food which he of course loves. He's never turned down food or not liked something and he would eat and eat all day if I'd let him. He's now to the point if I try and eat in front of him he whines or sometime screams if he doesn't get a bite too. The crawling business is still in the works, he gets around the whole room by rolling over, turning in circles, kinda scooting around or crawling backwards but just can't seem to get where he wants to go since he can't crawl forwards. We are still talking to Jake every night on the webcam which has been great. Jake has been gone for two months now so the time is still going pretty fast. Cruz and I will be in Nebraska for 6 days over Thanksgiving. We're ready to come home and see everyone!

Below are a few pictures from this weekend. He loves anything that spins so he figured out last night that if he turns his dump truck over he can spin the wheels! I think he spent at least a half hour just spinning the tires, funny kid. Hope everyone has a great week!

Another tooth...

Cruz had another tooth pop through this morning. So now he has both of his bottom two teeth. He's getting closer and closer to crawling every day. He still gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth but just can't figure out how to move forward yet. Here's a few recent pictures...

Supporting the Huskers yesterday in his new outfit from Grandpa and Grandma Walkenhorst!