Milestones

We’ve had quite an eventful month as far as milestones. Cullen is now crawling at the speed of light. You would think that I pump him up on caffeine & sugar, but he is just naturally full of energy. His new things to do are cruising & shaking. He enjoys cruising along cabinets, coffee tables, and anything else thigh high. We had our first major accident yesterday. I was mixing a bottle and he was playing under my feet. Before I knew it he tried to cruise along the oven door & the door flew open. Had his diapered bum not broken his fall, I’m sure we would have had to make our first ER visit. Of course, this scared the daylights out of me, and I make a trip to ghetto-r-us to buy latches, bumpers, and all of the other over priced home safety devices.

His second hobby, shaking, is also a very dangerous activity. Cullen will grab things such as end tables, baskets, bar stools, etc. then he proceeds to stand up and shake them as hard as he can. It's only a matter of time before I have to move furniture out of the house. So, if you come by to visit plan on sitting on the floor (just kidding).

Nathan & I are amazed at what Cullen chooses to play with. He has an entire box full of those silly educational toys that light up, buzz, sing, and do everything besides balance your checkbook. Instead of playing with these Cullen enjoys playing with DVDs, Cds, Wii Games, and his favorite toy of all would be any kind of electrical cord. I told Nate that we should have saved our money and bought the boy a case of blank Cds & an extension cord. So, once again I go on the offensive and safely tuck all Cds into drawers, and make sure that electrical cords are safely tucked away.

As you can see we’ve had a very busy month. My baby is now mobile & we’re frantically trying to keep up with him. Even though we’re constantly chasing the little booger around, we’re still having the time of our lives watching him grow. Being a parent is so much fun. Even though we know that we’re really going to be in for a wild ride with Cullen. We were really hoping that he would have my husband’s sweet, kind, gentle manner, but it looks like he’s got my stubborn, strong willed streak instead. Oh well, those are fabulous characteristics to have. He'll never be accused of being a bore, and he'll keep his teachers on their toes.