11 Months

We are discovering Finley's talents daily...his newest one is the CLAW. Sometimes we can promt him to do it like in the video, but other times it's spontaneous and I'm not quite sure what he's trying to tell us when he does so. Sometimes when he's mad he does it but mostly when he's trying to make a point. He tends to be a bit dramatic. The other day I put him down for a nap and from the other room I could tell by the sound of his voice he was doing the claw. That one might have been out of anger towards me for making him take a nap.

Finn is crawling everywhere. Pulling up onto whatever is in his way. He waves bye bye. Says: Hiiiiiii, Dadadada, Mamama. Not sure, but I think he said..."hey" the other day. Clearly "uh-o" is his favorite word and it was his first. He can sign "all done" when prompted. I think that's about all the new stuff I've got. I'll try to post some more recent pictures of the big guy.

1st Vacation

Road tripped to the mountains of Wyoming with our friends over Labor Day. Went pretty well. Turns out Finley doesn't sleep in cars very well. Took us 15 hours to get there after a flat tire in the middle of no where Nebraska. He slept a combined of an hour and a half the entire way. He was fine on the way out there, but the way home was a different story. We arrived in the middle of the night so we went to bed about 4:30 am and he woke up at 6:30 am., talking to everyone in the family room. I thought I had his pack-n-play covered so he wouldn't beable to see out of it. Turns out I don't function well at 4:30 am as he was able to see everyone in the room. You don't realize how loud he is in the morning until you are in a room full of people who are wanting to be sleeping. Sorry guys. Again didn't sleep on the way home much. Thankfully it was a shorter trip home, yet we were blessed to hear a growling scream from Mr. Finn for a whopping 35 minutes until he gave into sleep. What a great 40 mintues that followed! For the most part he did pretty well considering the lack of sleep he had all weekend. He was still all smiles. Finn's buddy Tad was kind of a pest all weekend....he slept all the way out there...while we were there...and all the way home. He was really getting on our nerves cuz he was so loud. OR...was it the opposite, I don't remember!

Some milestones he's hitting...up on all fours...rocking. Scoots backwards. Sits up on his own. Has 2 teeth. Ate spaghetti (all chopped up) among MANY other things. Rolls all over the place. Bites!! Waves Bye Bye...sometimes. Acts shy and turns away. Mimics sounds a lot. I'm pretty sure he said.. Bye Bye in the car on the way home. We say, "round and round and round" when we look at the fan and he mimics my tone.

We're working on signing "more and please" because I'm getting sick of the grunts when he wants more food. It was cute at first, but now he's just being rude!! :)

And that's all I got.

Apple Picking = Lots of Applesauce

We picked apples at Jess' Great Aunt and Uncle's house this week and made it into applesauce. He's the whole process we went through. Finley loves it!

Swimming

Swimming with Auntie Amy!! I think he might be stuck!

Cookie Monster

Jesse says he has his mother's persistence...no comment.

So it's been a while since I posted last. Jesse had the camera while he was on a trip to Turkey and I wasn't able to take any recent pictures of the Finster. I'll try to give you a quick recap:

• About a month ago, my mom, Finley, and I went blueberry picking!
• Finley loves sweet things to eat.
• He also shared bacon, eggs, and toast with me the other night for supper.
• He's rolling like crazy, well only over his right arm. So he makes big circles.
• Finley has also picked up an attitude, we are having a battle of our wills daily.
• Since the attitude, I'm resorting to telling him no and correcting the behavior. He then gives a confused look like he's never heard that tone before.
• Jess brought home a djembe for Finley from Turkey.
• I'm introducing him to soccer in hopes that he'll one day like it!
• He talks A LOT especially to his toys and his doggies.
• He's mastered jumping in his johnny jumper and exersaucer.
• He has to go the the nursery every Sunday because he yells when our pastor prays.

So I think that's about all for now. I'll try to post some more pictures of him soon.

The kid likes homemade applesause!!

Baby Kate and her new hair do.

I made some homemade applesause yesterday and Finley loved it!! His mouth was wide open and ready for the next spoon full. He kept trying to shove the spoon in his mouth faster. It was so cute and lots of fun giving him big boy food. I forgot to put the pics of Finn's first camp out so those pictures are included too. Baby Kate is my sister's youngest and I think she's about 5 months. She and Finn are 9 weeks apart.

Babies Everywhere

These pictures will be out of order, but once I've added them, I don't know how to move them. I'll be honest, I don't like the set up of this blog. arrrg.

A lot has happened since the last post. Clint and Amy (bro-in-law and his wife) had their 3rd baby...a little boy named Wyatt Evan. Our good friends Nick and Megan Koeteman also had their baby boy...Tad. Both boys are super cute and will have lots of fun haning out with Finley. Last week, Finley was visited by his super cute girl friend, Natalee! They hit it off, and she was showing off her rolling skills as Finley just hung out, too big to roll over. :) I blame it on those huge arms that get in his way when he rolls. He's getting much better at rolling over now. He just needs a bit of motivation, i.e. a cell phone or a favored toy.

Finley also enjoyed his first campfire with Grampa Fisher and Daddy. I have tons of pictures of Finn in the "happy baby" pose....he's always grabbing his toes any chance he can get. He loves the sound of his voice these days....he screeches all day long. He's starting to talk to people and his toys. He'll make a noise at them and wait for them to do something then he'll say something else really important.

The kid still doesn't like cereal or baby food. You wouldn't be able to tell when ya look at the kid. He's still my lil TANK. He does however like Gatorade and Watermelon. Two of his mom's favorite things!