My baby boy

Last night the funniest thing happened, my little boy was playing “tag” with Sam.  Sam had a box that Hyrum wanted to play with and Hyrum was chasing Sam through the house with it.  Sam would run around the island and stop and wait for Hyrum to catch up.  Hyrum would giggle and chase him again.  Well this went on for about 10 minutes and I decided to “Help” Hyrum;  I grabbed Sam and told Hyrum to get him.  (Now this is a long time game with Jaydee and she loves it.)  However Hyrum froze.  His poor little face got so confused he rolled his hands and looked from mommy to daddy and back again.  Sam & I just waited why he tried to figure out what was going on.  Finally he came and pushed on my leg so I would let Sam go and he could chase his daddy.  They did that for awhile then I picked him up and we chased Daddy together and tickled him when we caught him.  

I love watching children figure something out, when you change the “rules” of their game or when they learn that they push this button and something happens. Sometimes you can almost see the little wheels in their brain turning.  

Hyrum is walking now and into everything.  He hates to be blocked where he can’t leave a room and is pretty good at getting over/through/under most obstacles.  I had him locked in the family room the other day.  The kids were playing and I was reading.  Jaydee left and she left the door open, I watched as he walked over to the door and checked to see if I saw him.  Before he could get out the door, he began to giggle.  He was so tickled with himself that he could get out he giggled and went out the door and shut the door, then he really cracked up.  He loves to eat, there are only a few foods that he doesn’t like to eat.  He is also big enough that on play dates he takes food from the older kids.  He is a very happy baby and easy to love on.  He loves his bottle, but he is drinking milk from a sippy cup.  I am taking the bottle away on Saturday.  I am also debating on taking his pacifier away too.  He usually only uses it for sleeping, so he would probably be okay.  I am excited to let him dig into his cake.  I cannot believe that it has been almost a whole year since he was born.  

Yes, I know I should post pictures but I have not been very good at taking or unloading my camera lately.