I like to read books. I don’t always like to listen when Mommy reads them. She takes too long. I just want to turn to the next page and she’s always stopping me.
No, I like to read books all by myself. Then I can turn the pages as quickly as I want.
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Mommy says the book is upside down. But I don’t care. The pages turn just as well this way!
Hey! Guess what! I got my sixth tooth this weekend. It still hurts a lot. But I can bite in to just about everything and it’s lots of fun.
I’m a big boy now. I drink bottles and I try to feed myself my own food. I don’t want Mommy to help me. I like to be my own man.
I can walk around the couch. Then I reach everything that Mommy puts on the table that she doesn’t want me to reach. If something is in the corner of the room, I can crawl and squirm to reach it. Nothing is out of reach anymore! YEAY!
Here’s a picture of me with Mommy last week.
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Mommy says she took this picture herself, so please ignore her messy hair and the weird perspective. But I don’t care if her hair is messy. I love her!
We can get him dressed and ready to go to church on time. But we can’t keep his shirt tucked in and we can’t get him to stop eating his tie. It’s OK with me: he’s so cute, and I don’t think he’ll chew on his tie when he goes on his mission.
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Here are some pictures of Paul playing in his playpen last week, just before bedtime. His new pajamas say “I’m so SLEEPY.” He doesn’t look it in the pictures!
Then there are two pictures from the next day.
We of course didn’t have a holiday this weekend, but Saturday was a lovely winter day: about 55 degrees and sunny! Daddy was able to get away from his weekend work for an hour midday, so we took a family walk up to the park. Paul went on a swing for the first time!
I also took him down the slide. He wasn’t very impressed. By the walk home, he was tuckered out.
It was a delightful day!
P.S. Paul is nine months old today!
Paul is such a happy boy.
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I’m finding photos I haven’t posted. I’m sure most of you don’t care, but as I’m keeping this as a photo-journal of Paul’s life, I’m going to be posting some of them up here!
Back in June, the family took a train ride downtown to Melbourne. Here he is, a bit sleepy in his pram on the train.
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Lest you think I’m a horrible mother, unable to control my son, here’s proof that he does successfully take a nap most days.
Video in which Mommy sings Paul a lullaby
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I’m posting lots of pictures lately. It’s Grandma Peggy’s fault: she sent Paul a few really cute outfits. Every time I get him dressed, I feel like I need to take a picture because he is just so darn cute!
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Last Tuesday, Paul and Mommy went swimming with mother’s group. They had a fun time. Paul looks forward to going swimming with his grandma and grandpa too.
Note: Paul is a bit sleepy in this picture. Can you tell?
Here are the happy swimmers!
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