One Word

This morning on Facebook Gerber posted "Describe your baby in one word." I thought about this for a little while and I couldn't think of one word that would capture everything my little man is. I guess the first word I would use would be (absolutely) amazing. He amazes me everyday with everything he does. He's growing and learning so much so fast. The next word I would describe him as is independent. He does his own this his own way. He has just started letting me feed him yogurt with a spoon again but for the last few months he would only feed himself and he'll only eat what he wants when he wants. Whenever we go somewhere he always runs off to do his own thing never checking back to make sure his parents are in sight. It makes it kind of frustrating when we're out shopping but it makes it easy to leave him with a babysitter. Hunter also will only sleep in his own bed. He was really sick last week and I tried to let him sleep in our bed. It did not work at all. He definitely needs his own space. Another word I would use would be cute. I mean just look at his face he's definitely the cutest baby in my mind. He is also soooo sweet. He gives the best hugs where he wraps his little arms around my neck. And his open mouth kisses are still cute for now. He is also a monster. Especially when he's trying to be independent but he's doing it during a time he's not allowed to. For example trying to run into the street. Then he screams and throws a fit when I stop him. I know this is all very typical for a 15 month old but sometimes it is just frustrating. But no matter what he is my best friend. I spend every second of everyday with him and I wouldn't have it any other way. He is so smart. He's been learning a bunch of baby sign language and parts of his body. He is just so cool. Every little thing about him. I never thought it was possible to love anyone as much as I love him. He is such a blessing!!

Hunters first farm trip!!

Over this last weekend Andrew, Hunter and I went up to my Grandpas farm property up in Grantsville, MD. We had lots of fun! It was beautiful!

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On our way up there we stopped at Buffalo Wild Wings!! YUM! Hunter loved it!

This was right after we got there before he realized he was going to be miserable.

 

 Hunter was sick with a cold and he was teething and he had gotten his shots the morning that we left. So with all that added he was pretty miserable! He spent a lot of time sitting in his new camp chair.

 He also spent a lot of time snuggling with Daddy.

 

And he spent a lot of time crying! 

 

We ended up staying in a hotel since Hunter was feeling so awful. There were a lot of Amish people running around town and this was this hitching post behind our hotel.

 Everything was still dead from winter but it was still pretty. The weather was 75 degrees all weekend.

 We went down to the creek where someone had put up a new bridge so we spent time watching the water.

 

 Hunter got to ride on the old tractor. He loved it!

 

 We made some delicious s'mores. Andrews was made with oreos and mine was made with girl scout thin mint cookies!! The were AMAZING!  

 

Hunter ate some doritos by the fire.

On the second Hunter finally took a nap in my arms. This is only the second time in the last 6 months that he has fallen asleep on me. He is so independent but he is just so sweet!!!

 

 After his nap he was in a much better mood!

 

 He showed me some cheerios! I should probably stop teaching him to show me his food :)

 

 He loves his belly.

And right before we left Hunter got to watch Daddy shoot off a couple rounds. He thought it was funny. 

Overall we had a great trip! Next time though we won't go while Hunters sick.

No more wrinkles!

I was looking at old pictures today and realized Hunter doesn't have the little crease on his nose anymore! Although his little wrinkle was really cute :)

This picture he was just two days old!

This one he was nine months old.

And this one he was 13 months old.
Its crazy how these last two pictures are only three months apart. He has changed so much!! cute little baby face!
And I'm gonna miss that

DC ZOO

On Dec. 28 we went to the DC zoo to see the zoo lights. My friend Stephanie came down and rode the metro with us there and Andrews parents and sister drove and met us there. It was a very cold night which made it not as fun but they had indoor exhibits to keep us warm.

Hunter and Stephanie getting ready to go!

Hunter being cute!

There wasn't very many animals out since it was cold.

Panda hats at the gift shop!

The zoolights were pretty cool.

Hunter did not like being all bundled up.

This kid is awesome!!

Hunter was so sleepy by the end of the day.

First Haircut!!

I have so much to catch up on!! We have been so busy with moving then Christmas and then Hunters birthday. But I'm determined to get caught up.
We gave Hunter his first haircut on Jan 17th. He doesn't have much hair but what he did have was getting long and scraggly.





He was calm for the first few minutes.


This picture makes him look rather bald but he's definitely not. His hair is just thin.



I just had to include this one of him walking! He's getting pretty good at it now!

It's crazy how things have changed!

I cannot believe that it has been a year since Andrew left for bootcamp. Our lives have changed so much it's crazy!

Halloween!

We had an awesome Halloween with our little panda bear!

We started off our Halloween weekend with Trunk or Treat at church on Saturday. We had lots of fun! This is a picture of him getting his first piece of candy. He wasn't at all interested in the candy but he did get a bracelet from someone which he loved.

We then took him shopping at the exchange. Someone asked me where we got his costume from which made me happy since we made it ourselves. He's wearing a long sleeve shirt and sweatpants and i sewed fleece around the middle. His tail is made up of a black sock turned inside out and rolled up and pinned to his butt. And we bought his hat at target. It was actually a girl hat with a little pink bow by one of the ears but all i had to do was get the seam ripper out and take off the bow and you could never tell it was for a girl.

Then on Sunday we carved our pumpkin that we got at the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago.

Hunter was really only interested for a few minutes then he wanted to go back to eating cheerios.

This was right before we went trick or treating on Monday. He loves playing with dirt in his hands... he's such a boy!

We walked around our neighborhood to get candy we only stopped at few houses since Hunter can't eat it yet anyways. It was a beautiful night out.

He loved getting attention from everyone telling him how cute he was.

Then we ended our night handing out candy in front of our apartment. This is my first time handing candy ever so I was pretty excited. We only had a few kids come though since we live in the back of our complex.