Da-Da

I can't be 100% certain, but it appears as if Monkey is saying Da-Da. He screams it, whispers it and says it all the time. He says it when he's looking at Daddy, but he also says it when looking at Grandpa. I don't know if it's just his newest sound, or if he really means to say Daddy. In any event, that's his most recent update. I'll try to get it on video this weekend :)

Other than that, the Leach family is looking forward to football season starting soon! Next weekend begins the ASU Saturday night games and tailgate that goes with it. Woo hoo!

Oh, and tomorrow Grandma Cindy is coming to take care of Spencer. She's going to be watching him on Fridays for a while - I think she was getting jealous of all the time Nana and Poppy have with him ;)

Sitting, Standing, What Next?!

Sorry I've been a bad blogger lately.  We've had a lot going on.  Spencer started his new room at daycare last week, and that was a bit of an adjustment.  He's doing great in there though, it just took a few days to get the teachers to understand his schedule.  He's also got a little bit of a cold again, no surprise there!  We're still only on 2 teeth, but I know those top 2 are ready to poke through any day now.

See, there he is sitting up!  (yes, it takes until the last 30 sec. of the video to actually see the sitting).  He's also standing up on his own.  I found him in his crib this morning holding onto the railing standing and yelling at me to pick. him. up!

Other than that, things are good in the life of the Leach family.  Spencer's got a few newborn friends to play with one of these days.  The DeBruin's welcomed Baby Boy Brayden and the Williams' welcomed Baby Girl Emery last week.  Can't wait to get them all together one of these days :)  And no, there is no new Baby Leach on the way.  Although the little ones were cute ;)

Happy 8 months, little Monkey!

Today Spencer is 8 months old! Wow, where has the time gone? Let's take a moment to highlight all that he has accomplished in this past 8 months:

1. He is growing like a champ, weighing in at over 20 lbs these days;

2. He is talking, although I do not understand what he's saying. He does say "da-da-da" a lot when he's angry - go figure;

3. He is pulling himself to standing;

4. He is sitting, and *almost* able to sit up from the down position;

5. He is most decidedly inch-worming his way around the house;

6. 2 teeth, and I think 2 more on the way;

7. His laugh and smiles melt my heart!

Happy 8 months, little Monkey! I love you!!

2nd Tooth and a Scoot

While Mommy and Daddy were killing themselves walking all over DC this weekend, Monkey's second tooth popped through.  He also is decidedly scooting, if not an odd variation to a real crawl.  I can't quite tell, and I'm no pro here, so you tell me: is it a scoot or a crawl?  Either way, I think the "real" crawl is *just* around the corner!

This week brings Monkey's 2 weeks off of daycare.  So Mommy is working from home this week, with some help from Grandma Cindy on an as-needed basis.  Next week is Daddy's week.  Should be an interesting couple of weeks, to say the least!  

Anyhoo...tell me, scoot or odd crawl variation?

PS - the actual scooting/crawling doesn't begin until just past the 1 minute mark.  Be patient with him, he's a baby.

1st Tooth and a Dbacks Game

Yup, my toothless wonder finally got his first tooth! Woo hoo! I've been feeling around in there for weeks now because he's been drooling enough to fill our pool. Saturday, I was greeted with a little roughness. Sure enough, it was his first tooth poking through. Sunday you could actually see it! So cute!

Daddy, Poppy and I also took Spencer to his first Dbacks game on Sunday. Despite the game starting at his nap time, he was a trooper and made it though the 7th inning. I guess we have a fan! He was enthralled with all the people and noises, and he really enjoyed riding around in the Baby Bjorn (even if Mommy didn't really love carrying him in it!).

He Scoots!

We don't have much new to report on the Spencer front. He is growing and moving, but not yet crawling. We saw an actual scoot yesterday, but that's as far as he's gotten so far. Edited to add that we have video confirmation of the scooting. See below. Still no teeth. He's got a little cold, but it doesn't seem to be slowing him down too much. And that's about that.

As for Mommy and Daddy, they have been busy. Daddy is studying for his exam at the end of the month, and Mommy was busy this weekend planning Kelly's baby shower. She actually made a diaper cake by herself (with the help of a you tube video). They're off to DC the last weekend in July (too bad LLPP has moved to Dubai!) And that's about that.

7 Month Pictures

So, I'm supposed to take professional pictures of my kid at his "milestones," 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 1 year, etc.  I'm consistently 1 month behind, so here are Spencer's 7 month pictures taken today.  We'll just call this his tongue phase, since he can't keep that little tongue in his mouth these days.

  

Also, yesterday Mommy and Daddy took off to play ALL day yesterday!  We had our Light Rail Pub Crawl, and we had a BLAST!  About 22 people showed up and we literally went from bar to bar.  SUCH fun!  Mommy forgot the camera though, so we have no photos documenting our drunken fest.  Probably a good thing!  Spencer had a blast hanging with Nana and Poppy and Uncle Lou Lou who is finally back home after spending a month in Europe (lucky guy!)

Oh, and this week our A/C was on the fritz, just in time for the "excessive heat warning."  Nice timing, huh?  We've finally got it back up and running, but that was not a fun 2 days.  

Last big thing this week: new couch in the living room!  Woo hoo!  It's so nice and comfy and gives us way more room than we had before.  I LOVE it!!

Because I think my kid is perfect and I can't pick just a few pictures, here they ALL are!