over the weekend the third of those pesky, sharp, mouth thingys appeared. what a relief. my mouth doesn't hurt nearly as much.
saturday was a dude day with mommy at work and just daddy and me hanging out all day. it was a good day and i had a lot of fun.

you may or may not have noticed the site having problems recently. don't get daddy started! it's all fine now, he just needs to re-post the movie section.
as for me, i am having a rough go of it lately. the last couple of nights i have been fussin' in my sleep quite a bit and that has woken mommy and daddy (mostly mommy though). can you blame me, i have another of those sharp things starting to make my mouth sore. this time it is on the top of my mouth. soon i will have 3 of these things.
that leads to something else unpleasant. i like to bite down. it feels good. but when mommy feeds me and i do it, she tightens up and pulls me away from my food. she also says something to me i don't understand yet, but sooner or later i will.
be sure to check out the new pictures i uploaded last night. you can see one directly from my previous blog. click the link to see the one with me coming around the corner.
daddy told me not to worry about grandpa and nana because of some lady called isabelle. he says she will pretty much miss them. i don't know who she is, but i'm glad she's not messin' with them, otherwise i'd have to pour a can of 8 month old whoop-butt on her!

during the past week, my new thing has moved past crawling (which i do really well, and at times really fast) to pulling myself up. i pull myself up on everything i can. i think i can say that i have mastered that skill. i can even use a flat surface like a wall, to use for balance only as my legs are strong enough to push me upright all by themselves.
yesterday i actually let go while standing and stood without any support for a couple seconds. i was very proud of myself. i need to work on that more often.
when mommy holds my hands when i stand, sometimes i even take steps. daddy is sticking with his predication that i will be walking by thanksgiving. i don't know what that is, or when that is, but i'll start when i start.
i have 2 teeth now. one is taller than the other. i tell you ever since the second tooth appeared earlier this week i have been in a much better mood. tuesday and wednesday this week were great days. i was in a super-duper mood which made mommy's job easier and more fun.
since i started crawling the "peek-a-boo" game has taken on a whole new meaning. mommy or daddy will hide behind a corner, and i crawl over to "get them". when i find them i laugh and squeal. mommy and daddy find it pretty funny. in fact i have a picture that mommy took of me finding her around a corner. it shows my face the moment i peek around the corner and it is funny. i will get it posted soon (hopefully this weekend).

adding to the fun of this new version of peek-a-boo is the fact that i have developed "object permanence". mommy says that means i know that when i don't see things or people, that they are still there. that's how i know i can crawl around the corner to get mommy or daddy. this also leads to some unhappy moments as well. since i spend so much more time with mommy i am more comfortable with her, and sometimes when she goes out of my sight i start to cry. i know she is still around somewhere, but i can't see her and that makes me sad.
i think it is safe to say that i associate the "moma" sound with my mommy. i use that sound exclusively when i want her, or when i am upset and can't see her.

i haven't been here in a few weeks. forgive me, but i am mobile now and i have a lot of exploring to do.
currently i have matching bruises on the left and right side of my forehead. you can't learn to crawl without bumping into a few, ok a lot of things.
so to recap i started crawling the week of Aug. 18. my first tooth also appeard that week. by the end of the week i was also trying to pull myself to a standing position. now i do it all the time. sometimes i stand a long time and don't even wobble.
if you haven't read daddy's blog, i have been giving him problems lately. not on purpose, but he is gone all day so when he comes home i act like i don't know him. last night i remembered who he was after a little bit. i think he knows how to remind me now. we'll see how it goes.
yesterday mommy took me to suzi and nate's house so she could go to the gym. then she watched nate and i and suzi went to the gym. while i was crawling there i fell on the tile and bumped my mouth. i bruised my gums. mommy say it looks icky. i don't seem to notice.
that's it for now.