Vacation!

BV and I are long overdue for a vacation so we're going camping in Minnesota Wednesday-Sunday! Bud is going to have his own vacation with both sets of grandparents. It's actually good timing for us because he's getting his top two teeth and has been crabby :) While we're going to miss him (we've never been away from him for more than one night), we need the rest and relaxation!

We think Bud tries to say doggies, but it comes out augies, and we know he understands what clap means because he'll clap when we ask him to and he claps to pat-a-cake when we sing it to him. He's also started being shy around people - he'll turn his head away and hide in our shoulder, it's so cute! He also finds it amusing to look at the world upside down. Last night he had a few giggle fits when I was letting him bend backwards while holding him.

Thank you to everyone who has ever bought Bud toys, but we're sorry to say that he hardly plays with them! He would rather pull all of my socks out of their bin and throw them around (I now have a pile of socks just for him to play with) or play with paper. Have I mentioned how determined he is? He is determined to get to the things that we don't want him to play with (cords, swinging closet door, the panel on the dishwasher, the greasy sliding door track). We can pull him away and tell him not to touch and he just keeps going back until we get a barricade up. I have started a first birthday wish list on amazon.com and put more challenging toys on it for him (stacking toys, trucks, etc.). But he may have more fun if you just give him a box of socks and some paper. :)

I'll write another update when we get back from vacation to tell you how much Bud enjoyed the time with his grandparents.

:D