Such a mover!

I can't believe that Darryl is already 9 months old. It is amazing to think about everything that has happend these past nine months. I remember thinking that I couldn't wait for him to get big enough to move around, laugh, and show his personality. I couldn't wait for that day to come...
Well now that day is here!! He is so much fun. He is crawling like crazy, standing, and has attempted to take some first steps but is still figuring that out. Chris and I are both still predicting that he will be walking by Christmas.
He loves to explore everything! Our entire living room gets destroyed on a daily basis. He loves turning the pages of books, pushing buttons on his toys, clapping his hands, wiggling, and standing by the window to watch his puppies play.
He also loves family wrestlemania! During the day when Chris and I are home we will all get in bed and wrestle. Darryl will laugh so hard when Chris throws him around the bed and tickles him with his beard. It is so fun that he is big enough to do this!
Darryl also loves his friends. Chris and I started going to a new small group and almost everyone has babies under one year old! We have been getting them all together like crazy and it is so fun to watch them play. Last weekend we had Owen, Noah, Lila, and Karris over and they all just played and laughed while the adults hung out. Darryl threw his first fit though because he realized that these other babies were playing with his toys. He tried to take one away from Lila but she fought back. Chris and I just laughed because we knew the day of fits would eventually come.. but so far once we say "no" you stop really quickly so we will enjoy this while it lasts!
Last night a group of us got together to hang out and all the babies played. Then when it was time for bed we had you all in pack n plays all over the house! You all slept great though because you were so tired from all the playing and laughing.
I love you Darryl! I'm so excited that next week I have several days off for Thanksgiving so we will get to spend lots of time together. We are going to be heading up to Welch to visit my Dad's side of the family and I am so excited!!

First Haircut!

On October 8th, it became very apparent that little man's hair was getting WAY too long. So we took Darryl to see our friend Dayla to get his first official hair cut! It was so much fun. While we were waiting in the lobby, Chris gave Darryl some grapes to eat (he wasn't sure how he felt about them) and then he laughed and "talked" to anyone who would listen.

When we went back to see Dayla, she had Chris sit in the chair with a smock on and then put Darryl in his lap. Darryl got a tiny smock of his own and it was so cute! He never fussed, but did get distracted several times because he wanted to watch Dayla and the shiny scissors she was holding. So Dayla gave him a brush to play with and he just laughed and laughed. Toward the end of the cut, Dayla decided it would be best to use the clippers around his ears. It was so funny! Darryl held perfectly still and stared straight ahead into the mirror with a look on his face that said "What is that noise??"

When we were done his hair looked so good!! I couldn't believe how much hair came off of his head and he still had so much left! He looked so much older...like a little boy!