Look Who's Talking: 7 months!

Happy 7 months to Mr. Forest Alexander! He'll be guest blogging today to give you his usual spiel, but first I wanted to review his monthly photos so you can wrap your head around how much he has grown up in the past 7 months. 

Wow. I just can't get over how much he's changed and how much his little personality has developed recently. Alright, that's enough from Momma Laine. Grab a cup of tea. It's Forest's turn to entertain you.
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Hey guys. So this pretty cool thing happened right after I talked to y’all last. I discovered a little thing called crawling. Have you heard of it? It’s fantastic. 

Now I don’t need my mom to bring me toys and I can stop telepathically willing the dogs to come within arms reach of me. Now if I want something (like a dog’s tail) I just go get it. 

This development has led to a whole new realm of life experiences. 

 
So now that I’m 7 months old and mobile, here are a few of my likes and dislikes. 

Likes: 

1) Crawling. 

Duh. It’s the best thing that ever happened to me. Next? 

2) Finding the one thing in a room that can kill me. 

My mom and dad are seriously lolly-gagging on the baby proofing thing and I am quickly exposing their parental deficiencies. For instance, computer cables make great teething toys and electrical outlets are just a hoot. Too bad my mom watches me like a hawk because how much fun would it be to get electrocuted??? I’m betting lots. Parents are seriously zero fun sometimes. 

3) Door stoppers. They have completely changed my life. Mom, you can stop pushing those lame educational toys on me, I have found the perfect form of entertainment. 

4) The Monkey song. You know the one I’m talking about?  ‘Five little monkey’s jumping on the bed, one fell off and bumped his head, yadda yadda yadda….’. My mom sings it to me every day complete with motions and funny voices. So. Much. Fun. 

5) The swings at the park.  

They were fun when I was 6 months old and they are still fun today. Some things never get old.

6) Playdates. I get to size up the competition, hang out with my bros, and check out all the pretty ladies. 

7) Hiking. I wish I could walk, but piggybacking on my dad during a long trek has got to be the next best thing. 

Dislikes:  

1)Teething. Here’s a list of the things I’d rather be doing than teething: taking a nap in my car seat, eating avocados, being taken out of a perfectly good bath, and being picked up by my mom the instant I make it to the dogs' water bowl. 

I dislike all of those things and yet combined they are still much more preferable than having a bone wedging its way through my gums. I’ve got 4 teeth at this point and you’re telling me I have 16 left to go? That’s just SO. NOT. FAIR. 

2) Staying still. Now that I know how to move, I simply cannot stand to be stationary. This includes things like: being in my highchair, being in my jumperoo, being in my car seat, being in my stroller, being in my mom’s lap, etc. Those sorts of things are for babies, and I am a big boy with big places to go. 

Speaking of which, I’ve spent way too much time narrating this blog post, and I need to get to scooting. See y’all in a month!

Getting hair! It's dirty blonde.

Trying to eat the camera lens.

And just to prove that he isn't always a happy guy....