Happy Easter! (16 Months Old)

Gunner is almost 16 months old now and he's had some big changes in his life lately. Two weeks ago, he started going to the Child Development Center on base. He (and we) were sad to leave Stacy and we all miss the one-on-one time, but Gunner seems to love to hang around with all the other kids and he loves the activities he gets at his new school. His care providers were amazed he had never been in daycare before because he adapted so easily--never cried. Of course, he had a cold by the end of his first week. I guess that'll be the biggest drawback of daycare.

This morning he went on an Easter Egg Hunt on base. He didn't even cry when he met the Easter bunny!

He's saying a few words: fish, shoes, light, dog and juice. We're still trying to teach him "F-16."

The videos on the right are new...he found a new favorite pasttime--having Mike pull him around on the "sheet train." He still terrorizeds Maisy every chance he gets.

14 Months Old

Wow, so it's been a couple of months since we've updated this Blog. Gunner sure has been keeping us busy! Since our last update, he hasn't hit any new major milestones other than having his first ear infection and eating sushi! Yes, our kid LOVES raw fish. He is practically running these days, he babbles a lot, and he looks more and more like his dad.

Gunner got to meet his 2nd cousins Monica and Mark a few weeks ago and we all went up to a condo in Keystone. It was a blast. He is also getting to meet his first cousin, Scot this weekend! Scot is only a week old and he's the son of Gunner's Aunt Sarah and Uncle Stephen. I'm sure they'll get along great.

Enjoy the pictures!

Two Videos

Gunner got a new rocking horse from his Aunt Linda. He loves it! Here's a video of his first time riding it!

He also got a ride on the train at the mall after he saw Santa. He thought that was fun.

Christmas week photos

Just a few pictures...Gunner got to ride a train at the mall, ride a rocking horse at home, and he got to see Santa again (the same Santa from last year).

ONE Year Old!

Gunner's ONE! He had a fun birthday on Saturday. We baked him his own cake and let him dig in with his hands. He didn't actually eat very much of it but he had a glorious time squishing it between his fingers and putting it in his har (video at the end). It was very entertaining!!

Today was the 1 yr well-baby appointment and Gunner is 20lbs 7oz and 29" long. That puts him in the 50% for height and 25% for weight. His head was 50%. So, he's grown and he's perfectly healthy. Yay!!

Next up, terrible twos!

Video proof of Walking

Ok, so the video is a little dark, but we finally got him taking a few steps. He still prefers to crawl when he's in a hurry, but he's walking more and more. He's the proof!

He's WALKING!

Gunner took his first steps this past Sunday Nov 2nd! All of our cadets that we sponsor were there to witness it, but Mike was at West Point for the football game. Gunner walked about 3 steps to get his toy numerous times, but the most he walked was about 5. It was fun to watch. He's still much more content crawling because it's faster, but he loves to run full speed while he's holding our hands. I think he'll be walking/running unaccompanied soon. I'll try to get some video.

We had a fun Halloween. Gunner had two costumes--we dressed him up as a monkey to trick or treat at the next door neighbors and then he was a scary cat at home when the trick or treaters came to get candy. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get good pictures of him in the cute little cat outfit.