Happy 13 months MJV!

okay, okay, technically 13 months.

Can you believe it?!

stats:

height: 31" (87%)

weight: 21 lbs 7 oz (51%)

teeth: 7, still

Playing with chalk is so fun!

 and yummy!

and painful if you hit daddy in the teeth.

up the stairs at the art museum

 

favorite foods:

grilled mushrooms

scrambled eggs with Frank's Hot Sauce

guacamole, still

What photo shoot is complete without an after party?

End of summer, 11 months for MJV

Happy eleven months of life!

Can you believe it?

I can't.

Things he says:

Dog

Kitty

Mamama (which means a lot of things)

Dadada (also means a lot of things)

Things he does:

crawls

climbs down feet first (!)

high-five

claps

turns pages of board books faster than we can read

Always looking for the next thing to get into.

10 months and crawling. . . and climbing and crawling

Happy 10 months MJV!

You certainly keep us busy crawling up the stairs,

and chasing the cats,

and crawling up the stairs,

and climbing up the shelves,

and crawling up the stairs,

and crawling up the stairs!

favorite toy: water bottle, preferably the kind with a squirty top

favorite book: any, as long as he can turn the pages

favorite food: rice and beans and avocados

Happy Father's Day!

Howdy y'all!

MJV is 9 months old!

He has 4 teeth, 

he's a really fast crawler,

he pulls himself to standing,

and he can climb the stairs all by himself

(with a grown up directly behind him).

For Ben's first father's day, we dressed M up in one of daddy's ties.

(he might have chewed on it a little. . . )

and a pair of daddy's shoes!

(contemplating how to get that shoe in his mouth)

More shoes!  These boots came from Uncle Ross, and they finally fit!

Don't worry, M figured out how to get them off.

Thanks Grandma Dude for the overalls and hat!

Appropriate for our nearing trip to come play in some red dirt.

crawl crawl crawl

Happy Father's Day from 

the Vandaveers

the time we moved when M was 8 months old

"What?!

Why?  Do I have to move all these boxes?"

"They probably won't find me in here for weeks."

Which is roughly the amount of time it took me to update this.  

Sorry for the delay, folks.

(get it, "folks," because our parents are the only ones who read this?)

last chalkboard pic, which is kind of sad.
goodbye old house with the address on M's birth certificate.
and carefully decorated nursery.

This is how M feels about packing.  And direct sunlight.

And unpacking, for that matter.

"What'd you say?  I'm busy hanging out with my girlfriend, Sophie."

"Yeah, she's a little bit older.  But she has the best sunglasses and tights!"

Since M got to swing, we took some time off from unpacking.

Which is really unfortunate because we had a great momentum going with the assistance of Grandpa and Samma.

But alas, maybe we'll get the new house put together 

and the 9 month update won't be quite so tardy.

I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

Eventually we'll get a

haha.

nerdy dad joke

(We can make those now, since we are parents, right?)