Rex's Top Ten

Last night after we had put Rex to bed for the night, Rob and I came up with Rex's Top Ten Favorite Things. Here it is:

10. Going on Walks
9. Screeching
8. Pooping
7. His Blocks
6. Jumperoo
5. Bouncy Seat
4. Food
3. Daddy
2. Mommy
1. The TV Remote

I'm sure Rob and I can be switched on the list depending on who he likes better at that particular moment but I'm pretty sure he would go for the tv remote over either one of us. He loves that thing! We now call it "The Precious" because he is like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings. Once he gets it, it goes directly into his mouth. It looks like there is a puppy in the house because of all the teeth marks on it. No puppy- just one crazy, remote-obsessed nine month old baby.

In other Rex news, still no actual crawling. He does this bizarre thing that is sort of like crawling and it does propel him forward but I'm afraid calling it crawling would not be entirely correct. He can clap his hands now which is a lot of fun. Another thing he recently learned to do is click his tongue against the roof of his mouth. So for the last few mornings we have heard lots of clapping and tongue clicking when he wakes up and is still laying in his crib. It's very funny. We are trying to get him to do high five and give kisses but he's not quite there yet. He loves to do the high five but you still have to help him with that. As for the kisses, he starts to kiss but then ends up trying to bite my cheek instead of kissing it. It's really funny too and we will keep working on it until he gets it. He has his nine month check-up tomorrow morning so we'll see how he is doing size-wise then.

As for Rob and I, we haven't been up to much lately. Rob's been working a lot outside with pruning everything and getting the lawn ready to go for the summer. All my bulbs have been jumping out of the ground lately which is a little scary because it is still a little early for them. There is definitely a chance for snow still for a few more weeks and if that happens, my little tulips, daffodils, hyacinth and giant allium are going to be toast. Oh well- at least I have the pictures from last year so I can see how beautiful they are. I have been going to the gym 4-5 times a week for the last two weeks. It's tough during the week because I have to get up at 5:00 a.m. to go but it feels really good to be getting back in shape the way I used to be. I think I'm starting to get past that initial phase where I have to make myself go and getting to the addiction phase where I have to go. Although things have been a little slow for us lately, it's about to get pretty busy. I think all of us have at least one appointment for something this week and my birthday is coming up next week. We also have some visitors next week from California (Rob's parents) and I'm very much looking forward to seeing them. Rex and I have not seen them since the beginning of October and Rob hasn't seen them since the end of October so it's been a while for all of us. I just wanted to mention that one of my appointments is to donate blood and I think all of you reading this should go do that too if you are able. It's a good thing to do and you have to eat twinkies and/or ho-hos after. It's a requirement so you can't feel bad about it.