O hai

So, it's been a few months.  About 5 to be exact.  I have a few things to catch people up on!  Let's start with the original purpose of this bloggy-blog.  Waylon turned 15 months yesterday.  I can't believe it.  For real, it's crazy to see him now looking like a little boy instead of my little snuggle-baby.  The last photo I posted was 10 months old, so let's see how he's progressed:

Here's his 11 month photo:

Handsome, no?  A few weeks before his birthday, we went to the pumpkin patch with some friends.  I think this is the place that his love of all things Muppets was born (I support this.  I LOVE Muppets.)

My parents came into town to celebrate Waylon's birthday in late October.  We didn't have the big 1st birthday party for him because I'd rather save the time/energy/stress planning something when he can actually remember it or have some input.  So we mostly hung out.  Way made out like a bandit.  Here he is about to dive into his birthday cupcake.

A few days after that was Halloween.  Scooby-Doo was super cute, and it helped to have the Mystery Machine parked on a regular basis in my driveway.

After that, it seemed like Thanksgiving came pretty quickly.  My mother-in-law came to stay with us for that which was really nice.  I think Waylon liked spending time with her and being hammy.  He's kind of a showoff.  Right between Thanksgiving and Christmas, he finally started walking too.  I feel like he probably could have done it a bit earlier but liked how fast he was while crawling.  Anyway, so then Christmas was here before you knew it.  Way is still a little young to really "get" Christmas, but he loved staring at the tree all lit up at night, and he definitely got the idea of presents.  Santa brought him some pretty cool stuff!

He loved this sled.  He was so excited to ride in it but unfortunately, he only lasted like 5 minutes before deciding he hated the cold.  Oh well.  He also got this pretty cool trampoline from his grandma which is worth hours of fun.

There are pretty much 0 pictures of the three of us, but we did manage to get one on Christmas Eve.  Even though it's not the best shot, who knows when we might get one again, so I'm posting it.

Yeah, whatever, we all look gross.

So now it's the new year and we've mostly been hanging out, working on the house, spending time with friends and playing.  This age is really fun for me because he is becoming more independent and communicative (though still not many words yet) and definitely has things he likes and does not like.  He likes reading, being outside if it's not snowing, petting the dogs, blocks, and Sesame Street.  Oh, and climbing.  Climbing all the time on anything that's higher up than he is.  Look:

He's a very curious kid.  He loves to inspect things to see how they work, especially anything with moving parts.  Scott's thinking he might end up being an engineer.  I have...other hopes.  He's really funny and likes to be center of attention.  No shyness in this little one. (That's my gene, trust.)  Either way, I think we can agree he's super handsome.

So now you're all caught up on my (not so) little Bean Sprout.  More updates in other areas coming soon.