Rockin' the Suburbs

He hasn't had any lessons either. Can you believe that?

Okay, well if you've been to Rooney's blog you'll know that Susan scooped me on Felix's birthday. I don't know what her problem is, she knows it only takes me forever to update this thing. But now I will give you my version of the events on that fateful day. A bunch of people came over, we had a Champagne toast, unwrapped presents, and had some cake. Only one of those things is not true.
Felix's cake was... I don't know, Renae made it. It had no added sugar (the applesauce of course has fructose) and it was made with whole grain flour. That's all I know. Renae's not here right now so I can't ask her. We did make another cake, one that everyone else would eat... you know, loaded with sugar and fat. MMMMMM
Felix loved the musical/educational chair his grandma Deanna got him. He stands on the seat then squats down to press all the crazy buttons. Unfortunately we found out that the chair was recalled. I'm not sure why, I think it's either the asbestos insulation in the seat or the lead chewables. He also recieved a handmade rabbit/dog (I'm sorry, I don't know which) from his great grandma Morse from Chicago. Here is a picture:









Today Renae had a conference to go to so I took the day off and took Felix to the park. Here is the sequence of Felix entering the playground and subsequently going down the slide.















And then he swung

Felix's First Birthday - Almost

Less than a month has passed and I'm updating the blog! Before I begin, I'd like to congratulate my cousin, Carie, who is pregnant with a boy and a girl. As I understand it, she will be naming them Dana and Andrea.
Felix is very active as you can imagine, and is now able to stand up from a sitting postion without having to use an object to pull himself up. He also moves faster than we anticipated. See, we put this gate up to block Felix's access to our washroom, which is where we keep the dog's food dish. We set the bottom of the gate about a foot off the floor, this allows the dogs to come and go while discouraging Felix, well really just slowing him down. So I remove the gate just while I'm moving the clothes from the washer to the dryer, and in that time Felix sprinted,I guess, from the family room, across the entry, through the living room, through the kitchen, and finally the washroom to a new found love- a mouthful of kibble. I was able to fish them out of his mouth, but he really likes the dog's food, and how can you blame him? It's really good.
As many of you know, Felix's first birthday is March 10th. We are very excited, but time seems to be moving so fast it feels like I'm missing out on something. But before I get to that, Felix didn't want to seem like a hog so he asked me to help him extend a happy birthday to his Grandma Peggie, someone he almost shares a birthday with.This is my proof that Felix can stand, how else could he put those letters up?
Anyway, back to Felix's first birthday. Well there's not much to tell yet, I'll have more to write about his first birthday after his first birthday. Then I will share it with you.
Renae has taken to feeding Felix in the nude, um... that's Felix in the nude. Actually, she did it this one time because she was going to give him a bath, then thought maybe I should feed him first, blah blah blah. Anyway, here is a picture:
Okay, honestly I don't know if any of that is true. Renae took this picture, I thought it was really cute and so I invented a backstory so that I could put it on the blog.