Steps, steps and more steps!

Keagan is walking!! For the last week, Keagan has been trying his hand at walking! It is the cutest thing! He can now walk across the living room and take 10+ steps. No running.... yet! I can't believe how big he is!! Love it!

Finally! We have a tooth!!!

On December 18th, Keagan cut his first tooth!!!! When he smiles really big you can see it, but I haven't been able to catch it on camera yet. So here is me exposing the little tooth!

Most children get their middle lower teeth first, but not Keagan! He has a snaggle tooth. For those of my family in the dental community, I believe that it is tooth G (in the #10 permanent spot). And tooth D is almost in also! He is going to have fangs! Love it!

In other exciting news, Keagan is now walking... a little bit. He will take 4-5 steps really well, but then he lunges for whatever he is heading towards. It is so fun watching him learn!!!
Hopefully I will have a video of it soon to share!!!

The Holidays

Here are some pictures through the holidays...
We were in Utah for Thanksgiving. Keagan had fun cooking with Aunt Cass and licking the spoon.

So yummy!

We went to a couple of Uncle Travis' basketball games! Go Travy!


This might be one of my favorite pictures! Love it!

On December 18th, Brent's Grandma Ellen married Bill. It was a great ceremony. Keagan was the ring bearer - assisted by Brent.

So handsome!!

I love this face! haha! Playing with the ring pillow!

With Grandma and Bill

Can't get enough of this kid!

Trying on a husker helmet... still a little big!

Christmas morning!!!
Grandma Ellen gave Keagan this fire truck! To say that he loves it is an understatement!

For Christmas Eve, Brent and Keagan went to Gretna to spend time with the Omaha clan. I, sadly, was sick in bed at home! Not the best Christmas Eve that I have ever had. We spent Christmas morning at our apartment with just us. This is the first time that Brent and I haven't traveled to be with family for Christmas. It was quiet, but nice. That afternoon we spent time with our friend's the Webers. We had a great time!

It took quite a few trys to get this photo!

Merry Christmas! We hope that everyone had a fabulous holiday!!!

Keagan is ONE!

I apologize for the delay in posting these birthday pictures!

Keagan had a great birthday. His birthday was near Thanksgiving and so we traveled to Utah to be with family for the holiday and Keagan's big day. Keagan LOVES LOVES LOVES balloons, so much to Molly, the dog's dismay, we had the house filled with balloons. Keagan was in heaven.

The beautiful cake that Aunt Karlie made!

Keagan had to have vinyl on the wall for him... that is allstar status!

Karlie with her yummy creations!

Grandpa Steve came out from California to be with Keagan. It was great seeing him!

His first taste....

YUMMY!!

He ate all of that! I had to take it away... he was not happy. He seriously ate for 30 minutes and hummed to himself the entire time. I have the cutest video of him eating it, but I can't get it uploaded... I will keep trying...

The theme of Keagan's presents was sports stuff.... non Nebraska sports stuff to be more specific! Keagan has lots of Husker stuff and my family felt that it was their duty to get Keagan a little more well rounded... he got 49er stuff!!... Jazz shirts.... BYU Jersey and a Kobe Bryant jersey!

He also got tons of books! As you can see he already loves to read.

Keagan with all of his presents. He got so much stuff that we had to take another suitcase home that weighed 45 lbs and was just his toys! Not spoiled at all?!?!?

It was a great day! I cannot believe that my baby is one! Here are some new things that he can do...

*He stands for extended periods of time by himself but refuses to walk by himself. (He totally could but is being stubborn...)

*Knows some sign language. He can sign "please", "thank you", "more" and "all done". "Please" is his favorite. He thinks that if he says please and smiles at you that he deserves whatever he wants. Now we are trying to teach him that some things are not for babies...

*Sleeps like an angel from 7:30 - 8:00 the next morning... love him!

*Can scream louder than any person I have ever heard. Brent and I are going to need hearing aids at a very young age.

*Still has no teeth. You can see them, but they haven't broken through the gums yet. He is almost completely weaned, so I am now ok with the teeth coming in!

*Is a complete ham! He will sit in the middle of a crowd and turn and wave and smile at each person. He will stare you down until you acknowledge how cute he is.

*At his 12 month check up he weighed 18 lbs 11 oz (5th %). Was 30 1/2 inches tall (75%). He eats TONS, but doesn't gain weight. In the future he will love this. As for now, I would like him to put on a little fat!

Keagan is so much fun to parent. He is such a great little guy!!

Happy Halloween!!

For all of you that don't know me, I have always despised Halloween. As a child, I never understood dressing up to get candy, especially because I don't really like candy. But I have promised EVERYONE in my family that I will step up to the plate as a mother. I did find that Halloween is much more fun as a parent. How can it not be when you get to dress up something this cute???

So, our family is obsessed with football, me included. Today, my favorite team, the 49ers, played Brent's favorite team, the Broncos. Originally, Brent was going to dress in Broncos gear, I was going to dress in 49ers gear and Keagan was going to be our football. Due to the fact that both teams are HORRIBLE this year, only Keagan dressed up. But he is the cutest football I have ever seen! I knew I loved this sport!!!

We went to a carnival at the church and had a fun time. Keagan doesn't really get what is going on, but he was a great sport! Brent would throw him around like a football and then rush towards the end zone and Keagan would giggle the whole way! It was too precious!

And just to make Halloween even better this year... The 49ers BEAT the Broncos in what we called "The Toilet Bowl"! WAHOO!!! Go 49ers!!! This was like the super bowl in importance in our house! Now Keagan and I have the bragging rights til they play again!

It's never too early...

It is never too early to learn good oral hygiene! Keagan currently has zero teeth. But I bought him a baby toothbrush so he would get used to it. Every morning while I am brushing my teeth he sits in the bathroom and practices brushing his teeth too! It is the cutest thing because he actually tries to mimic me and moves his toothbrush appropriately. Practice makes perfect! When he finally gets some teeth, they are going to be SOOOO clean because he already has the brushing thing down!!

Here is a video of Keagan's newest talent! It is very cute, except for when you are feeding him!

10 months old!

I cannot believe how big my baby is!! I have been bad at doing monthly updates recently... at his 9 month check up he ...
weighed 17 lbs 7.5 oz (10%),
length 28 3/4 in (75%)
head 18 in (70%)
So basically he is still tall and skinny! Brent and I just measured him the other day and he is now 30 in long...SO BIG!
Here are some of the things that he does now...
1.Waves at EVERYBODY! His wave is the greatest. It is like the Hitler salute, mixed with a little pageant wave... elbow,elbow, wrist,wrist. It is so cute!
2. Crawls everywhere! He is fast too. He has been army crawling since 7 months... but now he has perfected the crawling technique and goes everywhere!
3. Pulls himself up to everything and walks along the edge. He can even do this to the wall when there is really nothing for him to grab onto.
4. Can stand for a little bit on his own. No steps yet... I think that it won't be long though.
5. Says, "Mama", "Dada", and "Ba" (ball). He will yell "BA BA" when he sees any of his basketballs or footballs!
6. Loves bath time still! His favorite place to escape to is the bathroom cause he wants to get in the tub again! The bathroom door has to remain closed at all times because of this!
7. Still has the most impressive set of lungs that I have ever heard. He screeches all the time, usually followed by a proud smile. I think that he is impressed that he can be so loud!
8. Still has no teeth!
9. Still sleeps like an allstar!

This is his favorite past time... throwing all of the DVD's on the ground! I do not love it so much! You can see he is waving at me while doing it!

We bought him a new big boy carseat. When we were moving it to the car, Keagan wanted in the box. We carried that box to the car with him in it and he laughed the entire way. He is so much fun!

Every morning he insists on getting 2 toys from his crib to take with him. He always has to have a toy in each hand. It sometimes makes crawling a little difficult. He was trying to crawl with Gorilla ... too funny!

This was the first day we got this toy for him. I was worried that he would fall... but he didn't. He walks around like it is no big deal. I had to skype with my parents to show them and he walked in front of the camera, stopped, waved to Grandma and Grandpa, and then kept walking... he knows how to work an audience!

Bath time = Happy time!

Keagan is still the happiest, best baby ever!