The Stand and then The Fall

Poor little guy stood like this for almost 10 minutes while I was working on a project. I finally decided to get the camera because he had opened the atlas and was looking at it. But then gravity happened.

Happy Chinese New Year!

You know you're lucky when you have family that celebrates Chinese New Year with an awesome party, even though none of you are actually Chinese. Sam and Ashley hosted a wonderful party, complete with good food (thanks, everyone!), good decorations (thanks Abby and Ashley!) and awesome games (thanks Abby!)

We watched Kung Fu Panda 2, ate food, laughed at silly fortunes, had a puzzle contest, made pipe cleaner dragons, had a coloring competition, and more.

Amulek sure enjoyed playing with his cousin Amelia. They pulled each others hair, sat on one another, and Amulek tried to do a lot of biting. What am I going to do with that kid?

Sorry for the poor lighting!

The amazing fish Ashley made that hung from the ceiling. One fish had a dragon inside and whomever got the dragon got a prize!

My pipe cleaner dragon. He was more of a sea serpent...but Amulek enjoyed eating him later.

"What?! We're not up to anything!"

Dinner Time!

Amulek enjoys playing while dinner is being cooked. He crawls around the floor and explores. But once we sit down, he cries until we bring him to the table with us.

Walking is So Hard

Duck!

Last week we wanted to do a family activity before taking Lamoni to work so we headed over to the duck ponds. It was a bit cold, but the ducks were ravenous as usual and Amulek enjoyed it.

Thanks Cousins!

Amulek would like to publicly thank Aubrey & Tyler for getting him this musical seahorse for Christmas. He loves to sleep with it!

Johnny Jump Up

Jumping is hard work.

Surprise!

I went in to check on Amulek and was surprised to see that he had pulled himself up to a standing position. I'm in for it now...

"Good" Reading Material

Amulek was playing by himself in his room. When I went to check on him I found him flipping through the pages of a breastfeeding book. Hopefully, that will help out with the no-biting campaign...

Amulek and the Dinosaurs

This may make me a nerd but one of my favorite places on campus is the dinosaur museum. So, when Maddie came to visit, we took advantage! Surprisingly, Amulek was fascinated by them, especially the teeth!

Biting

*Warning! This post may contain TMI regarding breastfeeding.*

Yes, this is my cute little baby boy. He is so happy these days, even though he is teething. Sure, he used to sleep through the night and now he has trouble getting to sleep, but he's usually happy about it! He loves playing with his toys and being around people. However, for the last few weeks we have been going through the rough stage of getting teeth.

With the teething stage also came the biting.

Amulek bites me every time he nurses now, once so hard that I bled. I really don't want to start giving him a bottle and I personally feel that he is too young to ween. Any suggestions? What do I do?