See How I've Grown!!!

at 3 months, i decided to start taking monthly pics of pratt with his favorite stuffed animal - a monkey. here are the pics in a slide show. you can see how he's changed over those 9 months.

finally. i have uploaded post after post but couldn't get the pics laid out the way i wanted. plus there were so many i wanted to share, so i decided to just do a slideshow. enjoy!

pratt's birthday

it's been two weeks since pratt's birthday and i am just now posting these pics. we had such a fun day celebrating this sweet baby. pratt got up and we had his present from us out for him to play in. daddy went and got us all breakfast from chic-fil-a. pratt loved his chicken minis. we headed out after morning nap for his first haircut. daddy got one too! then we had a nice lunch as a family. papa and gigi - walt's parents - came up and spent the night with us so we spent the evening at home with them.


playing in his gift from mommy and daddy




getting his first haircut... bye bye mullet!!!

at lunch w/ mommy and daddy

where's pratt?

pratt loves for you to play peek-a-boo with him. most kids do, i guess. anyway, he has figured out how to play it himself. he covers his head with a blanket to play. too cute! here's a video...

he's almost one...

how? why? can't he just stay the way he is? in my last post i was whining about pratt growing up. i'm still in that place. i'll get over it soon, i promise. anyway, this weekend i was in prattville for my oldest friend's baby shower -meagan howell anderson. while i was there my family had a little mini birthday party for my meme's sake. she just had her hip replaced, so she won't be able to make the trip to harvest next weekend for pratt's birthday. here are some pics that we took at the little party.

Pratt is 11 months old

where have the last 11 months gone? granted, the first month or two did seem to drag. night after night - getting up multiple times to feed this precious child. now, though, i can't believe it has almost been a year since pratt came into our lives. what a joy he has been! i think there is going to be a bit of depression next month when he turns one - july 25. i just love this time with him and he really likes this time with us. we all know that will most likely change. he won't want to be around us... we may not want to be around him. you know, seven year olds, 16 year olds, aren't as fun or as cute as an infant. oh well! we'll take it all as it comes and make the best out of it. pratt is so wonderful, i just expect that he will be his entire life.

Pratt has started holding his cup, for the most part. he usually has to be in his high chair with it somewhat reclined. he didn't want it first thing this morning, so i just left in on one of our end tables. next thing i know, he gets it and helps himself. he just needed a little help tilting it back... see it's resting on the ottoman. too cute not to share...