Tenacious

Lately Xavier will hold on to one Cheerio for hours after his snack.  He won't give it up for anything and it turns into mush after a while.  He is tenacious.

Raleigh Snow

Raleigh Snow, a set on Flickr.

Woke up this morning to a big snow fall from last night. :)

One of Each

We've already posted this on Facebook but wanted to share here as well.  Xavier is going to be a big brother!  We are due in late May and recently we found out it'll be a girl.  Isn't she cute?!

We have a couple names that we like but haven't made a final decision, and we're not planning to share the name until she's born.  :)  Next step, get her room figured out and outfitted.

As for the X-Man, he is a walking machine.  He took his first tentative steps back in mid-November but didn't really get moving until the first week of December.  He's now running around like crazy.

His first word was "ball" and he's since added "uh-oh" and "wow".  He is a great eater...when he wants to be.  He loves yogurt, bananas, corn, peas, oranges, grapes, milk, rice, green beans, and bagels.

We are getting settled in Raleigh and really enjoying the mild temperatures, especially with the Polar Vortex hitting the midwest right now.  We've even been able to use our screened in back porch several times this winter!

Step by Step

It's official.  Xavier took his first unassisted steps!  We didn't catch it on video but I'm sure we will soon.  He is 10 months and 3 weeks old.

A few other items of note about Xavier:
-  He loves to eat sweet potatoes, carrots, corn, peaches, and bananas
-  He is not a fan of tomatoes
-  He loves to give and get zerberts
-  He loves to sleep with his butt up in the air
-  He loves the feel of Dad's beard
-  He hates hates hates sombreros

Halloween!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween!  

It turns out our neighborhood is a great place to trick or treat so we invited the Riveras over to celebrate the holiday with us.  We had a great time getting and giving out candy all night long.

Camdyn, Reed, and Xavier:

(Xavier is supposed to be Elmo but hated wearing the part of the custom that went on his head)

As an added bonus here are a couple photos from early this morning while Mom was still asleep:

As always, you can see all the photos on my Flickr Account.

The Latest Photos

We've posted the latest photos to Flickr which include our trip to Pullen Park with the Hartnetts (many weeks ago) and the pumpkin patch (last Sunday) with the Riveras and Heyels.  Xavier loved the merry-go-round at Pullen Park and playing with the pumpkins in the patch.

A special thanks to Sara and Barbara for taking a few of the photos!  

Catching Up

Wow.  It's been over two months since our last post.  So, first, we owe an apology.  We've done a horrible job at keeping this updated, and a lot has happened.  Here is our effort at catching everyone up...I'm sure to miss something, but here goes:

- We made sure Xavier got to his first baseball game at Wrigley

- We sold our condo in Chicago in less than three days on the market for above our asking price!

- We moved to Raleigh, NC and moved in temporarily with our friend Kursad, who already had a temporary roommate (Gabrielle).  It was such a full house!
- Sara quit her job at Lyons Consulting Group as of July 30th
- We bought and moved into an awesome home in a great North Raleigh neighborhood

- Sara was hired at Storr Office Enviorments as Marketing Manager starting on Sept 16th
- After many weeks of almost crawling, Xavier now zooms across the floor usually looking for anything dangerous

- Xavier is now 9 months old.  He is 21 pounds and 28 inches long.  He has two bottom teeth with four more poking through on the top.  He loves swings and is still an unbelievably happy baby.

- Xavier is in daycare and is already "graduating" to a new class next Monday!
- Anthony is still working for Ontario Systems but now he has a home office again.

Next week we are looking forward to a quick visit from Grammy and Papa Doudt AND a visit from Aunt Katie and Uncle Jay!!

Peek-A-Boo!

Can you guess where Xavier will pop out next?

More photos and videos are on my Flickr page.