FINN’S WORLD

My baby has a shiner!  The last couple weeks he’s been falling into and onto everything.  He whacked himself pretty good yesterday - I am hoping it doesn’t turn into a black eye but so far it looks worse than it did yesterday.

Rocky:

Just laying around:

The other day I was feeding him and talking on the phone, holding the phone to my ear with my shoulder.  I think he started imitating me:

Finn’s really into hiding right now.  He hides around corners, behind doors and last night, under a book:

Our little Finn is 17 months old today.    Look at this stallion:

So at 17 months, he’s doing great, he’s healthy and getting bigger and  bigger every day.  Here are some of his favorite things right now…

Vacuum cleaner!  I thought once I turned it on maybe he’d be scared but he climbed right over to it. 

Anything with wheels!

Opening and closing doors…seriously never gets old.  I took him to my office this week and he crawled right inside my boss’s office and slammed the door.  It was pretty funny actually.

Books!  They’re the only thing he’ll sit still for.  He loves turning pages.

Loves the dishwasher and really loves climbing up in it.

And yeah, the toilet.  Sick!

So….he’s into pretty much EVERYTHING.  But he’s an absolute blast and we are loving every single day with our little buddy.

So Finn’s second tooth is now on its way.  Noah says it looks expensive since it’s coming in super crooked.  Oh well, I’m just happy he has teeth at this point.  We had a good week - music class, visits with friends and play group at the park this afternoon.   Here are some pictures from the week…

Our new game (thank you, Karissa) where I put the dinosaur on my head and fake sneeze so it flies off.  This is especially funny on the 118th time:

Kate Sessions Park with Charlie and Emmy:

And just hanging with one of his many scooters:

Happy weekend!!

I went to Palm Springs this weekend with one of my old roommates while Noah and Finn had a boys weekend.  I think Noah was happy to see me today :)  It was so nice to get away and have some girl time, but I was happy to see my boys today too.  They went up to visit my Aunt Jane on Saturday - she’s been up in Orange County for a couple weeks.  She hadn’t seen him since he was about a week old.  Here they are:

We broke down and finally bought a baby gate.  Finn is not a fan at all.  We put it up and he just stood by it and cried and cried:

I think Noah did some serious baby training with Finn this weekend.  I was only gone 2 days but came home and he’s saying “ba ba” and “da da” and standing without any help.   Show off.

Finn is getting his first tooth…finally!!!  I guess I can stop asking Noah every other day if he’s really going to get teeth.  He hasn’t been acting fussy or anything, but today he pulled my finger into his mouth, chomped right down on it and I screamed!  Those little suckers are sharp.  It’s storming like crazy out here so we’ve been spending lots of time inside.  Finn’s figured out how to open and close the laundry room doors so we spent lots of time doing that today.  He loves to close them until I say, “where’s Finn??”, then he pops around the door.  Here’s a couple pics…

His dietician told us recently to add olive oil or heavy cream to anything he eats.  We’ve been doing it the last few weeks and he feels heavier!  I literally chase him around all day with cheese and avocado, trying to get him to eat.  He is eating better though, just still a process.

Eating some spaghetti:

My great friend Katie is visiting from DC this weekend while Noah is chasing the snow up in Tahoe. Last night we were determined to get Finn to dance. Katie was busting a move and all of a sudden, this:

It seems like we’ve spent more time at the beach this winter than we did all summer!  We hung out at our favorite spot up in north PB for awhile on Sunday morning.  It’s a cliff above the beach that’s covered in grass which is pretty convenient right now since Finn’s really into eating sand.  Yum.  He crawled all over the place, pointed at everyone that walked by and stood all by himself for a few seconds.

Noah and Finn, always going a million miles an hour:

Watching the surfers with mom:

After the beach we went home and he took a 3 hour nap

Just another day in paradise!  Eating sunscreen with Meadow…

…and chasing birds at the beach.  Life is good.

Happy New Year!  Finn rang in the new year with some of his lady friends - Emmy, Meadow and Ava.  We had dinner with a few friends and their babies and toasted east coast new years because none of us could stay up til midnight.

The little maniac is 16 months old today and has become pretty social over the past month.  He’s friendly to everyone and crawls right up to strangers.  He learned how to point this month and is also a big fan of giving high fives.  He learned how to go down the stairs and loves sliding down on his belly.  Noah always says that I’m Finn’s #1 but lately they have become total buddies.  He climbs right up on Noah’s chest and lays his head down on his shoulder, it’s adorable.

Finn and Meadow:

Happy 16 months buddy!