a mover and a shaker

leica is up to a lot of things these days.

as of yesterday, he officially has 8 teeth.

4 up top, 4 down below. too cute.

leica has started to "cruise" and his crawling is getting better,

but i have a strong inkling that this little fella has too much to do to mess with crawling. i would really like for him to crawl. i feel like at his age there is a lot to be learned about the world at the crawling level, plus i've read that babies develop better problem solving skills while crawling. it has something to do with figuring out all the coordination involved in crawling. 

where ever and however his specific route takes him, 

we're here cheering him on! 

leica has always loved bath time. actually, he's just always loved water, in general. he has started to explore the whole bathtub. the drain is his favorite thing about bath time right now. well, the drain and dancing. 

leica's a dancing fool. 

he gets it from his mama.

 before i had leica, i managed a hair salon. we still visit regularly and they are basically our family here in austin. it has been suggested on several different occasions, by several different people that i put styling product in leica's glorious mane. i have always declined to do this only because what happens if i like it more than his original 'do and therefore i'm styling my 10 months old hair (please, no) or what if leica's sensitive little baby skin reacts poorly to whatever it is i put on his head.

thankfully, neither happened, but the results of proper product placement was successfully cute!

take a quick gander at this little gentleman.

 posing with those big ole blue eyes and chunky legs.

this past sunday or what we like to call "sunday funday" at our friend lauren's house. we ate a delicious scratch gumbo and got to visit lauren and her boyfriend brian and mike and hollie. 

leica was cruising all around the house.

 he pulled to stand all by himself on this table leg.

neither one of us feel very well, but the sun is shining and we both love being outside, so we forgot about our green feelings and sat outside and played all morning. 

we can't wait to get back out there.

don't worry! we put on sunscreen.