Pick Your Own

 
It didn't take long for Forrest to figure out how to pick the strawberries himself. But I'm not sure he would have made a good field hand since every one he picked went straight down the hatch.

Biking!

We are finally biking! Oh the places we'll go...

Strawberry Fields!

Strawberries are probably Forrest's favorite food. He can down a monstrous berry like nobody's business. So we figured we had to take him to the strawberry festival at Verrill farm in Concord.

He lounged in the sun and stuffed his face with berries all afternoon. He probably even got a few strawberry leaves in there while we weren't looking, that's how much he loves strawberries.

Bartender

What can I do you for? Milk straight up? Or water on the rocks?

Here I Am!

Cute shot of Forrest getting excited about a jungle gym. It's a fun age now that even with big kid toys and playgrounds, there is something he can do that's fun. He'll use each thing differently as he gets bigger but for now even just grabbing and cruising on new things is pretty fun!

A New Way to Walk

Forrest is close to walking but definitely can't balance yet. Usually his giant head gets ahead of his feet and considering the weight of his noggin there's no recovering from it. Holding on to the moving hula hoop was the perfect solution!

11 Months Old!

Now that Forrest is 11 months, I feel he is looking more toddlerish and much less babyish. He crawls fast and he's discovered that he can even crawl while he's holding things, which can result in very fuzzy apple slices, or a peg leg sound effect, depending on what he's holding. He can stand without holding onto things for a good 10 seconds until he remembers he's not holding onto anything. And if you set him up just right he can take a few steps before falling into our arms, though his big head always gets ahead of his feet. So he'll most likely be walking any day now! He's getting more willful but also more interesting all the time - a constant reminder that he really is a little human even though sometimes he feels like a little monster.

95 Years Old!

Forrest visiting Great Grandma Gusta for her 95th birthday. He didn't really want to sit still for the picture but great grandma got to see him in his element on the playground, and daddy even snuck him a taste of chocolate cake.

Stairs

 Warning: Video may be boring to the average viewer.

It's all over now! We say that with every new terrifying milestone I know. This time it's climbing stairs. Uh oh. Good thing we live on all one floor.

Bread Boy

Warning: Video may be boring to the average viewer.

Lately Forrest's favorite foods are cucumber and bread. We try to feed him other things for dinner too but whatever we give him has to be interspersed with bread and cukes or he won't have it. Here he is gnawing on a hunk of rustic Italian loaf!

Sleep Position

Not the best picture to show it but Forrest sleeps in the classic baby pose now, with his knees tucked under and his little bum sticking up. It's super cute!

Toy Truck

Forrest's favorite thing to do at the park is push these trucks and walkers around to practice walking. He could do it for hours! Well ok maybe not hours, but definitely minutes! He's getting so good he barely has to hold on now.

Open Sesame

Let me in!!! Or out??

Bathtime

Cutest photo ever! Taken by Jenny Ayi, cute bath towel courtesy of Grandma Char.