All Things Guy

I realize this post is a bit excessive in Guy pictures, but we wanted to chronicle his recent expeditions for you, and the fact is we hardly ever take pictures of ourselves anymore. When our family asks for more photos, what they usually mean is more of the baby. Makes sense considering he seems to change daily, while Jonathan and I basically look the same (well, except for a couple of extra pounds and a little less hair).

I'd like to start by saying that the world of crawling is wonderful! I love Guy's freedom to go here and there and everywhere. I have no complaints that I spend most of my days chasing him around and keeping his hands off of things they shouldn't touch. He has such a good time searching every room, opening cabinets, and emptying drawers. The only time it is more difficult is when we're out on the town and he wants to crawl around on the dirty sidewalks. Yuck.

In the morning our kitchen is usually flooded with sunlight. One day we were in there while light was shining through our water cooler and made this pretty rainbow on the ground. Guy eyed it like a hawk and kept trying to get a hold of it. The scattered clouds would briefly cause it to disappear and he'd look around trying to find it. I love the simple things that keep him entertained these days!

As you will see in the rest of the pictures, Guy loves playing peek-a-boo behind curtains. He is fascinated with our washing machine, still loves playing in the shower, and tends to get stuck in some pretty awkward places and positions. He's got three teeth with another one just about to break through. He loves books ("Pat the Bunny" and "Baby Talk!" are his favorites right now) and anything electronic and expensive. Guy is our little sweetheart. He cuddles with us, let's us tickle him, and gives us countless sweet smiles. It's been a great 10 months!

Guy's Army Crawl

This video is about a week old, and the army crawl has mostly disappeared. But I thought I'd go ahead and post it because he's still pretty cute and we promised to get a video out to our family ages ago. We have more recent ones that I'll try to upload soon. Here's a link to another one of Jonathan and Guy playing with the video camera:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqnwV4_CaEc

Vacation in Egypt

Jonathan and I both posted pictures of our recent trip to Sharm El Sheikh on Facebook, so I haven't been in a big hurry to put any up on our blog. But the trip was fun enough that it deserves a post and a few details of our adventure together as a family. The first picture here is of Guy during our travels. Our flight-times were unfortunately scheduled right in the middle of his bedtime and nap time, so Guy was really put to the test during our trip. Heading to Egypt was much more trying than coming back, because we were traveling in the evening and Guy still goes to bed around 6 p.m. He did pretty well, all things considered, and after a few fits was too tired to do anything but moan softly as I held him.

The day after our arrival, Guy and I hit the beach bright and early while Jonathan enjoyed sleeping in. I took him in the ocean, which was crystal clear, and he splashed around and I pointed out the fish. During our three mornings out, we saw two stingrays, several huge parrot fish, a lion fish, and many other colorful creatures right off the beach! Jonathan was able to scuba dive twice and said the water, coral, and fish were amazing.

After a morning in the ocean, we headed back to the room for Guy to take his morning nap. Jonathan and I ate breakfast and lathered on the sunscreen for our next outdoor session. When the baby woke up, we went and played by the pool for a while. There was a special area at the hotel with small water slides and a playground for kids. It will be ideal in a year or two when Guy can actually enjoy it. On another note, it was H.O.T. in Egypt. Temperatures were certainly over 100 each day and Guy wore out pretty quickly in the heat. So we would spend time outside and then retreat to our room for a while. In the evening, we headed out again to either the pool or the ocean before calling it a day. It was fun to do something new with Guy and I enjoyed tiring him out and seeing him sleep so soundly.

Guy found exploring our hotel room as fun as hanging out in the water. He loves curtains, tables, wires, phones, bags, towels, drawers, cabinets, showers, etc. The list goes on! Jonathan and I enjoyed relaxing in our air conditioned room (a luxury we don't have in our bedroom here in Jordan) and watching TV while Guy jetted around and checked out all the new things to taste, feel, and bang together. He particularly enjoyed getting in the shower (which was only partially enclosed and easy to get into) and looking at the drain. Once when Jonathan turned on the water to get in, Guy wandered in first to test the temperature. Unfortunately he forgot to take off his pajamas first and got a bit wet.

We had a blast together as a family, and my only regret was that we only got to enjoy two full days of it before heading back to Jordan. Here's a final picture of the family beach bum, and the boy she hopes becomes one.