Standing Up In The World

Today was Munch Daddy's day off, so the family spent a lot of time hanging out together. Mr. Munch has been doing a lot of experiments with this whole "standing" thing.

Daddy makes a great jungle gym and great standing support.

It was brought to my attention that I forgot to introduce a stuffed animal yesterday! So today I would like to introduce Mr. Munch's puppy! 

I can see you better from up here.

His puppy vibrates and sings when his head is pushed. Though he needs help turning it on, Mr. Munch likes to tickle his hands and feet when the puppy is on.

Sing me the song of your people.

When nap time is suggested, Mama is swiftly overruled with looks of adorable pleading and "oh please" attitude from Daddy.

Nap time is so overrated.

Though the past couple of days have been fairly warm, this evening got rather chilly. Mama found a one piece sweatsuit to put Mr. Munch into. 

Mama's boys are too cute!!!

Tomorrow will be the debut of Mr. Munch's number pictures! I haven't figured out how I'm going to do that, so tomorrow will be a surprise for all of us! Until then!

Sat/Sun

So this was a draft last night. Suddenly a wild party appeared! When hosting your birthday party, sometimes things get pushed to the back burner. However, this does not mean that you must go without the pictures intended to be viewed yesterday.

A couple of days this past week have been a little chilly, so Mr. Munch slept with a blanket. He didn't need it yesterday for his nap, but he wasn't thrilled when Mama took it out of his crib. As soon as he had his blanket, he was out like a light!

Monsters can't get me when I'm under my blanket.

Mama also found a picture that she had meant to use, but somehow got put into the wrong folder when transferred. I now debut Mr. Munch and Grandma! The last time we visited, Mr. Munch got to crawl around Grandma's whole house for the first time. When he came to the slick wood floor wearing his corduroy overalls...let's just say that he and friction weren't seeing eye to eye. He also practiced his standing with Grandma and even practiced some steps!

The view is so different from this angle...

While getting ready for the party, Mama made sure to take some time out to play with her little Munch. Peek-a-boo from over the top to through the mesh was one of the favorite games.

Even though it's peek-a-boo, I can still see you...and it's hilarious!!

While watching Mr. Munch play with his toys, I've noticed that he is showing toy preference in shifts. The latest favorite is a tower that you slide different colored/sized stars onto and it will light up and play music. He has figured out where the buttons are and has shown premeditation when turning on the toy and is pretty good at sliding the stars off. Try to put them back on, though, and the face you get...

I'm sorry, you thought you could touch my toys? Think again.

Day of Harmony

So there are those days every once in a while when the stars align and a family has a day when every schedule is different, but it runs smoothly. Today was one of those days. Mr. Munch was in a move-and-play-alone mood while Mama and Daddy were cleaning the apartment.

Watching the birds in the tree outside.

He got into some shenanigans, but nothing major.

Maybe if I tip the pail over, they'll stop making me take diaper breaks.

 He accompanied Mama and Daddy on some errands and was surprisingly content the entire time.

They see me rollin', they hatin'.

Nap time followed soon after, however, and it became one of the increasingly rare times when Mr. Munch fell asleep while having a bottle.

Eyelids are so heavy. Must not zzzz......

Book Review Thursday

As promised, a close-up shot of Mr. Munch's diaper cover. Cute find, Daddy!

Look out, here comes the spiderbaby!

Mr. Munch is still working on those top four teeth. The evidence is clear in the late nights, the buckets of drool, and the death grip on his raspberry.

Must. Chomp.

And to conclude today's regrettably short post, the highlight of Mr. Munch's relaxing day was story time! As we relaxed in his room after his bath, Mama read That's Not My Monster, one of Mr. Munch's favorite books. It has many different textures and plenty of bright colors. Normally he likes to stop on the page with scratchy spines, but today we made it to the end and spent plenty of time petty the fuzzy ears!

I wonder what this page feels like...

Soft and fuzzy!

If this book looks familiar, it was also in a recent post, featuring the front page with furry eyebrows.

"That's not my monster...It's eyebrows are too furry."

Overhaul

As many of our regular readers have noticed, there has been a distinct lack of Daily Dose over the past couple of weeks. This was mostly due to the fact that Mama has been ill and/or recovering and to difficulties retrieving pictures (all pictures today are from Mama's phone). Camera pictures will come once Mama has either troubleshot (troubleshooted?) the problem or given up and handed it over to Daddy. 

The time has not been wasted, however. Mama spent her free time devising a schedule for the Dose! This will include a biweekly letter picture on Mondays, a biweekly number picture on Tuesdays (but not the same week as the letter pictures), a "book review" by Mr. Munch on Thursdays, Mama Reflections on Saturdays, and on Sundays Mr. Munch will be introducing his readers to each of his stuffed animals! We hope that you are as excited about this as we are!

Looking back, Mama realized that she started doing a picture per letter last year and only got to letter E (waaay back in November, eesh). This week we will pick up where we left off, so in honor of all the pictures Mama has taken that Mr. Munch wants to check out up close,

F is for Face!

Mr. Munch has also figured out how to hold his own bottle! While this can come in handy sometimes (like when Mama and Daddy are busy during breakfast), but the Munch Family still enjoys snuggle time, so he hasn't gotten much practice.

I'm hungry now, I will eat where I want.

Daddy was at the store the other day when he found a cute Spiderman diaper cover! (The close up picture is on the camera, so just take my word for it for right now.)

Spiderbaby is on the move!

Mama and Daddy have also completed the bedroom clean-up and baby proofing, so Mr. Munch now has two rooms to play in!

So much space! So much freedom!

Even though he has more room than ever, Mr. Munch still likes to hang out in his own room sometimes. You never know what interesting stuff you may find hidden away!

Indiana Jones's got nothin' on me!

Mama got some new serving spoons and Mr. Munch just had to help break them in. Nothing says "welcome to the kitchen" like baby drool and banging cutlery.

That moment when you see disaster coming at you and it's too late to stop it.

Mr. Munch is also earning his in-utero nickname, Monkey. He has figured out the troublesome art of climbing; climbing onto Mama and Daddy's bed, climbing up his gate (though thankfully not over yet), and climbing all over anybody who dares hold him.

Better put on your running shoes, Mom!

Even though he is very much a busy body who likes to move and climb and throw toys around, Mr. Munch also has a serene side. It's not unusual to come in from another room to see him cuddling with a stuffed animal or flipping through one of his books. He has even figured out how to turn on his classical music box so he has some soothing background music.

Blue elephant, orange tiger, green crocodile. Got it.

Mr. Munch is also enjoying the view from the cart seats whenever he goes with Mama and/or Daddy to the grocery store.

Weeeeeeeee!!!

Tomorrow we have more pictures from the last two weeks to catch up on as well as Mr. Munch's thoughts on his favorite book, That's Not My Monster!

Sprouting, and Not Just Up

While we enjoyed having Great-Grandma visit, we had to let her go back to Arizona to give our love and hellos to Great-Grandpa. We had fun seeing you!

Another minion to add to his collection.

Now that Mr. Munch is gaining mobility and, along with that, some independence, he is no longer content to stay in a bouncer or exersaucer for much of any length of time. He has been spending his days playing in his room or climbing all over Mama and Daddy (whenever they allow).

I'm figuring out how to get into mischief!

This also means that he is exploring more of his world. Mama and Daddy have noticed that his attention span is (slowly) increasing. On his way to a nap, Mr. Munch spotted the television. Mama caught his reaction when he saw Muppets for the first time...

It's time to meet the Muppets...

He greatly enjoyed watching and even craned around Daddy's shoulder to watch as he left the room.

Mama and Mr. Munch stopped by Grandma's house for a visit, even though Uncle J was the only one home. Mama decided to experiment with the sun coming through the windows. We took a picture for Grandma and surprised her by making it the background on her computer. Mama got some other cute pictures, but she got some silly ones too!

Mr. Munch likes sticking his tongue out.

Mr. Munch loves looking at his books. His favorites in the past have been the squishy plastic ones he can take in the bath, but when he figured out that his monster book had textures...

It's...so...FUZZY!!!

As we bid a fond but hopefully not long goodbye to the warm weather, Daddy Munch made sure that family got out for some fresh air. Mr. Munch enjoyed car watching, leaf watching, and squirrel watching from the safety of his play pen while Mama and Daddy grilled and chatted with the neighbors. 

What is that thing with the poofy tail? 

It looks fuzzy enough to be in my monster book...

But Mama, the title refers to something sprouting, but nothing in your post has yet sprouted...what's up with that? 

That, my friends, would be our other exciting news! While we have yet to get photographic evidence (it's difficult enough to look at without the bulk of a camera), we are excited to announce that Mr. Munch has his two top teeth! It took a few long days and nights before they showed their enameled little heads, but the Munch family, with the assistance of children's ibuprofen, made it to the other side. We believe he may have one or two others close to poking through, but we've been wrong before, so we'll just stick with what we can see. Once our bunny boy has grown his teeth in a little more, pictures will be taken, have no fear.

Woman Vs. Internet

After many days of fighting with my internet on many systems, I finally got the pictures uploaded! Hooray!!

Mama finally organized all of the clothes in Mr. Munch's bedroom and vacuumed, so now he has a whole room to play in!

 

Toy explosion in 3...2...1...

*BOOM*

He loves having room to practice his crawling. Great-Grandma also came into town (picture missing temporarily) and Mr. Munch enjoyed hanging out with her, as well as the cute outfits she brought!

I'm cute and I know it!!

The temperature has been exceptionally warm for March, so the Munch family has been enjoying fruit juice popsicles, even Mr. Munch!

Om nom strawberries!

Mama's living room chair backs up against the front window, so Mr. Munch watches cars and trucks (he's also developed an attachement to the television remote, batteries not included).

It's even more fun because the bus stop is directly beneath the window, 

so it's guaranteed entertainment every 30 minutes!

On Sunday the whole family (Munch Family, Grandma, Grandpa, Muncles, and Great-Grandma) drove across the state to visit Great-Grandma's sister, Auntie J!

Taking time to check each other out.

Yesterday the Munch family enjoyed the weather by taking a walk down to the park and playing on the playground!

Mr. Munch's first swing ride! The squinty eyes don't portray the fun he was having.

Hello Again

Alright, so apparently there are more people reading this blog than I first expected and many of them have been asking what's happened with the blog, so we once again return!

Mr. Munch has had a busy life being shuttled back and forth to Grandma's house on the bus, but it will be getting a little less busy now that Mama and Daddy got a vehicle. With less time spent on the bus, Mr. Munch has more time to play! Hooray!

Peek-a-boo!!

Life has not been without a little hardship, though. The Munch family spent a weekend all being sick together and, based on the difficulties sleeping lately, Mama and Daddy are thinking that Mr. Munch is getting another tooth.

Today was a rough day. I'm hittin' the bottle early.

Mama and Daddy also switched the bedroom and the living room to give Mr. Munch more safe room to play now that he's starting to figure out how to crawl!

Who me? I'm not getting into trouble, honest!

It's funny when I slide down!

Mr. Munch is also pulling himself to standing! What a big guy he is now!

What is this archaic thing under the television? A veeseearr? What's a veeseearr?

Though Mr. Munch doesn't always enjoy taking naps, when he falls asleep, he's pretty cute. When he's trying to wake up he's pretty cute too.

I just had an awesome dream that Bunny and I were going for a 

looong car ride to an all you can eat bottle buffet.

 He has also grown to the point of being able to entertain himself. After a nap he is often found playing with his bunny or sock monkey.

He spent a half hour after his nap just sitting in his crib talking to his bunny and petting it's ears.

As we continue our journey into the solid food world, Mr. Munch has opened his taste buds to many different flavors. His favorites so far are vegetables (mainly squash, peas, and carrots) while he puts up with fruits and hates dry food, like his Gerber Puffs. For dinner one night, Mama was making breakfast-for-dinner and decided to let Mr. Munch try his very own (unseasoned and well cooked) scrambled eggs! A couple of pieces made it into his mouth and we're pretty sure that at least one piece was consumed, but it wasn't up Mr. Munch's alley. Neither has the sippy cup been a favorite addition, but it's tolerated.

Yeah...can I get some mush over here?

Since switching rooms, the Munch Family has had more room in the layout to set up Mr. Munch's playpen. This allows him the ability to move around as he plays which has made him a very happy Munch.

I've figured out how to stand up! And it's hilarious!

The Munch Family took a trip to the mall and got some necessary shopping done. Mr. Munch was between meal times when Mama and Daddy had lunch, but he sat at the table and played with some little apple chunks.

I may not like the texture, but those little things sure do make my fingers taste good!