I've been soooo bad about taking photos and blogging lately. Gunnar is literally running around the house these days, and by the time he goes to bed, I basically collapse on the couch. It's too much work to even get up and go to the computer. Let me see... since last post, Gunnar has played an awful lot around here, and made a couple trips in to see Grandma Carole and Grandpa Joel (and especially loved playing with Aunt Barbara and Uncle Michael). They looked after Gunnar while Justin and I went out for a mini-date to get coffee. It's strange, but we honestly have only left Gunnar with anyone a handful of times, and he does so great with it. Half the time I don't think he even realizes we were gone until we come back and he's surprised to see us.
I've also been on a hunt for some shoes with soles Gunnar can wear outside in this yucky weather, so we finally broke down and just went to the Stride Rite store. We figure if he can have just one good pair of shoes at a time, it's totally worth it. The best part was that at the store, they have a play area, and there were about 5 kids running around playing when we got there. Gunnar ran straight for them, and found a little buddy to chase around. The kid was about 19 months, and he and Gunnar were on about the same level as far as walking/playing, so they got along great. I wish I had my camera when Gunnar put his arms straight out and leapt in for a hug. The boys were playing peek-a-boo around a corner, and by the time the shoes came out, they were holding hands. It was so cute to see how much Gunnar loved playing with the kids, and I'm now considering getting a full time job partly so Gunnar can go to daycare and play with other kids a couple times a week. We'll see. Anyway, Gunnar loves the shoes, and has adjusted to walking with rubber soles really well.
I'm still planning for Gunnar's birthday party, and the invitations will go out today or tomorrow. We're going with a Fall Harvest theme, and I've got some really great ideas. We'll see how they pan out, right? I decided to pick a grown-up theme, since it's probably the only birthday where Gunnar will be too young to care about the theme. I'm sure there's plenty of time for cartoon character parties.
Here's a random photo of Gunnar's first Lasagna - needless to say he loved it!
While at Grandma's the other day, Justin pulled some of his old toys out of the attic for Gunnar to play with. We brought some of them home, and it's so cute to see Gunnar playing with them. Now he has several toys that both Justin and I grew up playing with, and it's amazing how much fun he has with these toys from 1980 or so.
The title of the post comes from the following photos. Gunnar isn't too sure about wearing his Halloween costume, so I've been trying it on him periodically to get him used to it so we can get some good pictures at Picture People next week. If I put it on in front of the mirror, he's amused enough not to be upset, so I'll have to come up with a solution when we get there. Anyway, here he is... cutest skunk I've ever seen!
As I was downloading some videos to our new computer, I watched a few old clips that I had forgotten about. I can't believe they were taken only a few months ago, and I feel sort of a conflicted sense of time. It seems like it was just last week that I was so excited that Gunnar was waving, and yet it feels like a time long gone. I get very emotional thinking about Gunnar's upcoming 1st birthday, and while I'm so happy he's so independent and mobile, and that's he's developing so well, I still get sad that he's not my cuddly little baby anymore. He's such a little boy now, and I'm so proud of him, but I miss the way he used to cry for me to hold him more, and now he squirms and whines until I let him down. Someone asked me the other day "what is your favorite memory of the newborn stage?", and I know it sounds crazy, but the first thing that came to mind was during those first few months when Gunnar refused to sleep in his crib or bassinett, so we slept on the couch, where he slept on my chest. I was so sleep-deprived that I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have at the time, but now looking back he was so close and needed me so much. Now it seems he needs me less and less every day. I still steal plenty of cuddles throughout the day, and Gunnar sometimes comes over while playing just to give me a hug, which makes me melt. Anyway, here's an old video for a little "baby memory".
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