10 month update and weekend adventures

Noah turned 10 months old on Monday. and on Thursday he started cruising on the couch. He's crawling everywhere, climbing everything he can, and talking up a storm. Right now he likes to wave and say 'hi' and 'bye' to everything, so walks are fun. He also says: mama, dada, cat, up, all done, baba, and lately he's trying to say 'book' it comes out kinda like baaaah, but he's always pointing to his books when he says it. I'm amazed by how smart he is, every day is something new.

as for adventures...Jen and I tried to go to Toys R Us Tuesday night to get a new toy for Noah to practice walking with. We went to the mall first and spent a gift check (thanks erin!), then we headed on to Toys R Us. Now...Jen is practically blind, and is waiting for new glasses to come in. But she knew her way and I didn't. I was following her in my own car when all of a sudden I realized we were on 795 South. No worries, I figured the closest Toys R Us must be in Catonsville and I was getting ready to call Joe and tell him i'd be later then I thought...then my phone starts ringing. It was Jen letting me know that we went the wrong way but we'd just get off at the first exit and turn around. I started cracking up...there's no exit off 795 until you get to 695. She was so upset, but I just thought it was pretty funny. We went down Liberty Road and got back home but decided against Toys R Us that night.

We finally made it there on our lunch break Wednesday and picked up a Fisher Price walker/car type toy for Noah. and we got Chocolate frogs while we were there!
Thursday Noah and I played around the house with his new toy and practiced climbing on the couch...then we went shopping. Michael's now has a dollar section, full of toys. I had so much fun.

Friday was absolutely gorgeous, so Noah and I walked to the playground. He played on the swings, played peek-a-boo with another little girl, rode down the slide (with mommy holding onto him), and played in the grass for a bit. I'll have pictures once I get them uploaded.

Saturday was even prettier then Friday. I got the wonderful idea that we should go to the Baltimore Zoo since it was so nice out, and b/c Noah loves animals now. I went online and bought tickets because they're 1/2 off online. then we got all dressed and packed up the diaper bag and headed out. It was a pretty quiet drive down, Noah was babbling in the back but relatively happy. yeah....turns out the zoo doesn't open until NEXT weekend. *sigh* at this point we just said, lets drive somewhere to be able to get him out and play. so we headed to Playwise Kids...he started pulling on his ear and felt pretty warm and was fussy. as i was trying to decide what to do, he fell asleep. at this point, i just said go home. so we made it home, gave him lunch and then walked up to the city playground.

We all had a nice dinner together, then it was bath time, book time, and time for bed. :-)
so all in all, a nice weekend with a few detours.