Van Has Learned....

*How to suck his thumb*

*How to do sit ups*

Unless he is laying flat on the ground he is constantly trying to pull himself to an upright position. It's a little annoying (because he does it in his swing/stroller/bouncy chair etc) but pretty impressive.

*How to trick mommy into taking a nap with him*

Step 1:keep her up all night

Step 2: be super cute and cuddly so she'll want to snuggle

Step 3:make sure she falls asleep first so she doesn't realize you are

sleepy and put you in your crib where you belong

*That taking a bath in the big boy tub is a BLAST!*
*How to lay the smack down on his daddy*
check out his mean grimace! (and his father's defeated face)

*That playing with toys during tummy time makes it a whole lot more fun*


*That his favorite team is the BYU Cougars!*

This is his serious game face
I included this one because the hat he is wearing is a BYU hat.

I know you can't tell but isn't he just so cute in this one!?

*How to sleep without being swaddled*

We don't have a picture for this one but it is the one that we are most excited about so I had to include it. A couple of weeks ago we started finding him with his blanket over his face or wrapped around his head in the morning (SCARY!!). We decided that even though he loved the swaddle and slept at least 10 hours every night in it's warm embrace it was time to stop. After about a week of him waking up every 1-2 hours he is finally back to the 10 hour stretch!! THANK GOODNESS!! He didn't even wake up that much when he was a newborn!