love bug!

Austin is such a joy! I love spending each and every day with him! Whether we are in the car, sitting on the couch watching Sid the Science Kid, on the front porch in his swing, grocery shopping, doing anything, anywhere is just a blast with this little guy! Austin especially enjoys being chased around the house by his daddy. He'll crawl away from daddy as fast as he can, quickly turn back to see if he following behind and take off again with a giggle. His giggle is contagious. We can't help but laugh with him. Matthew and I absolutely adore him. He is just too cute for words!!!

We traveled to Birmingham last week and he did wonderfully both on the way out and back. 11 hours is a long ride for a little guy, but he was a good riding buddy. He had a great time visiting with his Granny, Grandaddy, Gran-Gran, Aunts, Uncles and his many cousins. We had a terrific time!

Austin will be 9 months on Monday, July 21st! He now has 4 teeth on top and two on the bottom. Since he began crawling he has developed a sense of bravery that encourages him to get up and go. The same week he started crawling, he was also pulling up on everything. He loves cruising along anything he can put his little hands on. Lately, he's been so brave as to let go and take a few steps on his own. He began with 5 steps on his own two days ago, today he took 10 steps on his own!!! He will be walking/running around before we know it.

Here a few of his most recent pictures!
With Grandma & Grandpa Cerda


With Grandma Belia


At the Houston Aquarium


With Grandpa & Daddy


4th of July


Playing with Daddy


With his buddy Micah at our block party


with his grandaddy Mike


With his grandparents and cousin Julia


Playing under the sink


First bath in a sink


pool time


Baby Blue


Rough, Tough, Mean Face


Cute, silly Face

"Naptime"

A couple days ago Austin was falling asleep while I was feeding him so I figured I ought to put him in his crib. About 30 minutes had past and I heard an odd sound coming through his montior, on that sounded similar to that of a person breathing a microphone. I rushed to his room thinking that he somehow managed to pull down the base of his monitor and was chewing it. Nope! I was wrong... check out this video.