Bryce's Blog: I'm 9 months old.... and mobile!

Dear friends and family: guess what - I'm mobile! It has been a busy couple of months, and I'm sorry not to have updated my blog sooner, but with Mommy back at work and me at daycare, our calendar is very full! But I had many firsts in the last two months:

I helped celebrate my first Mother's and Father's Days, plus my grandpa's 70th birthday.
I can retrieve and replace my own pacifier (this may not seem like much but Mommy & Daddy are thrilled they no longer have to visit my crib so often at night.)
Mommy went on her first business trip and Daddy & I did just fine on our own for a few days.
I started not only rolling over but also sitting up on my own.
Then I figured out crawling! the world is now my oyster... (and M&D are madly trying to childproof the house.)
Right after that I started pulling up and standing on my own.
I got my first 2 teeth (finally!)
I went for my first bike ride (as a passenger) and swimming in the pool for the first time.

I have a whole 9-month album that you can visit here, and I'll share some highlights here. This is me & Daddy getting ready for daycare in the morning (I'm a happy morning person - must get that from Daddy.) On weekend mornings, when I don't have daycare, I can play in bed with Mommy & Daddy, and (in this case) steal Daddy's book when he's trying to read.

For Mother's Day, Ah-gong and Ah-mah, Aunt Helen & Uncle Ivan all came over and we went for a walk and picnic. Here are Uncle Ivan's pictures.

In early June, Mommy & Daddy & I took our first real family vacation and spent a week in Lake Tahoe. Daddy rode in a 100-mile bike ride, along with his friends Matt & Synthia. The rest of the week the 3 of us relaxed, and went hiking and biking. Here are me & Mommy after we hiked to Eagle Lake.

Here are me & Daddy, stopping for a rest during our walk along Meeks Bay Fire Road.

Aunt Helen, Uncle Ivan, Ah-gong and Ah-mah came and joined us for part of the time (and took some of these pictures.) Uncle Ivan's pictures are here.

I am becoming quite the expert at eating food - not only do I eat a LOT, but I am starting to feed myself, as you'll see if you visit my YouTube videos (click on the link at the upper right of this page.) But this month's video highlight -while it takes place in my highchair- is more of a musical than culinary performance (click on the play button on the video below to make it play.)

Now that I'm mobile, the monthly photo shoots with Tad are tiresome, and I don't like sitting still, as you can see from these (rejected) shots. For the final shots, see my "Monthly Photos" link above on the right.