The sandbox

A couple weeks ago Jason decided to get Seth a sandbox. We have had sandbox toys for a while but no sandbox to play with them in. Jason got one that has a cover over it so it doesn't get rained on. The first time Seth was in there he was much more interested in throwing the sand around than playing with his toys in there. He's since gotten better at playing with his toys and having all sorts of fun. It helps me out when I'm in the back yard and wanting to accomplish things, he is occupied with that at that time.

The sandbox is in the shape of a turtle, it is pretty cute!

Dad also enjoyed getting his feet in the sand. Now, if only we could have an ocean nearby...

Seth gets terribly dirty when he's in the sandbox, but it is just sand, so it could be worse. He likes it and that is all that matters.

The bag man

Seth loves to play with anything that makes noise, and he really likes to make pom poms out of certain things. I had to get rid of some of our extra plastic bags and so bagged them up, he thought this was great fun to just play with them and throw them around. He loves this sort of thing, who knew they could be such a cheap toy?

He seems to really be concentrating in this picture, I'm not sure on what exactly though.

His first steps

Seth has finally started walking on his own!! Hallelujah! I don't have to carry him around as much anymore. Once Seth started walking and figuring it out he just took off. My arms are getting a well deserved rest!

It was hard at first to get Seth on camera doing his steps, but it has since gotten much easier.
Here, he's trying to get up from his feet without holding onto something for support. He didn't quite make it, but he now routinely does this.

The wagon

We finally broke out the wagon for Seth recently. He can sit up in it quite well, but he still wants to move around and we don't want him to fall out, so we are being very careful right now.

Seth seems to like the ride. We tried to make it a bit softer with the blankets, but they don't stay in one place for very long.

Seth also likes to push things around and the wagon was no exception. It helps him work on his walking skills too!

Garden of the gods

Over the 4th of July this year we went to CO Springs for one night. One of the first things we did was tour Garden of the gods. Seth's shoes are still stained with the red rock stuff he played in while we were there. He had lots of fun messing around in the rocks, etc.

Such a happy boy!

A few favorites

Seth has really taken to having very different facial expressions lately. I have captured some of them on the camera, here's a few of my favorites.

This was after one of his first experiences with chocolate pudding. He loved to eat it but also loved to play with it!

Uh Oh!!! What did I do mom??? My precious boy!

The straw hat

We had a straw hat down here and Seth wanted to play with it. I put it on his head and this is what he did...

He seemed to wonder at first what it was, but then he had a grand time playing with that hat!

Now he is showing off for the camera...

"Playing" trumpet

Jason took out his trumpet recently to practice for some songs he was playing in church. Seth was all over that and of course wanted to "play" too. Although, he may have just wanted to play with the mouthpiece, because whenever Jason put it to his lips Seth pulled it away!

Here it does appear that Seth is playing the trumpet. I don't think any sound came out though!