the terrible twos or the terrible 9 months?

Tantrums. Lots of tantrums. Crying + throwing oneself backwards = TANTRUM. Hunter seems to think that new freedoms (i.e. crawling, standing, and begining to walk) has equalled new ways of expressing himself. I think I am in for a long road ahead! For those of you who are concerned about these pictures (grandmas!)...please note that there are no real tears, not one. Take comfort in the very last photo which was approximately .3 seconds after the second to last photo.

into EVERYTHING...

and I mean EVERYTHING. Door stoppers, cabinets, drawers, the pantry, laundry, drapes, rugs, toys, and stairs! No wonder I can't seem to get anything done!









Just in case you are wondering...Hunter crawled away as fast as he could during a diaper change and made a bee-line for the stairs! How could I NOT take a picture! :)

Mom, I've been thinking....I really HATE green beans!

Hunter is our good little eater. He cries the moment he sees a bottle and goes balistic until he has it in his hands. Anything he has he eats....ALL of it. Anything we are eating he wants. He has NEVER passed on a meal or not eaten something offered to him...UNTIL...Hunter decided he really, really, really hates green beans. Hunter has had green beans at least a dozen times and he has always eaten every last bite. His strong dislike for the stringy substance started when we were in Colorado visiting Great Grandpa. He tasted one bite and spit them out...literally, SPIT it out of his mouth. Thinking this had more to do with the fact that he was exhausted that day and in desperate need of a nap I thought nothing more of his episode. We tried one other time in Colorado and Hunter started to cry when he tasted the green beans. This time nana (my mom) had tried to feed him and I was sure he was throwing a tantrum (yes, a TANTRUM...that is a whole other post) because I wasn't feeding him. When I tried to give him the delightful beans myself he threw an even bigger fit! Bath and bed soon followed. Now that we are home in North Carolina I decided to give the green beans one last chance to redeem themselves. I was sure that Hunter would be back to his old self and gobble up the greens. Go ahead....take a look......




I guess we are done with green beans.