Another Busy Weekend!

Saturday was Jared's Birthday, and Sunday was Father's day....which led to another extremely busy weekend. Last week, Austin started to say da-da just in time for Father's Day. I was actually trying to get him to say ma-ma, but he said da-da instead. Just in the last week, he's changed so much. This past week has probably been one of the most difficult yet. His teeth were really bothering him, so he was cranky, not napping well, not eating well.....I felt so bad for him. He almost has 6 teeth now, and it looks like it will soon be 7. Austin has recently started to feed himself Cheerios. He hasn't quite figured out how to feed himself other foods yet, but we'll get there. I think sometimes the chewing motion is bothering him a bit because he's been screaming when we give him chunks of food. Hopefully, these teeth will break through soon and we can have a bit of a break!

On Friday, Austin and I gave Jared his birthday/Father's day present. We bought him all of the things that he needed to hang pictures on the wall in his mini studio and a picture to hang on up in his room. We hung out on Friday at home, and Austin enjoyed a few minutes of playing with Jackson on the floor with one of his toys. Austin seems to think sometimes that this toy is his, and Jackson disagrees. We are quick to get it out of his hands.

Saturday we went to the zoo and had a cookout with Jared's sister. The zoo was hot, but it was fun. It was great to see our nieces enjoying themselves at the zoo. Here are a couple of pictures of the kids at the zoo.

Last night, we had my parents over for Fathers Day/their Anniversary. After dinner, Austin hung out with all of us for a bit and then he quickly got tired. Jared and I took Austin upstairs for bed, and he was having a difficult time falling to sleep on his own. I went upstairs to check and make sure that all of his limbs were inside the crib. I opened up the door to his bedroom, and Austin was standing up, in his crib, holding on for dear life to the side of the crib. I think he got himself up there and couldn't figure out how to get back down. It was so cute to go in there and see the look on his face. Not only did he start pulling himself up to a standing position this week from sitting, but he also started to sit himself up when he's on the ground rolling around on his own. He's getting so big so fast.