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As you can see, he can sit up all by himself now. He still doesn't know how
to roll over (though he has surprized himself a couple of times), but he's making progress. He began eating solid foods about a month ago and is starting to hold his bottle all by himself. Sometimes he doesn't quite latch onto the right part of the bottle, and he seems to think if he sucks on the side of a glass liquid will come out, but I think he's got the
right idea.
generally ends up in his mouth (he gets feisty, growling and shouting at things that don't cooperate), however he doesn't take a pacifier. Perhaps it is too small for his taste. He prefers larger items. Some babies are content chewing/sucking on a finger or thumb. Tucker would rather shove his entire hand in his mouth. His current favorite chew toys are his conveniently located toes.
fun night out at Cornbelly's (the local pumpkin festival w/corn maze, etc.), though we had to thaw out all of our feet once we returned home. 
ple, going bowling, and tagging along wherever we go. He has flown on an airplane and even learned how to swim!! 
ght! I am now the proud owner of a bright, shiny, woah baby, heavy duty, pressure cooker! She bought me lots of canning jars 
and a WHOLE bunch of meat (chicken, turkey, and pork) that we found on sale and she taught me how to can it. Canned meat sounded funny at first, but it was fun and fairly easy! While she was here we all went to Tucanos so I could get my free birthday churrasco. 
She also made me a yummy turtle cheesecake! Aren't moms so great?! Of course she was also happy to get to come get some face time with her favorite grandson :).
And that time has flown by! His grandma Clara, a.k.a. Abu (emphasis on the A), jokingly said that he may forego crawling and start on two feet, but I think Tucker took her seriously and decided to give it a try. He stands with a little bit of balancing help, but he still can't quite sit up on his own. But he's getting closer.
It's kind of crazy how quickly he is growing. His aunties and Grandma Kathy refer to him as Chunky Monkey and/or Tanker because the majority of his growing is sideways, and not so much upwards. His little neck is disappearing and he has developed an adoreable double chin. And we LOVE it!
It is so fun to watch the little changes that happen everyday and see him getting so strong (which is no surprise considering the fact that his mom is a freakishly strong girl). Today he reached a little milestone. For the longest time he HATED tummy time. When we took him in for his one month photos the photographer said she wanted to take some pics of him on his stomach. I guess she didn't believe us when warned her about what was going to happen, so we just looked at each other and smiled. She figured it out rather quickly as he started to scream, and returned him to his back. But he's been tolerating the tummy time for just a bit longer each day, and today he actually fell asleep on his stomach!
