Random cuteness

This time of year is referred to in the sports world as March Madness. I guess it's because there are 100 basketball games on and no one can watch Dr. Phil in the afternoons. Madness. There was some camera madness in the Meeks household over the weekend and here are some of the more "sophisticated" and "artsy" shots of me doing what I do.

What happened to that baby we knew?

From now on, I would like to be referred to as Dos Cinqo

Happy St. Patty's Day!

Instead of boozing it up today with Guinness chest milk, I decided to do something more productive. Here are some random pictures taken over the weekend for your enjoyment. Some were taken with a camera phone = you're not drunk, they're just blurry. I mean, it is St. Patrick's Day.

Yes, add standing to my resume as well. I guess falling comes next.

I may be a momma's boy most of the time, but I do show pops some love.

Here I am making the trip underneath the dinner table at GP Michigan's house.
There was much rejoicing.

Always use protection. Unless you want one of me...

It's Official

Parents, you better lock up your daughters because I can crawl now. That's right. After several weeks of rocking back and forth on all fours, I finally put all the motions together to move forward in a linear motion using only my hands and knees. It was very exciting. Mom and dad saw it first, but grandma and grandpa Georgia saw it shortly after.

Here's a before and after look at my progress. I began with the army crawl, where I would use mostly my elbows, stomach and legs to move underneath an imaginary barbwire fence above me. I'm sure you can follow the visual.



The first time I actually crawled was to get something on my play mat, and then I sat up by myself too. That would have been award winning footage, but instead I just got mom and dad looking at each other and screaming, "HE DID IT!" in very high pitched voices. I was like, "What? What happened? Did I poo again?"

Right after that they set me up for it.



I know it's not far, but I went much further that night at grandparents Michigan's house. I went all the way under the table. Wow. You know what's strange, though. I haven't seen that guitar since.

Here's some bonus footage of me "playing catch" with dad.

Grandparents weekend

Now that the snow and really cold weather is gone, grandma and grandpa Georgia decided to make a trip up to see me. And mom and dad too... They hadn't seen me since Christmas and couldn't get over how much I had changed. I guess I'm starting to exit the baby stage and becoming a little boy. Scary.

When they got in to town on Friday, dad picked them up and then came and got me at daycare so we could spend the afternoon together. I probably could have taken a nap but I was so excited to see them that we played for about 3 hours.

I tried to impress GP Georgia with my chugging technique.

I'm sure it's harder when there's liquid in the cup.

That night we stayed in and picked up some seafood from the local fish market/restaurant. Mom is not a fish fan so to gauge where I was on that topic, dad gave me some of his catfish...

WINNER!!!

On Saturday we decided to go on an expedition to Ikea, but went to Buffalo Wild Wings for lunch first. Mom, dad and I had been there a few weeks ago for a quick lunch trip and there are plenty of things to keep me occupied.

Like video games. I looks like I'll be a good driver.

Hopefully better than dad was the first three years he drove...

We spent the rest of the day hanging out and watching me be ridiculously cute. I put my tupperware helmet on and everything.

Saturday night was an event in itself. That gets it's own post...

Grandparents GA came over for a little bit on Sunday until I took my morning nap and dad shipped them back to the airport. They were delayed for a couple of hours but that just gave them more time to reflect on all the good times we had...

To cap the day off, dad and I went to watch mommy's soccer game. She scored three goals and got hacked and scratched by another lady on the other team. She called her like "fitch" or "witch" or something like that. Didn't seemed she liked her too much, though.

More video

I know you're probably still laughing from the video I put up yesterday, so I thought I would put up some more to keep the party going. Careful, they're slightly hilarious.

No alcohol was consumed in the taping of this next video.... Like I would bathe in alcohol.

My buddy

Now that Gaspar is back to normal, I've been trying to make nice and play with him. As you can see, he's just not that in to it.

Mac attack

That's right. I scored some triple cheese Easy Mac this weekend and learned the true definition of finger food. It really is easy to make, because I didn't have to do anything. I just sat back and watched dad add water and nuke it in the microwave. Easy.

The next part was the challenge. Getting it from point A (the tray) to point B (my mouth) with my little hands and fingers. Those noddles are slippery little guys.

Needless to say, this wasn't my neatest dining experience, and Gaspar also did a little clean up duty down below.

After it was all said and done, I probably got about a third of the bowl in to my mouth, a third in to Gaspar or my chair and then the rest in to some Tupperware for later.

Finger lickin' good!

Dinner with the grandparents

Saturday night we went over to grandma and grandpa Michigan's house for dinner. Grandpa Michigan was moving around better than the last time I saw him and he even took me for a trip around the house in his wheel chair.

He didn't let me drive though.

I didn't get to try the ribs they ate for dinner, but mom did let me try some cheese spread. At this point, you get anything close to my mouth and it's going in. Watch those fingers, though, I have two teeth coming in now...

1st trip to Best Buy

Apparently Best Buy, the mega-electronics store, is like Toys-R-Us for grown ups. Dad and I took a field trip there on Saturday to try and find an entertainment center for the living room that's a little more childproof. Right now, I can turn everything on and could probably swap some wires out without them even knowing...

We took a tour of the entire store and the place is huge. I was in awe of the home theater section.

They have a whole wall of nothing but big TV's. I tried to get Disney XD on all of them, but no luck.

They also have stoves. You can tell I'm excited.

There are tons of CD's. What's a CD?

Refrigerator anyone?

All in all it was an enjoyable trip and I passed out on the way home for a two hour nap. Bonus. We didn't find what we were looking for, so be ready for a surprise the next time you try to watch a DVD.