Another Beach Vacation

Tucker took his second trip to the ocean last week....he is quickly becoming a beach bum! We went to Panama City Beach with my parents and my sister's family. Once again, Tucker loved playing in the sand, even though he didn't eat quite as much this time. We had a lot of fun with him in the pool....he loves to float on his back as you can see in the video.

He started standing without holding on to anything last week and is trying to take a step but usually crashes when he does! He's also eating some table food now and loves to feed himself cherios. And I guess I should quit denying it and admit that he has said his first word....Da-Da. He doesn't necessarily say it when he sees Wes, but if I say it, he repeats it after me. My philosophy on why babies usually say Da-Da first is because they never have to call for Mama because she is always there! He is growing too fast...where does the time go?

Baby Beethoven

Check out Tucker's newest talent. He is going to be a musical genius on the piano...just like his Papa Harper.

Tucker's First Beach Trip

Tucker took his first trip to the beach last weekend! We went to St. Simons with our friends and neighbors, Chandler, Jodi, and Coley. Coley is 6 weeks younger than Tucker and they had a great time playing together. He loved the sun and water...and especially the sand! He kept trying to eat it so we had to sit him in his wagon most of the time. We can't wait to take him to Panama City at the end of the month with my parents. He is going to love it....but hopefully eat less sand:)

Ready or not, here I come!

And he's off!!! Tucker has officially started crawling! He has been rocking back and forth on his hands and knees for a few weeks now, but when I picked him up from school yesterday his teacher told me he was going all over the room after toys! We were so excited to see him in action when we got home, but of course he wanted us to hold him for the rest of the afternoon. However, after seeing the remote across the room, he decided to change his mind and go after it. Here is some video of the first "official" time he crawled at home. I'm also including a little video of him learning to drink out of a sippy cup. It's amazing how the littlest things he does are so important to us!

Hittin the streets for little feet!

Our family took part in the March of Dimes March for Babies in Valdosta last weekend. We were so glad to have several friends join us. Our friends and neighbors, Jodi, Coley, and Amanda came along. We were also so excited that one of my friends and co-workers, Julia, joined our team and raised almost $1000 on her own! She got the award for raising the most money of any walker. It was great to have her family join us...especially her precious little boy Nate, who was born premature a year ago but is doing great today! The babies had so much fun walking together. Tucker would especially like to thank his friends and family who sponsored him...Papa and Nonna, GG and Pops, Wolfe and Nannoo, Aunt Kathy and Uncle Larry, Aunt Nora, Aunt April and family, Aunt Connie, Jodi and Coley, and Amanda. Combined with Julia's fundraising effots, we raised a little over $1250 for the local March of Dimes chapter. Hopefully we will help them in moving one step closer to preventing premature birth!

Happy Easter!

We celebrated Tucker's first Easter this weekend. We started out the day with church and sunday school, then went to MawMaw Culpepper's house in Sylvester to hunt eggs. I know, Tucker is too young to hunt, but he did grab at a few eggs and tried to eat them! Hope yall had a great holiday!

Tucker's New Tricks

Tucker is doing all kinds of new tricks these days. Yesterday he got up on all fours and rocked back and forth, but he still hasn't started to crawl yet....and I'm kind of glad. I won't be able to take my eyes off him once he starts! Here is video of his newest tricks....he is starting to pull up on his own. Sorry the video is sideways...I can't figure out how to make it turn. Just tilt your head and you can see it better! He's also learned to blow bubbles. It's especially fun when he's eating....food gets EVERYWHERE!