oh my sweet chubba wubba! last time i weighed him he was 21 pounds on our scale. just 3 pounds shy of kuya owen.

xavier climbs the stairs. and will often let go of the furniture to stand on his own for about 5 seconds at a time. he's EVERYWHERE. and he's heavy...so when i'm trying to keep him on the bed or the couch, i have to heave him back to a safe position so he won't fall off. he's not always happy about that.

xavier waves "hi." he kind of waves at himself and then says "haahh." isaiah says that xavier says hi like a cowboy. hehe. in addition to "hahhh" xavier has been babbling all kinds of sounds. he's going to be talking and walking in no time.

xavier loves dancing to the music. well his dancing is more like bopping...but he loves it. it doesn't matter if it's a song on the radio or one that daddy's band is playing or a silly song that mama made up...he bops. slow, fast...it doesn't matter.

xavier startles easily. it's probably a result of him being at home all the time...he doesn't get the variables he would have gotten if he were with tita jen. when all the guys stood up cheering when the usa tied it up with england in their first game of the world cup, he (along with two other babies) was startled into tears. poor baby!

my favorite thing right now is when i come into the room and xavier gives me his big grin and you can see the dimples in his chubby cheeks. oh how good it is to be home with him!!!