Gus has been here eleven months

Gus' eleventh month has been life-changing. He packed up and moved from the only home he's ever known. And while he'll always be a Georgia native (and his brother too), he seems to be adjusting to Texas life just fine. In fact, he keeps asking us if he can get this bumper sticker for the back of his Cozy Coupe:

The truth is, Gus doesn't care where we live as long as his blankie is close by:

Every time he sees it, he inserts his thumb into his mouth. He used to just sleep with it but now it's becoming more of a Linus-situation where he drags it around. Grandmother--who knows all too well about raising a child who is addicted to a blanket--immediately ran out and found Gus a duplicate blankie.  So far he is not suspicious even though one blanket says "Mommy's Little Man" and the other says "Thank Heaven for Little Boys." Thank heaven he can't read yet.

Gus is also into door stoppers. This is a dangerous vice because he can actually take the little white rubber part off. Of course he wants to put them in his mouth. He also likes to do this with the white covers that go over the screws on the bottom of the toilet. This has also ended up in his mouth. He's got a thing for white, round things. Because of this and his other curiosities, we have to watch him LIKE A HAWK. He can't be trusted!

And Leo can't be trusted with him. When Gus is crawling, Leo likes to crawl right next to him and put his arm around him. This would be cute except Leo also likes to push down on Gus' back and rub his head and things of that nature that are always a little too rough.

I've always thought Gus is more curious and active than Leo however, Gus has not tried to open cabinets yet! And Leo was already doing that by this age. I still put the breakable/toxic things up high because I'm sure that day will come soon. But for now he's just happy scooting around and getting into everything that's not behind a cabinet door. He especially loves to look out the window. He wants to do what Leo does so badly!







And a quick run-down of the basics:







Eating: Faves are bananas, sandwiches (or anything involving bread) and he just started eating yogurt. He also likes
to chew on carrots, a habit he picked up from his cousin Franklin.


Playing: He'll play with anything but especially age inappropriate toys and balls.

Sleeping: I won't say anything about this dare I jinx it.

He's still happy and content (except when Leo harasses him or if the food isn't served quickly enough). I've given up waiting for his head to spin around. Now I just expect that he's going to give me the biggest, cutest six-tooth smile every time I see him.


I asked Leo to help me take photos of Gus. This made for one rowdy photo session: