The Manley Memoirs: More Firsts!

Most importantly, my Catcheroo finally said mama!!!! It was Tuesday, March 9 at 8:40 pm. Chris, my mom, and I were sitting in Catch's room before bed, playing with him, when he crawled toward Chris and said mama. We all looked at each other to verify that that was what he said, and then he said it again. Granted, he was crawling toward Chris, but he still said it! I literally squealed with excitement, scooped him up, and kissed him. I actually scared him though. Oops...I had tears in my eyes. I have been waiting so long to hear that. He said it one more time that night and didn't say it again til at least a couple days. Dada is still the dominant word, but I'm hoping he'll get more comfortable saying mama soon. :0)

Catch is also starting to point at things. I know it's rude to point, but this is adorable. He sees something that intrigues him, and he will point at it. Chris said the other day when he came home, Catch pointed at him and said dada. How cool is that??!!

Chris, Catch, and I went to the zoo today. We went ahead and bought a family pass for $35. I've all ready told Catch that we'll be going plenty in the summer, so we are definitely going to get our money's worth. The weather was a little colder than I thought it was going to be, but luckily Gammie packed Catcheroo and extra sweatshirt. I hadn't been to the zoo since I was in elementary school, and I had a great time. I forgot how much walking there was! It'll definitely be a good, little workout in the summer.

I guess I expected Catch to be a little more excited than he was. He doesn't quite know what to make of it all, but I'm sure by mid-summer he'll be familiar with some of the animals. He did seem to like the monkey hanging from the top of one of the cages. :0) I'll probably take him during the day later this week, so I'll let you all know how it goes.

I also entered Catch into a photo contest for the magazine, American Baby. His pictures are posted on parents.com. If you want to check them out, just enter the keyword: catch matthew manley. I also sent some pics to this local modeling agency. They said he passed the first round and they said that 80% of entries don't even make it past the 1st round. Don't worry, I'm not going to turn into one of those crazy parents, but people are always telling us that Catch looks like a Gerber baby, so I figured, why not try? :0) It may not turn into anything, but no one ever got anywhere without trying. I'll let you know if it turns into anything.

Enjoy the pics! It's been awhile.

The series of 3 pics is of Catch sleeping with Chris.