Six Months

Really?? Six months old?? Half a year?? That's just pure craziness to me.  

Weston, you have brought more joy to me in the past six months than you'll ever know.  Your smile is contagious, you light up when I enter the room, and that just brings me so much joy.  You are all I could ask for in a baby boy and so much more - I love you!

You weigh 18 lb and are in the 75th percentile.  I'll update this more accurately after your 6 month appt on Thursday.

You're in a size 3 diaper and 6 month clothes.  You're running pretty low on clothes because you've about reached the max in all your winter clothes, and we're just waiting for that warm weather for your next size up!

Your hair is brown with bits of blonde and is really starting to thicken up.  Your eyes are a deep blue.

You can sit up for long periods of time now, but still when you look up too fast or get excited you topple over.  You're getting the hang of it quite well! You're continuing to roll over both ways and make your way around the room.

You still suck on your thumb like it's your only source of nutrition.  You had gotten blisters between your thumb and finger and I had to keep them medicated and wrapped, and they've finally gone away.  You suck on your toes too...like really chow down!

You have started blowing bubbles this month and do that on the reg.  You talk and blow bubbles at the same time...You're a chatter box!

I made you a batch of sweet potato baby food this month and you love it! 

Still sleeping through the night and taking 3 naps a day.

These past six months have made my heart grow, made my lap full, and made me SO happy.  I love you, sweet Weston, and I'm so glad I get the opportunity to kiss your chubby cheeks, rub your soft skin, sing you sweet songs, and watch you grow every day.  I love you...so much! 

Busy Family Weekends

 We've had ourselves a busy couple of weekends! Two weeks ago we went to Columbia for my Memaw's birthday party.  We went early and Kiley had fun playing outside, then we had a nice barbecue lunch with the family.  That evening we went to my Gramma's to visit because her sister and niece were in from New York for a visit. 

I loved seeing Kiley having so much fun in this backyard that I have so many memories in from when I was little. 

Kiley had so much fun jumping off this step over and over, and I love how Chris caught her mid-air.  She did end up with a scrape on her noggin, but that's not bad considering all the jumping she was doing!

Somehow me, my mom, and Jacob all showed up matching each other and Memaw's birthday cake

Weston and my mom's cousin Sandy.

Gramma and her sister Ruth from NY.

I love how much the kids want to play with each other now.  Weston always has this eager look on his face when Kiley is playing, and she'll ask him if he wants to play.  She handed him a toy car the other day and said, "Wanna play cars, Bubba?"

Our big boy turned 6 months old yesterday! I'll get that post done soon, I hope!

We went and visited Jacob and Sara this past weekend.  The only time I had seen their house was when it was empty, before they had even moved in.  I was majorly pregnant then...  We went on Friday and went shopping and to dinner that night.  Kiley got sick in the middle of the night that night.  That was actually a parenting first for us.  We haven't had a sick child in the middle of the night, besides her waking up from ear pain, and it just so happened to happen at someone else's house.  Thankfully she felt better the next day.

Saturday we went to an awesome playground and had a picnic, then we went to a baseball game at Jacob's church and let Kiley play on their playground.  They cooked dinner that night and we played games both nights.  We had a good time visiting with them, and went home Sunday after church.  It was a great weekend - I so love my brother!

Kiley is so in love with them.  Another first for us as parents happened when she slept in the bed with us the second night there.  We've of course had our kids fall asleep in the wee hours of the morning in our bed when they were babies, but never an all-night thing.  I think she was scared because she had been sick the night before, so we just let it happen, and thankfully she didn't ask when we got home to do the same thing.  After getting sick the first night she asked, "What's Jacob doing? What's Jacob's name? What's Sara's name?" And cried that she wanted to play with Sara, then the next morning she hopped right out of bed and said she was going to go play with Sara - So she had a ball this weekend!

We have thoroughly enjoyed the past two weekends and are also looking forward to a lazy weekend at home this coming weekend.  Something about getting away with your family just helps fill your heart with more joy than you left with.  Sometimes no plans = the best kind of plans, and that's how I feel about next weekend!

Wee morning update

I'm one of those people that have a hard time falling asleep after I've been woken up.  Thankfully my babies have both slept through the night since 7 weeks old, so it doesn't happen often.  Weston randomly thought 3:30 was morning this morning, and after getting him back to sleep, and coming back to the hubs snoring, it just wasn't happening.  So I'm up at 5 a.m. thinking about how our day is packed, we lose an hour of sleep tonight with the time change, I need to make breakfast for Sunday school and keep the nursery tomorrow morning, and I'm wondering when I'll be able to squeeze in a nap - haha! Not the best way to start a Saturday morning!

So I thought I'd brighten my day and yours with some pictures of the kiddos!

Sweet boy fell asleep while I was cooking.

He loves to chew on this leaf just like his sister did.

Weston can sit up on his own for short periods of time before toppling over.  He's almost go it - and will get it real soon!

That makes two times he's fallen asleep while I've been cooking.

The weather is starting to warm up today and I'm looking forward to all things Spring.  I hope you all have a great Saturday!