9 Months Old

You are doing so much these days! You started crawling the day after you turned 8 months old and you have started pulling up. You also said mama for the first time. :) You LOVE to be tickled. It's the best way to get a good laugh out of you. You are so fun to be around. Your little personality is really starting to shine through. You are still a mama's boy, but you are really starting to love daddy too. When he comes home, you crawl full force over to him so he can give you hugs and kisses. You love to eat! I swear you are a bottomless pit. You have 4 teeth now, 2 on top and 2 on bottom. You are just absolutely amazing! Mommy & daddy love you so much!!

Love, love, love,
Mommy.♥

We Officially Have a Crawler

You started crawling tonight!! You have been getting up on all fours and rocking for about a week or two and tonight you were able to actually move & you wanna know what you crawled to? Snacks. Of course. My little chunky boy. Eek, so exciting! I guess we are in a whole new playing field now with a mobile baby! Bring it on, little man. :)

Love, love, love,
Mama. ♥

8 Months Old

You are now 8 months old and you are doing all kinds of new things. You officially have 4 teeth. Two on the top and two on the bottom. When we were at the doctor last week, you weighed 20 lbs 5 oz. You are babbling like crazy saying, "dadadada" & "babababa" & the occassional, "mamamama". You are so close to crawling! You are constantly up on all fours rocking, but aren't quite moving yet. You are able to pull yourself up into a standing position but you are not quite grasping the concept that you have to continue to hold on to stay up. You are able to go from you belly to the sitting position. You put EVERYTHING in your mouth. You have started eating finger foods. You're sleeping is getting much better. You are now waking once or twice a night instead of 5-7 times a night, which is fantastic for the whole family! You are just a ton of fun. I feel like you are learning something new everyday. It's the most amazing experience watching you shape into a little person. Your personality is amazing and you are so dang cute. I think daddy is loving that you are getting a little older and becoming a bit more fun. We are just enjoying every day with you and every milestone you have been reaching. We love you so very much and can't wait to continue watching you grow!


love, love, love,
mama.♥

7 months old

Wow, you are now 7 months old. You are starting to become quite the little person. You have 2 teeth on the bottom. You are wanting to crawl soo bad! You get up on all fours but aren't quite coordinated enough yet to crawl. I imagine it won't be long. You are finally rolling from you back to your belly but only in your crib when you want to be sleeping on your belly. Your sleep is still pretty rough but we are working on it. We have good nights and bad. You're just an amazing kid and I'm loving getting to watch you grow and develop.

love, love, love,
mama.♥

We Finally Have a Tooth

After 3 long, exhausting days of screaming, your first tooth finally popped through yesterday!
So on July 23, 2013 you got your very first tooth! My baby is growing way too fast!

At least you were finally happy :)

6 Months Old! HALF A YEAR!

You are now 6 months old. Your half birthday lands on the 4th of July! Your first 4th of July was just fantastic! We went to Laurel for the day. We started at the park with Cherish and Lucas and it unfortunately down poured. On the bright side, Cherish brought a nice big umbrella that the four of us spent about 45 minutes under waiting for the rain to subside. After the rain finally let up we decided to get something to eat. Since there had been so much rain, the vendors had water collected on top of their canopies. While we were getting our food, the vendor decided to use a stick to push the water off. It was a great idea except all the water landed right on top of you! You were soaking wet but you barely cried. You're such a trooper. After that I figured it was a good idea to head home to Grandma Silvia's, so we could go to Nickie's for her annual 4th of July party. It was a ton of fun. You just let everyone hold you and love on you. You were asleep during the fireworks but I would still say it was a pretty successful holiday.

Now onto your stats. At your 6 month appointment you weighed in at 19 lbs. 6 oz.! My big boy. You were 26.8 inches. So basically you're short and chubby but we love you that way! The doctor said you are perfect and developing great! You are now sitting on your own! You are so happy and social! You are still a mama's boy and I wouldn't have it any other way!

& of course some pictures!

Distracted...

All wore out after the festivities

mmm.. pickles

This past weekend you and I went to visit some of our family. Everyone absolutely adored you of course and EVERYONE wanted to feed you. I was lenient since we were on vacation. You got to taste pineapple, jerky, carrots, licorice, & pickles! You pretty much loved everything. You are mama's little foodie!

Just hagin with the ladies