8 months

Oh baby! This kiddo turned 8 months old today! He is so much fun, and I have to say, I think this is my favorite stage yet. He is old enough to sit up and entertain himself, and interact with us. Yet he is still young enough to stay in one room and stay put for the most part. We of course just eat him up everyday! Here are some of his milestones:

• He still of course is obsessed with bath time!
• Weighs about 23 lb.
• He is loving his big kid food. He's moved up to stage 3 Gerber foods, so things with small chunks of little carrots and stuff. He doesn't love chicken noodle, and he is getting more and more of a sweet tooth. He likes the yogurt blends, and especially loves the Gerber graduate yogurt melts and fruit and veggie melts.
• He wants to crawl so badly!
• He is great at doing push ups, especially in the tub when his body weight isn't as heavy.
• He doesn't like his bottles anymore besides kind of in the morning. But bedtime bottles are the WORST to try feeding to him, he fights you the whole time. very frustrating.
• He got one tooth! The bottom left one, it's adorable and you can only see the very top of it, but we're very proud of him...one down, so many to go!
• He knows how to put the ball into his giraffe toy. It's a plastic giraffe with a big hole on his head and arms for the ball to go into, and we've worked hard on teaching him how to do it, at first he had no idea what it was, and now he knows exactly what to do with the ball...a future basketball player?? (side note: he likes to put the ball in with his left hand only. If he picks it up with his right, he will switch hands before putting it in.)
• We started trying to teach him baby sign language this month. Just "more" and "eat" and he looks at us like we are crazy every time we do it. We kind of feel like it's like training a puppy....the blank "you're crazy" stare.
• He sleeps in the most crazy positions, and like his mom, loves his belly and side! His little feet get caught in the crib sometimes, and it looks so funny!
• He sucks on everything he get his mouth on, then just gnaws at it!
• He is SO SO proud of himself when he rides in the grocery cart or sits in the high chairs in restaurants.

stop kony.

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Happy Valentines Day!

Today I get to celebrate Valentines Day with TWO Valentines! I love the two boys in my life more than anything!!! They are both amazing, handsome, thoughtful (Easton sent flowers!) and so so sweet to me!

I hope everyone is spending today with the people they love most! Whether it's family, kids, boyfriends, girlfriends, grandkids, a spouse, parents, grandparents, friends, etc. Today is a day for LOVE! So spread some love around your life! Enjoy this video, and remember it's about being together, not about the gifts you may or may not get.

7 months!

Yesterday our mini man of the house turned 7 months old! He is as active as ever and is very proud of himself when he does something new! He has been a lot more interactive lately and LOVES when he gets our attention, he has the funniest grin when we look at him, like he's thinking "now what should I do?!"

People continually stop me in the grocery store or just while out and about anywhere and always compliment his cheeks, they can't get enough of them!

He is just so funny and doing new things every day, I feel like I can't keep up with all the things he is learning, but here are a few milestones he has reached:

• weighs: 22.5 pounds
• 28 inches tall
• He rolls everywhere he can! We have found him on the tile floor enjoying the coolness of it. He rolled to the DVD player, pushed the eject button, and pulled out the DVD and started sucking on it, (impressive right?!), he has rolled into the wall a couple times, and he is getting tougher and rarely cries when he bumps his head.
• He has become quite an impressive sitter. And when he sits, he gets SO proud of himself! He waves his arms and smiles from ear to ear!
• His favorite toys include: his crinkly book, a noisy steering wheel that makes siren noises and honks, his baby einstein piano, and of course Toby his tiger!
• He currently has a little bit of a cold and suddenly is fighting us when we suck his boogers out of his nose. He used to smile and not care while we did it, and now he screams.
• He is still loving his solid foods, more than his bottle for sure. He gets bored and distracted while drinking from his bottle. But he has moved up to the #3 flow nipple in the Avent brand bottles, and the fast flow nipple in the Playtex brand bottles.
• Still loves bath time and could stay in there all night. We've officially retired the baby tub, and he is now a 'big kid' and lays in just the tub. He has started rolling over in the water, and learned the hard way not to lay down while on his belly, haha it was sad and funny to see his face after that. He also sneezed into the water while on his belly and he was amazed and the waves and bubbles he made in the water!
• He does not like to stay on his back while getting his diaper changed. He will stay flat while you take off the dirty one and wipe him down, but once he is clean, he flips right over and moons you!
• He loves to have conversations. When you mimic him, he gets excited and keeps making noises for you to copy. He is very happy when you talk his language with him.
• Every night while we eat dinner, he sits in his booster seat by us and slaps his tray. Ryan has started slapping the table at the same time he does, and Easton thinks it is the funnest game ever!
• He still sleeps 12 hours a night and waits patiently in his crib until we come to get him. He never ever ever cries when he wakes up, he just entertains himself quietly. Amazing.
• He loves to ride in the grocery cart, he looks around at everything with a big cheesy grin and hold onto my hands while I push it, it's adorable!
• His schedule is as follows:

7:30- wake up, 8 oz formula, then play

8:30- oatmeal and fruit, then play

9:30 or 10- nap time

12:30- wake up, 6 oz. formula, then play

1:30- mixed grain and fruit or veggies, then play

2:30 or 3:00- nap time

4:30 or 5:00- wake up, 4 oz. formula

5:30- rice and veggies, then play

7:00- bathtime and 8 oz. formula

7:30- bedtime

new years

so before January ends, I'd better talk about our fun night we had! Our friends Kevin and Lyndie came down after Christmas to spend a week with us and celebrate New Years together. We had so much fun with them. Lyndie and I went shopping lots and attempted to get pedicures, we caught up on baseball gossip and watched our shows together...I even turned her to the Kardashian side! (my goal in life is that everyone will love the K-Klan as much as I do!) And the boys spent a lot of time golfing and watching different games on. We even were able to experience their first time at Five Guys Burgers and Fries with them, and even though Kevin won't admit it, we're sure he likes it more that In and Out :)

New Years was a lot of fun, we had a bunch of treats and appetizers out and ate way too much. Of course we toasted our Martinelli's Sparkling Cider at midnight! We toasted to Kevin getting into a school here in Vegas and hoped they could buy one of the house right across the street! Wouldn't it be great? Also, we played Start the Party on the PS3, and had it was a hoot! We were laughing so hard together.

We've missed these guys so much and had so much fun while they were here. We want all of our friends to come down and spend time with us!!! (PS Alex and Danielle, I can't believe I never blogged about your trip here!!! I feel horrible!)