8 months

our little linebacker is 8 months today! can't believe how fast time goes when you have a kid. here are a few highlights from the past month...

- he is still a crawling machine, a VERY fast crawling machine. and now he is pulling himself up on EVERYTHING; walls, furniture, toys, pant legs, you name it! i spend most of the day chasing after the beast and making sure he doesn't get into too much trouble. i can't imagine how exhausting he'll be once he starts walking and RUNNING. ugh. ;)

- and of course with the pulling himself up comes practicing his balance. he's balanced a few times by himself for short periods of time so it's only a matter of weeks probably till he can master that skill. 

- his new favorite toy is a dog collar with all the dog tags on it, especially when he sits and bangs it against the air vent. he also loves to speed crawl with it clenched in his fist, there is no letting that thing go... unless of course it's for the dog rope toy. {we have real kid toys for him i swear!}

- he's not too sure about finger food quite yet {no matter how hard i try, suggestions are welcomed!}, except for his Puffs... those he'll scarf down no problem. but veggies and fruits? no way.

- i dread having to change his diaper and get him dressed now. if i lay him down on his back it's like i'm poking him with needles... complete torture for him. so now i have to sit him on the floor, distract him with toys and chase after him trying to get his clothes on. he could be the spokes baby for Huggies 'Little Movers' no problem {that commercial is a summary of our life}

- he's very ticklish, especially his feet. and he has the best laugh when you get him going

- his second tooth came in about 2 weeks ago, which included a ton of drooling as usual

- he loves playing with other kids. we started doing a weekly story/music time at the library and now that its raining more i will start to take him to the indoor playground at Bellevue Square which he loves! he's defiantly mr. social and i love it!

- my favorite development this past month has been the start of him actually babbling {baba, dada, gaga, etc} while the yelling/singing he's been doing since day one has been "cute" i'm totally ready for a much more mellow "conversation" with him ;)

i can't wait to see what this next month with bring!

xoxo

such a mom post...

i've never been much of a baby book reader, i started to read one book about raising babies while i was pregnant with the Wild Man but overall it just made me paranoid of all the "what if's" and made me even more scared of having a little person's life in my hands. so far i've been a big believer in reading my own child's behavior than having a book tell me what to do/expect next. however, tonight i picked up one of the books my sister let me borrow; 'What to Expect the First Year'. i started to read the chapter about what to expect in the seventh month and came to realize that Hunter had already hit most of the milestones they mentioned plus more. first i felt pretty proud of my little man, but then the selfish part of me felt sad, that he's growing up too fast. even coming home from the gym tonight and looking at him asleep in his crib he looked bigger than what i remembered. it seems like only yesterday he was this little stationary baby that slept most of the day... now he's this big, on the move, never wanting to stop BOY. the next thing i know he'll be saying mama and running up to me for a big hug. then dating. then driving. then going to college... it's so surreal. i still can't get over it. i still can't believe i get to watch this little man grow up. 

i guess the whole point of this is post is to say that it is true what they say, they up grow up SO fast. it's only been seven months and i'm already saying it...

love you my little linebacker/beast/crazy man/daredevil... can't wait to see what you discover next!

xoxo

our little family

Happy six months my wild man!

xoxo

5 months

our wild man is 5 months today! here's a little recap from the past month...

- he has discovered his feet, which I think is the cutest thing when he plays with them

- he is very determined to crawl... ever since he figured out how to get into the position its all about rocking front to back. sometimes he can hurl himself forward but most the time he scoots backwards. goodbye stationary play time, hello baby proofing.

- watch your face when you hold him... he death grips your face and will study it intensely

- we started solids at 4.5 months. He does not like the rice or oatmeal cereals, he likes sweet potatoes, and is unsure about green beans {I would be too since they are a nice puke green color, yum} 

- will put anything within reach into his mouth, and when he's through it will COVERED in drool

- we are currently working on sitting. he can gorilla sit for a little bit by himself {supported by his hands} and when I hold him in the sitting position he barely needs my help.

- he LOVES his stationary entertainer. he's constantly jumping and banging his toys around. this is why I call him 'wild man'. he's going to be trouble when he's mobile. 
- he is losing all his dark hair and the hair that is growing back keeps getting lighter and lighter.

- he is still very talkative, and now he's even louder. I guess he is finding his Jelovich voice ;) 

things to come...

- Thursday we start our drive cross country back to Washington. he hates his car seat so it should be an interesting adventure. wish us luck. 

xoxo

uh oh...

this week has been all about planks and pushups... and today he figured out how to get into the crawling position and rock back and forth... {he's done it more than a few times so I'm not just being a crazy mom, or maybe I am... either way ;)}. no joke, this kid is going to be a beast... 

xoxo

first attempt

we did it. we attempted "solids". on Monday we got the go ahead from our doctor to start trying out foods with Hunter, so that night we went for it. the exotic meal of choice? oatmeal. he had no trouble taking the spoon since i had been letting him scope it out a week or so before, but the initial shock of a new texture and taste confused him a bit i think. he took a few little spoonfuls but then started to get a little frustrated so we called it good. he ended up being more interested in putting his hands in the oatmeal and trying to eat the bowl. 

I can't believe it's that time to start trying food, time really does go by fast having a kid. we love watching him grow and learn, so excited to see what he does next!

xoxo 

kid, you'll move mountains

caught Zach doing a little story time with the Babe, love these little moments, and love this book. 

then of course we did a little family mirror time photo shoot... Hunter's favorite :)

xoxo

bathtime bonding

 i love my boys

xoxo

cameron james

thank you alanna and dennis for letting me practice some newborn photography on sweet Cam! Congrats on your new addition, he's so sweet! 

{and get ready to hear "look at all that hair!" all. the. time}

four months

It's no joke when they say kids grow up too fast, my little man is FOUR MONTHS already! Time to start planning his first birthday party! {I still can't believe I have a kid}.

a few highlights from the month:

- after countless attempts he finally rolled from his back to his tummy {while we were in Seattle at my parents :)}... and now it's none. stop. rolling. 

- he likes to be thrown in the air, which turns out to be an arm workout for me. win win. 

- Lola is pretty hilarious, whenever he sees her its huge grins and  laughs. I'm being replaced as the funniest thing to him by a dog. womp womp. 

- The drooling NEVER ends. I'm afraid it could be early teething?? eek.

- I love watching him look at toys and then reach for them. his hand, eye, mouth coordination is getting pretty impressive :)

- He would rather "stand" than be in any other position. those thigh rolls are all muscle apparently.

- I've got him in a nice nighttime routine, and pretty easily I might add. Which is why I'm back to blogging, more free time for mama!

a few things to come in the next month:

- rice cereal. please no judgement. we think he's ready for it. to each his own ;) {and of course I'll run it past our doctor} {we also co-sleep, and he sleeps on his stomach all the time... we're baby "rule" breakers in this house ;)}

- moving his crib into our bedroom. since our master is on the bottom floor and we hardly use the upstairs it just makes sense. if he was older it wouldn't be such a problem, but it just seems so far away if he's up there by himself. So much for putting all that work into his cute nursery.   

- hopefully his first camping trip?! 

xoxo