Half a Year

Half a year had flown by since our little bundle of joy joined our family. He isn't such a little guy anymore and my days continue to get more interesting daily. Andrew had his 6 month appointment on Monday. Here are his stats:

Weight: 16 lbs 13 ounces

Height: 27.5 inches

He loves his toes!

He's one growing boy. On November 18th, he figured out how to crawl. He's been doing an army crawl/ seal flop thing for a while. It's a full out crawl now. He's into everything and he's everywhere faster than ever. I can't look away for a second or he's into something else.

Crawled into the bottom of his stroller.

The very next day he was pulling himself up on the couch and anything else he can use to hoist himself to standing. This has led to him falling over and bonking his noggin. After a quick cry he's right back at it. It doesn't even phase him. Maybe it's a boy thing.

At his doctors appointment we got the "ok" to start him on second stage foods. He devours the food that he eats now. He loves his oatmeal cereal and all the fruits and veggies he's had so far.

Southern Utah

We had an awesome Thanksgiving in southern Utah with family. We combined Thanksgiving with the Merritt family reunion. It was the first time that most of them had met both Daniel and Andrew. What a blast! We drove down and did most of our traveling during the time Andrew sleeps. We did the same on the way home. He really travels well. That is an 11 hour trip. We had a wonderful dinner and good time visiting and catching up. Everyone wanted to hug and cuddle Andrew but he had other plans in mind with his new crawling skills. He wanted to be on the go at all times. Saturday before we headed home we did some hiking around in the beautiful red desert.

Andrew managed to get his first cold while we were with the family but for the most part was still his happy little self. It definitely threw off his sleeping schedule though. That made for one tired mama.

Besides that we haven't been up to a whole lot. We helped out with the stake clothing drive. It was amazing to see how much clothing was brought together for the benefit of others.

About a thousand foot drop off over that ledge, but it was oh so beautiful!

Well.....until next time....

October

Woohoo! Another month has flown by! Mr. Andrew is now 5 months old. Once again he is on the move and ready for bigger and better things. He does an army crawl type of movement and hasn't quite figured out to get his hands and legs moving at the same time. He loves walking around the house holding onto our fingers. He gets excited and starts jumping. We can't seem to keep him still; even when he's falling asleep he's one big ball of wiggles. He sits really well on his own now, and is starting to figure how to go from sitting to crawling and vice versa. He's eating solids twice a day, and is still breastfed of course. He's a fan of  his oatmeal and veggies. Well...most of them. Green Beans weren't a hit. We've started on fruits and so far he's had pears. I can't decide if he doesn't like the taste or texture. He's growing growing! Bath time and jumping in the johnny jump up are still his favorite pastimes.

We got our first big snow storms a couple weeks ago, or maybe it was last week. Either way it was great while it lasted, but now it has all melted away and warmed back up. I'm not sure if in a previous post I had mentioned that I am working in the office at the apartments we live in. If not, I am. It gives Andrew and I a reason to get out of the house and keeps my mind working. It also gives us a little extra income.

I have found another pastime that I thoroughly enjoy. One word. Shutterfly! It's amazing. I've had all these photos sitting on SD cards, CD's, or just on the computer. Now I have something to do with them all. I've made two photo books already. The third one is on it's way. I compiled a book of Andrew's newborn photos, my maternity photos, and finally (after almost 3 years) got our wedding photos put together. I can't wait to see it! I had never heard of shutterfly until I got pregnant and went to buy clothes at Motherhood Maternity. They gave me a whole packet of coupons, brochures, and samples. Shutterfly had a $20 off gift card, so I figured why not. It's easier than scrap-booking and I can still document all the wonderful memories that have been made over the years.

Andrew and I dropped by the public library the other day and got a library card in hopes of another reason to get out and do something once it gets colder. The library is actually bigger than it looks from the outside. I was impressed. The selection of children books is amazing. We enjoyed a little reading time last week and will certainly be going back soon. We went to Cabelas in Sidney, NE last weekend.

Halloween was great this year with a little one. We had a small Winnie the Pooh to show off. Daniels company had a trick or treating party the last hour of work. We took baby boy around showing him off and watching his intrigue as he ogled all the other costumed children wander around. After that we headed to the stake center for trunk-or-treat. We ran out of candy to hand out shortly after it began, but that seemed to be the case with most people. This is Daniel's Pumpkin....I haven't carved mine yet...oops! It turned out really good.

Daniel's work is going to be sending him to Kentucky for a few days and we might get to go! Hooray! It would be a blast if we could. November is looking to be a pretty packed month. Hopefully we can keep up :)


Until next time....