6 Months

Someone is already 6 months old - half a year?!?!?!?!   When did that happen??  We are having so much fun now with Cannon - he has completely turned a corner and is such a laid back baby and loves to play and spend time with us hanging out.  It is so wonderful to finally be at this point - the first 4 months of a colicky baby were HARD work and very demanding but its so worth it now to be past it and enjoying him so much.  He is just so happy now - he smiles at everyone and everything...love it!  Here are the latest things going on with Cannon.  We don't go for his 6 month appt for another 2 weeks so we'll have the official numbers then.

•Weighs 17.4 lbs acccording to our bathroom scale

•Wears size 3 diapers

•Wearing 6 months and 6-9 month size clothing

•Drinks 7 ozs in each bottle

•Attempts to hold his own bottle but more often then not, gets more frustrated then anything trying to keep it balanced.

•Eating baby food - so far he has had sweet potatoes, squash, peas, green beans, applesauce, pears, bananas, peaches. We usually give him a fruit in the morning for a late breakfast and then a veggie in the evening for dinner.  He's not really a big fan of eating - definitely not like his sister who wouldn't leave a drop behind..hahaha.  But he's definitely not lacking for anything judging by his weight..lol!

•Still working on sitting up - he's getting close - he can do it longer now and he has the idea down - will probably happen any day where he can do it completely on his own.

•Loves to stand up and jump on your lap while holding him - he is so strong!

•Still waiting on his first tooth - but he is always putting everything into his mouth and suck on his hands and fingers. He also still loves to pull up his shirt/onesie and suck on that too - he is usually drenched within minutes of getting dressed...lol.

•Still a GREAT sleeper - has his last bottle around 8:30pm and will sleep on average for 11-12 straight hours.  One day last week he had a rough night where he was up crying until close to midnight....makes us realize how lucky we are that he is such a great sleeper.  Luckily it was a one night thing - whew!

•Finally moved him to his crib for naps..the first few days were a little rough, but he finally got it and now takes 2 decent naps a day in there - yay!

•Loves to hold onto his little blankie...just like his big sister

•Loves his jumperoo

•Rolls both ways now when on the floor - although from back to tummy is a lot easier for him to do now - he pretty much instantly does it when you lay him on the floor...then of course he gets ticked off b/c he's on his tummy....he will then usually remember that he does know how to flip back over again and its all ok

•Loves being in any kind of water - pools, bath etc. He splashes so much now in his bathtub at night - I am usually soaking wet by the time we are done.

•Smiling & happy baby - 90% of the time - only fussy when hungry, dirty or tired

•Babbling more and more - love it!! - He also loves to squeal and make all sorts of sounds - becoming very vocal (in a good way)

•Loves getting kisses and being tickled - will make him squeal and giggle. We haven't had a full out belly laugh yet, but the giggles make us just smile so much.

Previously Enjoyed

Having 2 kids so close together, its inevitable that a lot of the toys and baby gear is getting used again.  Luckily, everything we used for Brookie is still in excellent condition for Cannon to use.  When we found out that we were pregnant with baby #2, I was so thankful that we had kept everything from Brookie a couple years earlier.  Its so fun to see Cannon getting to enjoy the toys and misc. other things that his big sister did before him. 

Another thing that I have found myself doing is comparing pics of Cannon to pics of Brookie with the same things - its so neat to see my 2 babies at the same stage of life at different times.  In so many ways, it just seems like yesterday we were doing all these things with Brooklynn...now here we are with another one - time really does fly by way too fast!  I had so much fun going through old pics of Brookie and seeing her as a baby again and seeing how much Cannon does look like her in certain pics - so neat!  Thought I would share a couple pics with you too :)  Enjoy!!!

The Highchair:

New Eating Arrangements (Top: Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

Sweet Potato Faces (Top:Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

Self Feeders (Top:Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

The Bumbo Seat:

Hanging out in the Purple Bumbo seat (Top: Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

The Jumperoo:

Jumping around and being silly (Top: Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

The Carseat:

Car rides always make them sleepy (Top: Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

Bouncy Chair:

Favorite Place to relax - even when they hang off the ends (Top: Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

So happy hanging out (Top: Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

Floor Tummy Time:

Rolling around on the floor - definitely more enjoyed by Brookie vs. Cannon (Top: Brooklynn, Bottom: Cannon)

Playtime with Daddy:

Love playing with their Daddy (Top: Brooklynn, Bottom: Cannon)

Boppy Pillow Fun:

Swing Time:

Naptime bliss in the swing (Top: Brookie, Bottom: Cannon)

The Last 7 Days....

These last 7 days have been hectic to put it mildly...we have had so much going on between school starting, sick animals, dr's visits, etc....our heads have been spinning..hahahaha!  I feel like we have just been going non-stop.  Don't remember how I used to work too during all this.  And here I was thinking with me not working that I'd have tons more time to get it all done - ha!  How misled I was.....  :)

Last Thursday:
Dealing with this -

A sick dog with a severe allergic reaction to what we think was a wasp sting - swelling and huge welts all over his body.

Last Friday:
Visit #1 to the vet due to reason above not improving.  Got several prescriptions to help with the swelling and hives.

Saturday:

Swelling still continues but now add diahrrea & blood to the list of symptoms.  Also went to bday party and came home to mess #1 of many more.  He just laid around all day looking pretty pathetic.

Sunday:

Open house at Brookie's school - met her new teachers

Still dealing with sick dog and mess after mess - pretty much could find him like this all day

Monday:

Andrew's 1st day of school
Visit #2 to the vet to determine cause for his other issue.  Got more meds (finally seemed to do the trick)

Tuesday:

Visit to the specialist for Cannon's head - Dr confirmed that it is only a cosmetic issue and nothing medically wrong (very relieved).  He said it won't get any worse since he is now more active and doing more than just lying down.  We recently borrowed this walker from my friend Natalie for Cannon to use - he LOVES it - he plays in in while we are outside and just squeals and smiles non-stop - he is so proud of himself.

Wednesday:

Brookie's 1st day of school

Thursday:
Andrew's birthday - little celebration at home with us & Grandma.  (Party will be on Sunday afternoon - just hoping the weather cooperates!)

The yummiest chocolate cake

blowing out his bday candles

Getting ready to send some bday balloons up

Up up & away

Just had to add this pic - she just looks like such a big girl to me in this pic.  And yes...mother of the year award - I didn't even realize she was out without her shorts until we were done - such a proud mommy moment - oops!

Friday:
Andy got in our car to take Andrew somewhere earlier tonight and 'new' car was completely dead on the driveway.  Lovely end to an already crazy week.  When he told me about the car...all I could do was laugh and make a comment "well that just sucks."  I didn't even freak out - it honestly has just been that sort of week (and definitely been that kind of year financially) so I just figured... lets add some car problems on top right..sure why not?? lol...Luckily it appears to just be the battery...so thankful that is all it is.  So tomorrow we will add that to our list to do - get new battery :)

Here's hoping to a much less eventful week next week ;)

Brooklynn's 1st Day of School

Well we finally made it - school has officially started for BOTH kids...yay!!!!  Brookie's first day of school was today and it went well - no tears (from either of us..lol).  I really couldn't tell which one of us was more excited about today.  From the minute she woke up, she was talking non-stop about going to her new school (what she really meant was her new classroom...hahaha).  We got there on time (wishing I could say that everytime, but come on....I know realistically thats probably not going to happen) and made our way to her new classroom.  We are really lucky b/c there are a bunch of kids from her class last year in the same class again - from what I saw there were 7 of them together again...including her 2 BFF's, Lauren & Dalton (a.k.a. her boyfriend..hehehe).  Those 3 are inseperable and so cute together.  On Sunday afternoon when we went to the Open House to Meet the Teacher, Dalton & Brooklynn ran over and hugged when they saw each other - soooo sweet!  Brooklynn and Lauren got to play last week when they came over to our house so they had seen each other more recently.  When we walked from Chapel to the classroom, the 3 of them insisted on holding hands and walking down the hall all together - ha!

Anyway...today went well at school - Brooklynn said she had lots of fun and liked her new teachers and was so happy about seeing all her old friends again.

Here are some pics I took of Brookie this morning before we left - she was so excited about taking her 1st Day of School pics too - just like Andrew had done 2 days earlier.  She was so proud :)