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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

my little football boys

Every year I like to have a little Halloween photoshoot. There is just something so cute about kids dressed up. For Pearson's first Halloween he was a little lion. Two years ago he was a little golfer. Last year he was a minion, but Pearson wouldn't cooperate for pictures and I was pregnant so I was tired and didn't feel like fighting him!! But this year we are back at it with the Halloween photoshoot.

I got some really great one of Pearson!! He was SO proud of his Baylor football uniform. He's not much of a costume kid, but because he loves watching football with Matt, he was all about this costume!!

When I first tried to take pictures of the boys together, I'm pretty sure Pearson was trying to hold Nash like he was an actual football. Thank goodness he weighs 22 lbs or else Pearson probably would have tried to throw him around like a football!!

Nash wasn't quite as cooperative as Pearson (which is surprising because he's usually Mr. Smiley). Nash was actually coming down with a little cold so he wasn't feeling all that great when I took these. I was still able to get a few cute ones.

But nothing tops this picture I took a few months ago when Nash still had his helmet!!

Happy Halloween from my little football and football player!!

Monday, November 10, 2014

paradin' and partyin'

Last week Pearson had a fun day at school full of Halloween fun.

It started with a Costume Parade of all the kiddos.

I loved seeing all of the other kids from his class and the rest of his school in their precious little costumes.

Pearson's sweet little class all in their costumes after trick or treating through the church offices.

During the day, his teachers told us that they went through a cave (a dark sanctuary) with flashlights looking for bats. Pearson couldn't quit talking about it. He thought it was so fun and now loves to play with our flashlights at home.

Preschool parties are all about the food. Juice boxes are a rarity at our house so he sucked it down before even touching any of his snacks!

(No black eyes……just leftover eye black)

Our craft was making these cute little foam pumpkin jack o lanterns.

We also dug for plastic spiders in shaving cream.

And then it turned into practicing writing our names!!

What a fun day parading around and partying with Pearson's class.

meal planning monday

Monday: Fajita Pizza

Tuesday: BLT's Chips & Fruit

Wednesday: Leftover Tortilla Soup

Thursday: Meteor Burger w/ Family

Friday: Matt: Men's Conference Me & Boys: Leftover Fajita Pizza

Saturday Breakfast: Chiloso $1.50 Breakfast Tacos

Saturday Lunch: Sandwiches

Saturday Dinner: Chicken Spaghetti, Caesar Salad, & French Bread

Sunday Lunch: Leftover Pizza

Sunday Dinner: Out w/ Family

Friday, November 07, 2014

nash {9 months}

Dear Sweet Nash-

You have officially been out of my tummy longer than you were in. It's so crazy how much faster these last 9 months went. I really do just want to stop time because you are at such a sweet age. You continue to be a super smiley happy boy. Everyone that is around you always comments on what a happy baby you are. I pray that you always have such a joyful demeanor. Your joy is truly contagious.

Sleeping:
FINALLY, we are sleeping again. We put you to bed around 7 or 7:30 and you fall asleep pretty quickly on your own with your sound machine and glow worm on. You sleep until 7ish. Sometimes a little earlier and sometimes a litter later. Most mornings you are up a little bit before Pearson which gives us a little time to nurse in bed before big bro is up for the day. Naps are also going much better. You are still inconsistent on when and how long you nap, but for the most part you nap from 1.5-2hrs. Some days I put you down around 9:30 and you nap til 11 then nurse. And some days I nurse you around 10:30 and then you nap until around noon. It just depends on the day and when we are home. Most days I nurse you around 2 or 3 and put you down for your afternoon nap around the same time I put Pearson down. I don't have to rock your or anything. You fall asleep pretty quickly if you are tired. We are all much happier now that you are well rested. Happy, well rested baby means a happy, well rested Mama!!

Eating:
I nurse you 4 times a day around 7am, 11am, 3pm and 7pm. You eat 3 meals a day around 8am, noon, and 5:30. We haven't introduced any table food yet, but I know you are ready because you are a pro at eating puffs. I did introduce greek yogurt this month. Not "big people" greek yogurt, but the kind mixed in the Plum Organics baby food pouches. I still have small supply of breastmilk in the freezer so when you do have to have a bottle you still get breastmilk. I rarely give you bottles, though. You will eventually drink the whole bottle it just takes you forever and you can't hold it yourself. I only give you a bottle if someone else is taking care of you. If I am with you, you nurse. I tried giving you a formula bottle once this month and you barely drank any. It smelled awful so I don't really blame you for not liking it.

New Tricks/Activities/Accomplishments:
You are rolling all over the place!! You aren't technically mobile because you aren't crawling, but you can definitely get around. If you see something you want, you figure out how to get there. It just takes you a while because you don't take the straight shot. You have to roll, twist, turn and scoot until you get there. You are babbling a lot. We mainly hear "buh-buh" but we also have heard a few more sounds. ( /d/, /g/, /m/) You love to try to repeat after us, especially if we make a growling sound.
You starting clapping this month and it is quite adorable. You are so proud of yourself when you do it. You also starting waving and saying "hi". You wave your arm and make a high pitched "ha" sound. You will mainly just do it to yourself in the mirror. Sometimes when we say it or a strangers says it you will do it back. You will not wave bye-bye though!

Likes:
Puffs, babyfood, your paci, your lovey, us rubbing your back while you fall asleep, the jumperoo, Pearson, being tickled, playing with musical toys, clapping, playing with the remotes, rolling around,
finding crumbs and tiny things you shouldn't have.

Dislikes:
Diaper changes, pulling clothes over your head, when brother pokes you too hard, hats, hoods or anything on your head, when you run out of puffs, when no one pays you any attention, when you are overly tired, getting your nose wiped.

Other Random Facts:

Your other bottom tooth came in. Your two bottom teeth are different heights. It's so cute!
At some point at the end of the month one of your top teeth came in. I didn't even know it.
I took you to the doctor because of lots of congestion and a little cough. You had fluid in your ear but not a true ear infection. They gave us an antibiotic though for all the sinus stuff.
You are such a trooper being drug around to all of Pearson's activities and running errands with me.
You love anything that doesn't look like a baby toy! Remotes, phones, my glasses, cords, paper, big boy books etc. Obviously, some of those things we don't actually let him play with, but he loves to go for them.
The nursery ladies always say how sweet you are. Sometimes I think you don't ever get held in the nursery because you are happy to just play on the floor. There are always screaming babies around you that need the teachers attention so you just get left on the floor!!
Every Sunday morning and Monday for MOPS, you take a nap (45ish minutes) in the pink swing in the nursery. You never liked the swing much at our house so we packed it up, but you love it at church.
You play well by yourself at home, but sometimes if you see me leave the room you get soooooooo sad.

Happy 9 months baby boy!!

Love-

Your Mommy

{9 month Stats}

Weight: 22 pounds 10 ounces

Length: 29 1/2 inches

Eating: nursing 4 times a day (around 7:00am, 11am, 3pm, & 7pm) along with 3 meals a day (around 8:00, noon, & 5:30)

Bedtime: around 7:30pm

Awake: around 7:00am

Naps: usually 2 1.5/2hr naps around 10am and 3pm

Diapers: size 4's

Clothes: 12-18 month, 18 months, and a few 18-24 month hand-me-downs

Teeth: (3, two bottom, 1 top)

Here is Pearson at 9 months and Nash at 9 months.

Look how you've changed.

Tuesday, November 04, 2014

i like cars with candy

Goodness, last week flew by.

We were so busy with Halloween festivities that I didn't get a single

blog post up and now I have lots of catching up to do!!

The week before Halloween we passed a church that was setting up for their own Fall Festival. Pearson immediately said, "Let's go there." We explained to him that our church was going to have a Fall Festival the next week. He began to ask questions about what exactly was a Fall Festival. We told him there would be a petting zoo, face painting, inflatables and cars with candy. He then said in the sweetest high pitched voice, "I like cars with candy!!"

Who wouldn't??

This was the first Fall Festival I feel like we really got to experience and we had a great time.

We enjoyed walking around as a family to all of the activities. Pearson had such a short attention span, he didn't last long at each activities. If the line was too long he wasn't interested.

After we finished walking around the Fall Festival, we hung out at our ABF's booth to work for a bit. Pearson enjoyed seeing a few of his friends and munching on some candy while we worked.

And as always, Nash didn't really get photographed during the evening, because he pretty much stayed in his stroller the whole time. He was absolutely perfect all night!!