Christopher in his Superman PJs
Today was the first day of "school" for the boys. It is a Mother's Day Out(MDO) program at a church in our neighborhood and they go Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30-2. Christopher went this summer for the 6 weeks and enjoyed it, but cried just about everyday when I dropped him off. Cole is in the baby room and Christopher is in the oldest room since he missed the cut off for 3 yr old preschool. He was very excited this morning and said he wasn't going to cry because he didn't want to sit in the "sad" chair. Christopher went with me to bring Cole to his room and he started getting a little sad, but we then brought him to his room and he went right in and started playing with some trucks. I told him bye and he didn't even look up at me, so I think he will be just fine. I had all intentions of taking pictures of Cole at school, but left my camera at home. I will try and get some pics when I pick him up. As for me I am going to an adult only lunch today, I don't think I will know what to do with myself.
He finally caved in and let me take one
Last weekend even though Gustav was in the Gulf we headed down south for a weekend with Caroline. The weather was absolutely gorgeous that Saturday and we spent the afternoon on the lake. It was the kids first time on a boat and Christopher surprised me and loved it! Below are some of the pics from the day and as you can see me child who spent the majority of the summer afraid of the pool got in the lake.
The boys are napping and I finally had a moment where I could go through all the beach pictures and post some of my favorites. I uploaded a few more on our multiply site. http://mpeyton.multiply.com/photos/album/13/Orange_Beach
Cole getting splashed by the waves
Love him!!!
Cole's first sandy feet
We just got home from Cole's 6 month check up and he had to get 3 shots... poor baby!! He has gained a pound and grew 2 inches in the last 2 months. He currently weighs 17lb and 14 oz (down to the 50th percentile) and is 28 inches long(still between the 75-90th percentile). Christopher was over 20 lbs at 6 months, and come to think of it Cole doesn't even weigh as much as Christopher did at 4 months yet.
It's been a month since my last post but what a busy month it was!! My baby is half way to a year today, wow how time really does fly. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the past month of sweet baby Cole.
His first Cubs hat
One day this past week I brought Cole into the room to lay down with Christopher before naptime. Christopher actually told me that Cole could lay in his spot on the coveted Mickey pillow. I quickly grabbed the camera and took some pictures. I even caught Christopher holding his little brother's hand, he really does love him.
When the boys woke up from nap Christopher told me that Cole wanted to sit with him in the chair. He then told me to go get my camera and take a picture, how cute is that?
We go to the Dr. next week for his 6 month check up and will post his stats then. I also plan on going through the 100's of pictures I took while we were at the beach last week and get them posted as well.
Cole said forget about doing it the easy way first, stomach to back, and rolled over for the 1st time today. It looked like he was about to do it so I quickly grabbed my camera and was able to record the moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WeZguZn_Ec
Today my baby is 5 months old, before you know it I will be planning his 1st birthday party. Our new favorite hangout is our Bumbo seat and Jumperoo. Here are some of my favorite recent pictures, the first 2 from this morning playing with his feet and chewing on his new toy.
After bath time, I couldn't decide which one was my favorite so I posted all of them.
Our day started early with the Firecracker 5k. Once again due to my injury I was unable to participate, but Cole and I were waiting at the finish line for everyone. After the walk we went home and got ready to go to the pool. We hung out there for a few hours until it was time to head home for a much needed nap. Christopher wore himself out and slept for 3 hours!! Once he woke up we headed to Grammy and PawPaw's house for dinner and fireworks. Christopher is still a little skittish of the fireworks so we watched from the comfort of the indoors. You can see more pictures on multiply.com here is the link The 4th
Christopher and Marian after the walk
Snacks with Aunt Emy
Warning this will be a lengthy post with a lot of pictures.
Last weekend we went to New Orleans for Caroline's Dance Recital. She did a great job as expected. I was limited to pictures in the stands and wasn't able to record her dances due to my leg injury. The next day John and his Mom took Caroline and James on their first tubing trip near Baton Rouge. Once again because of my leg injury I had to stay behind, but we are already planning on going again Labor Day weekend.
We have been trying to get Christopher to spend the night at Grammy's. We realized that he hasn't spent the night away from us since last year when we went to my cousin Jared's wedding Memorial Day weekend. Wednesday night we went over to Grammy's house for dinner and Christopher said that he wanted to stay and spend the night with James. So we left him happily watching Mickey, but we were sure we were going to have to go back and pick him up. Well sure enough we weren't even home for 15 minutes and we got a call that Christopher wanted to stay at his house.
Cole is getting bigger every day. I'm expecting a tooth to pop through any day now. He is chewing on any and everything he can get his little hands on. He still hasn't rolled over yet and is getting pretty close to sitting up. One of the reasons he probably hasn't rolled yet is because he does not enjoy being on his stomach. Below is one of the rare times that he lasted on his belly and it was only for a few minutes. When he is on his back he can roll to his side but stops there.
For those who do not know I have been dealing with what we originally thought was a knee injury for the last 6 weeks. After waiting 4 weeks to get an MRI it was discovered that my knee was fine, but I had a pretty large stress fracture on my tibia right below my knee. My Dr. said he has never seen or heard of a fracture that high up on the bone. I was told no weight on the leg and I have to wear this very large and annoying brace on my leg. I went back to the Dr this week for a follow up and it is healing not getting worse!! I have to wear the brace for 4 more weeks, but no more crutches!!
