7 Months

Tomorrow my little man turns 7 months old already!!!

We are over the moon in love with our baby of the family. He is a mover and shaker. He began crawling a few days after his 6 month birthday. A few days later I found him standing in his crib. He pulls himself up on almost anything he finds. He is always on the go.

His personality is full of animation. He loves to use his eye brows to communicate. It is the funniest thing. He loves to eat. He literally screams at me if I feed him too slow. He eats stage 2 baby food 3 times a day. He has not turned down anything yet. He continues to nurse great and we will continue till at least age 1 if he goes that far. He is nothing short of demanding. He makes up for his demands with all his affection and cuteness.

He has made some progress in the sleep area over the past month. We were down to 1 nightly wake-up. This I can live with after months of not sleeping much. Over the past week we have reverted back to multiple wake-ups. I believe we are teething. He has yet to get a toother. Ryder had atleast 2 by this time.

We are very grateful to have 2 happy and healthy boys.

Where does the time go??

SO where does all the time go...?? Is it really all Wyatt taking my extra time. No, but really it seems like I hardly have time for myself or to blog anymore for multiple reasons.

I plan to take more time to take pics and blog as the weather warms up. We will see.

I have been enjoying my time with my 2 boys. It seems like Wyatt is getting so old. These pics were taken almost a month ago already.

Wyatt loves his big brother. It is getting to be so much fun as Wyatt interacts with Ryder. Nothing could be cuter.

A year ago today we lost Kevin's stepmother Sandy. Sandy fought a long and couragous fight with cancer. It does not seem like a year has passed. It is sad to think we won't be seeing her anytime soon. I do believe we will meet again. Just not soon enough.

We miss you Sandy!!!

A brothers love

I took a bunch of pics on Valentines this year. The relationship between the boys keeps getting closer each day. It is fun to watch their bond develop. At this point Wyatt watches everything Ryder does and smiles at him. He will try to touch him and his hair. It is the cutest.

Ryder has been taking more interest in talking to Wyatt and teaching him how to crawl. He calls him "Baby Wyatt." This past week he has begun driving him around in his motorized McQueen car.

2/14/2011

My babies

My clown

Love

5 Months....what?

This sweet little Cherub turns 5 months old this week.

We went to his 4 month check-up last week.

He weighed in at 15 pounds (35%), 26.5 inches tall (85%).

We have another long lean one. Ryder's stats were pretty much the same at 4 months.

This little guy has learned a lot of new tricks lately. He has the biggest smile. His entire body twitches with excitement when he smiles.

He rolls all over the place to get to where he wants.

He is already trying to place his knees under his belly.

He loves his big brother.

He grabs at toys and slobbers on them.

Oh and his talking is non-stop. He is very verbal and full of noises.

He loves his baths. He kicks his arms and legs so much I have to keep a hand on him so he does not fall over. It is the cutest!

He loves his toes and knees.

He likes to eat.

He continues to melt our hearts. We fall more in love with the little guy each day.

His sleep still has some room for improvement. No bragging there. He takes at least 2 good naps a day. The nighttime is another story...he goes to bed between 7-8pm, but is up every 3-4 hours on a GOOD night. Sigh. WE have some work to do here.

We are at the point he can cry it out per doctor. According to some of the info. provided from the doc he may be a "trained night feeder." Who trained him? hmmm. I sure didn't. I guess it is time to untrain him. SO we have little goals to get him to more sleep at night.

We also were given a medication for reflux called Zantac. We are giving that to him 2 times a day.

All in all we couldn't be more happy or blessed with our baby boy.

Some oldies that make me smile

Me and a few friends went to Botanic Gardens in the fall. It was a gorgeous day. I have a few of their pics. I forgot the camera that day. Ryder loves my friends. He hams it up everytime.

Ryder & Tara

A LONG January

We finished up our holiday family time with a visit from Kevins dad. He drove up from Atlanta, GA for a week. WE ate a lot of great food. Then the boys and I packed up the first weekend in January to visit family down in Central IL. WE were very busy in Jan., but I have not photographed much of it. I really need to start taking more pics of the boys and video taping Wyatt. He is turning into quite a clown.

The tots playing

Logan and Ryder with Aunt Erin before bed.

Our 2nd Thurston Christmas

The boys with Uncle Brian

Ryder and Grandpa T.

Wyatt with Grandpa T.

4 Thurston Men and 3 generations. Ryder was not up for the pics.

Its back to the grind in January. I feel like it has been go go go. Hoping for a calmer February and EARLY SRPING.