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September 5, 2013

Happy Birthday to Our Big Boy!!

 My sweet boy is ONE... this is the last month for sticker pictures...that's a little sad:( But honestly, I was not the basket case on his first birthday. I kept waiting for it to hit me, my sister assured me I'm just not that type...haha
I am just so proud of my little boy. Sometimes I just look at him and can't believe he's mine.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY SWEET BOY! 
MOMMY & DADDY LOVE YOU TO THE MOON & BACK...

(Y'all, these pictures are THE BEST I could get. He was WIDE OPEN on this day and NOT in the mood for pictures. I was getting frustrated, he was getting frustrated, so IT IS WHAT IT IS!;)







Stats:
Gage was 22 pounds last month, I weighed him last night and he was 27.3 pounds! He has gained 5 pounds!! Little piggy...

Milestones:
-Words he can say: byebye has turned into the sweetest, simple, one-worded "bye". He says it in the softest, little voice. I'm predicting he is going to be soft spoken like his daddy.
ball, bite, kitty, momma, dada, hey, chicken (I promise he said it, haha)

-He can stand for minutes at a time and has attempted to some steps but most of the time he goes straight to his knees. Yesterday (9/4/13), he took 4 steps toward the toilet, of ALL things!

- He practically runs behind all of his walking toys. 

-He will walk holding one hand. 

Firsts:

-We celebrated his first birthday! Post on that coming soon!



-First haircut! He was such a big boy... I was so proud of him. He got it about a week before his first birthday. Daddy could not stand it anymore. He likes his boy's hair "high & tight" (I think that's what he says;)
(Haircut post coming soon)

- Went to the zoo for the first time as a family! 


- He made his first visit to mommy's classroom and crawled around everywhere and destroyed whatever he could get his hands on! 

-Made a trip to help daddy at work! 

Loves:

Gage is such a happy baby. He loves everything! But I want to highlight some of our little man's cuteness!!

- He loves to stick his foot in your face and for you to smell it and say "shew-wee!"  He also likes you to pretend like he kicks you in the head. He just dies out laughing. 


-He loves to play hide-n-seek with daddy. This is a nightly event. Lee hides and jumps out and scares him to death!

- When we go upstairs for bath time we stand looking over the catwalk and daddy jumps and acts like he's going to get us.  (We do anything and everything to hear that sweet cackle). 

-He has all the bath toys you can have, but he loves to stand up in the bathtub and play with the faucet. He has also started swinging that chunky leg over the side of the tub. He will often get up on his knees and wrap his arms around my neck and give me some wet love! I'll take it:) 

- He loves watching TV. Anything on Disney! Octonauts, Jake & the Never Land Pirates, the little monster show, of course, Mickey Mouse, are a few of his favorites! He will crane his neck if he hears cartoons to see the TV. 

- He still loves riding the mule. He and daddy do that every evening while mommy gets a bath and relaxes! He loves anything with wheels and a steering wheel. 

- He still loves balls. He pushes them around the house and crawls as fast as he can to get them! He also likes to play catch by rolling the ball back and forth. 

Other Updates:
He still only has two bottom teeth. I feel like the top are trying to come in,but haven't broke through yet. He is taking three 6 ounce bottles a day. Morning, afternoon, and a big 9 ounce bottle before bed. We had totally transitioned to whole milk but he developed a rash around his eyes. We do not think that is the cause but I took EVERY new food I've introduced away to see if the rash would go away. It hasn't, I'm thinking he has his mommy's skin and has eczema. We are going to the dermatologist soon. He still gets all of his fruits and veggies through baby food and fresh or canned fruit. He loves a grilled cheese! He was loving pb&j sandwiches before I had to take them away! He still loves his cheese curl puffs and yogurt puffs. He also enjoys apple cinnamon oatmeal bars and other fruity oatmeal bars; and all flavors of yogurt! He is still sleeping in his packnplay and waking up once a night. The past couple of nights he has slept through the night until 6:00, lets hope that continues! He is taking mostly 2 naps a day lasting about an hour and sometimes he sneaks in a 30 minute nap. When I started back to work, the third nap was added because he is up earlier than this summer with mommy! He is wearing 12 and 18 month clothes and still in a size 3 diaper. 

That baby boy is my whole heart. We love him more than he will ever know. He has made the past year the best year of our lives. He is a blessing to so many people and he doesn't even know it! That gummy grin will light up a room! 

August 9, 2013

Happy 11 Months, Wild Man!

Finally getting to his 11 month post... I took the pictures on time, just slacking on the details!
Crazy to think we have one more "sticker picture". 
My baby boy is going to be ONE in 2 short weeks.

Rocking chair pictures have turned into this...

I spy two little toofies... FINALLY!

He climbed out of the bumbo and had to investigate it...

And then we have to destroy ALL of mommy's hard work of freshly, folded clothes.





Stats:
22 pounds


Milestones:
  • Words we have mastered: 
-byebye has turned into the softest, sweetest bye. He sounds like such a big boy when he says it!
-hey
-dada, mama
-bite
-ball
(bite, ball, and bye all sound alike but he refers to them correctly;)

  • He will stand for a few seconds but we have a cautious little guy on our hands!
  • We FINALLY got our first tooth! Bottom left broke through first and the second was about 2 weeks later. Honestly, he has been a pretty good teether...SO FAR!

  • He is a pro at climbing our stairs, still practicing coming down but that a favorite thing to do!


Firsts:
  • He went on his first beach vacation with my family (my parents, brother, sister, and us). It was a blast, as always.
This is monkey in his master suite at the beach... MiMi and Poppy hooked us up!:)

He built his first sand castle with daddy...

He went to Shuckums for the first time and we had to hang him up a dollar!

On the way home, we always stop by Peach Park for apple pies and ice cream. Little Man got to make his first appearance this year!

He also met his Aunt Leech for the first time... he LOVED her!


Loves:

He loves sharing daddy's cheerios at night! The picture below is when daddy ran out. He was so upset!

He also loves to lick the salt off of daddy's cashews at night. It is their nightly routine!

He still loves riding the mule... when he wants to ride he makes motor noises with his mouth. :)

He loves anything with wheels and makes loud noises. Every time he sees a car, truck, golf cart, he makes motor noises.

He loves when we are going up stairs for daddy to chase us and pretend he's going to get him. He dies out laughing! 

He loves cheese curl puffs, he can never get enough!

And of course, he loves his baby brother/sister:)

We cannot forget that he made a HUGE announcement this month too!


Other updates:
He has such a sweet personality and well-behaved MOST of the time;). Of course, we think he is so smart! He is still sleeping in his pack n' play until about 3:00, then he gets in bed with us. He is eating 3 to 4 bottles a day, starting to cut back and transition to whole milk. We have started giving him table food when we have something his little gums can chew. He still gets his fruits and veggies. He loves cheese curl puffs, that is usually dessert for him...he would eat an entire container if I'd let him. He drinks water with all of his meals. He prefers just water, which I'm thankful for. He is in 12 month clothes, size 3 shoes (some 4), and size 3 diapers. 
He is such a blessing and I cannot thank God enough for choosing us to be his parents.

 natalie

July 24, 2013

Gage Has Some News!

 No, you are not seeing things...we will welcome our second little miracle around March 9th, 2014!







We went to the doctor Monday and we were measuring 7 weeks and 1 day...very early, so prayers are greatly appreciated! Baby looked perfect with a heartbeat of 142! We are beyond blessed, so thankful, and very excited!
natalie

July 7, 2013

Weekend Highlights... 4th of July!






We had a rainy 4th of July weekend at the lake. It was still wonderful to relax and enjoy family time with both my family and Lee's family. 

This was Gage's first trip to Lake Martin, first trip to Wind Creek, first stay in a cabin, and first Fourth of July!

This is the best red, white, and blue we could find... When you're this darn cute, it doesn't matter!:)

We had a lot of cute visitors including these sweet girls. They kept him busy and entertained!
A visitor full of visitors...
AND more visitors full of feather!

It stopped raining long enough for us to enjoy a boat ride. Of course, monkey fell asleep within minutes.


 One morning I woke up to someone standing up, peeking out the window... little stinker!

 We tried to have a little campfire but IT STARTED RAINING.... imagine that! I did get one s'more out of it though!

 Even in the rain, we had an amazing weekend full of memories, laughs, and exciting news. We are hoping to make this a Fourth of July tradition.

We came home a day early, due to RAIN!  Saturday night my parents came over to test out our BIG GREEN EGG! We had streaks and baked potatoes. My husband is on his way to being a grill master!

We enjoyed church this morning, had lunch a Baumhower's (it will always be Wings in my book;), ran some errands, drove through our favorite neighborhood, and we are grilling bacon wrapped chicken for round TWO on our green egg tonight!

Hope you had a BLESSED weekend!
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