Crew at 6 Months

Crew Baby Bear:

My little lovie, I can't believe you have been here for 1/2 a year! Our family wouldn't know what life was like without you, that is for sure. I fall more in love every day with the way your brother takes care of you and how much you love him and laugh at him! Biggest news of this month: you are outgrowing your carseat faster than I can deal with the situation! Your feet almost hang over the edge, and I swear the carrier weighs 50 lbs. I can barely lift it, yet we go run all over town every day. I don't know how I am going to handle the two of you when I can't set one of you down and know you'll still be there when I turn around! I guess our outings will be a lot more orchestrated from now on!

We had professional pics taken for your 6 months, so I will post those separately.

Stats: 

Weight: 18lbs 6oz (69%)

Height: 28" (95%)

Head: 17 3/4" (93%)

At 6 Months, you:

- wear size 3 diapers
- wear 12 month jammies, and 9 month onesies
- we still dont wear shoes much, but i would say you are a 2-3
- sleep 8 -7 every night, and roll and flip all over your bed
- sleep with a lovie and your binky
- laugh so hard when you are tickled
- are still a little startled at loud noises, but getting much better
- still take 3 naps a day (9am, 1pm, and 4:30pm)
- eat 4 5-oz bottles a day, plus cereal, a veggie, then a veggie and fruit for the day
- have tried some puffs, but can't pick them up on your own
- are sitting up for about a minute at a time before you fall again! You would rather just stand!
- are my chunky boy that I love so much!

Love you munchkin! Until next time...

What has Gavin been up to?

I dont post monthly about Gavin's progress anymore, but I still want to remember all of his wonderful stages of his life! He is at such a fun age right now! We have conversations all day long, he learns probably 10 new words a day, and is constantly surprising me with what he picks up from Eric and I's conversations, or ways we say things! It's hilarious! So let me ramble for just a minute on my precious Gavvy Bear!

Stats:
Weight = 30 lbs
Height = so Tall!
Diapers = size 5
Shoes = Size 8
Clothes - 3t and some 4t. 3 years in Baby Gap shorts and pants and 4 years in shirts. 4t in Carters
Teeth = 4 top teeth and 4 bottom teeth plus his top 1 year molars (this kid needs more teeth!)
Sleep = Goes to bed at 9 every night and wakes up between 7-8 am.
Naps = One nap a day around 1 pm for 2-3 hours
Food = loves chicken, yogurt, applesauce, cheese, bread, bananas, and some steak, ground turkey. He still has to eat those squeezy pouch veggies bc he hates vegetables any other way.

Words: EVERYTHING! There's nothing he CAN'T say. But I love the ways he says certain things like:

"MoreGain" = More Again which means he wants to watch or do it again
"Si-King" = Lion King
"Wuvee Bye-Bye" = Love you, Bye-Bye which he says every time you say 'I love you'
"Pay fo-Dat" = Pay for that, which is what all credit cards are! Haha! He says this because I always tell him, "We have to pay for that!"
"No-Noke" = Yogurt
"Sup-Bup" = Ketchup which he is obsessed with
"Beat Box" = Juice box

He LOVES playing with trains, Thomas and Chuggington, and loves puzzles. He has become a champ at working puzzles! We love to color and play with play-doh, and he would stay outside all day long. In the evenings, all he wants to do is wrestle with his Daddy, or Mow with him. He has mastered the iPad, which he uses to watch YouTube videos of his favorite movies and shows. And somehow he finds these hilarious kid videos that crack Eric and I up!

He's asked to use the potty several times and has gone a few times too! Im hoping this is a sign of an easy potty training quest in a few months. Probably December.

We pray each night before bed, and he blesses all his cousins, aunts, grandparents, friends, and pets. At the end, he throws his hand in the air and says "Amen" which is hilarious! He has to sleep with his blanky still, and all his "guys" which are the Lion King guys!

Here's a video of his "pay for that"

Love you my Gavvy! You make my day, each and every day!

Only One More Week of Summer

I don't know whether to put a :) or a :( at the end of the statement above. I have honestly had so much fun with my boys this summer, and the fact that for over a month now, Gavin hasn't been in Mothers Day Out, means weve had ALOT of together time. But Im also a creature of habit and love schedules and planning out our days and getting everything done. But with 2 babies, no plan and no breaks, it means that there is absolutely no schedule except eating and sleeping, and it has been challenging getting any of my errands done with the two of them. Grocery shopping is a joke unless someone goes with me, because I have to put Gavin in the seat, and Crew's carrier in the cart. So where does the food go????

But we deal with the small stuff, and the rest of the time we pour ourselves into PLAYING! Here is a small recap of our "Mommy and the Boys Summer Fun!"

We played at all our friends' houses

Kyler pushing Crew around her living room

We visited the Disney Store

Attended birthday parties (Nash Jordan's)

Looked adorable for Mothers Day Out

Swam at Kyler's Gaga's house

Had lots of breakfasts with Grandpa and the girls

Caught up on our correspondence

Played on the iPad with Grandma

Crew and Tripp playdate with Gabby

Crew Bear playing in his gym

More time with Ky and Gav

Surprised Nana and Papa with donuts!

Spent countless afternoons with the girls!

Went to the zoo with Liz and Liam

Converted to 2 high chairs! 

Watched the Lion King (shocker)

Played with Suz and Baby Emma

Got a Boo Boo and had to put ice on it

Went on walks with Kyler

When Hailey started school, we had lunch with just Rea Rea and Gav

Played at the outlet mall

Went to the park with the Howertons

I know that days like this we will never get back. I know that our LONG summer will one day seem like it flew by ages ago, and I know that my boys will never be this age again, and that every passing day is the youngest they will be. Im blessed to live this lucky life, and I'll never forget it!

I Miss High School...

High school was just TOO EASY! I know when I was there I didn't feel that way, of course, but now looking back I think of how much I miss hanging out with all of our friends every day, going to class, then lunch for 45 minutes, and studying for maybe 30 min a night, if that! Our weekends were full of high school football games, and waiting for the players to get back to the high school parking lot afterwards. We spent way too much time at Taco Bell, why?????? We lived for big events like "Moore War", Prom, Drumline Assemblies in the "Pit", and so much more! I don't know why we thought it was a good idea to share lockers instead of just use our own. And we constantly passed "notebooks" back and forth between us girls, which were basically writing each other a note, but keeping it in a notebook so we didn't lose them. There were so many great memories and I will always look back on my high school years as some of my most fun times. 

Luckily, I am still GREAT friends with so many of the people I graduated with, so we were looking forward to our 10 year reunion as another normal night out for us, with the added bonus of running into a few friends we haven't seen in awhile. Our reunion took place at the Devon boathouse, where we mostly just hung out and caught up with old friends. Afterwards, we all went to the piano bar downtown. 

Megan and I

Steph

Meg, Kassie, Tori (and Kooper), and me

Sommer and Liz

Leslie and Amy

Megan won "least changed" or something like that

Love these girls

Grant, Eric and I

I definitely have the hottest husband there! 

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Lyndsie and me! 

Most of my FAVORITES! 

Vacation Time in Vegas

The first week in August, Eric and I took a trip to Vegas with several of our friends. The trip was actually a surprise birthday trip for our good friend Grant's 30th bday. Im pretty sure Sommer started planning this a year ago, and way back then we said we were IN! We left on Wednesday evening, and after surprising Grant at the airport, we made it to Vegas late that evening. Im not sure he was surprised for the destination, or the fact that there was a group of us going, but the surprises just kept on coming throughout the evening. :) 

Sommer and I waiting...delayed! 

Our limo driver surprising Grant in Vegas

The crew

Thursday, Eric golfed with the guys, while all of us girls spent the day at the Mirage's beautiful pool! Later in the afternoon, I ran into Gavin's good buddy, Elmo! Then that evening we went to dinner and out with everyone. Most nights we gambled at Harrahs, and had such a blast! 

Friday we spent the day at the pool again, then Eric and I headed downtown to spend the day together. We zip-lined down Fremont Street, which was so scary but fun! Later that evening, Eric and I had a date night with dinner and a show called "La Reve" at the Wynn. It was so beautiful! 

We ziplined from here...

to HERE! 

Ready to go! 

La Reve

Overall we had a fabulous trip! We missed our babies so much, but they were in the very capable hands of their grandparents! Im sure they got more kisses and snacks than should be legal, and we are lucky to have such great caretakers of our munchkins! 

Until next time Vegas...