Johnny Jumper

Eli stays content longer in this jumper than anywhere else. I put him in here while I cleaned the bathroom then when I was done he seemed so calm and content. It was his nap time but I figured I would fold a little bit of laundry and then put him down for a nap. I noticed it was pretty quiet and looked over at him and he wasn't moving so I quickly grabbed the camera. I felt so bad pulling him out of it to put him in his bed.

Poor baby has had a little cold for a few days. We are ready for spring!

Right here he's holding the toy that he was licking before he fell asleep.

Feb 9....5 months old

Hard to believe our little man is almost half a year old. I'm excited for him to be able to play with Emmett because he gets so excited and squeals when Emmett takes time to talk to him or show him a toy. He loves to watch Emmett jump on the bed and gets excited when we chase after him.

I wanted to try and show some of the chunk on his legs.

I still don't have him quite figured out yet but his bed time is 6:30 then he wakes up a few times but puts himself back to sleep then wakes up to eat sometime between 1:30-3:30 then is up at 6 or 7. His naps are still unpredictable but he has 3 a day. He still loves his cereal and is good with his veggies and fruits. He is a pro at taking a bottle, finally. We love this boy so much and I enjoy every snuggly moment I get with him.

Big Changes in January

After turning 4 months this boy decided it was time to grow up. We started giving him rice cereal on January 17 and he did really well!

We are all so proud. The beginning of Feb. he started opening his mouth like a little bird to eat and he gobbles it up.

He also found his feet on January 31. They are his favorite toy and he grabs them whenever he can.

I think he looks a lot like Jared.

Emmett still isn't quite sure what to do with him.

He didn't really like Eli leaning on him.

Here's my blue eyed boy giving me some loves.

He thinks it's fun to eat my face.

He has also gotten really good at reaching for toys. He is almost 5 months and I love watching him grow and change everyday!!

He has also gotten really good at taking a bottle! He goes to bed between 7 and 7:30 and sometimes doesn't wake up to eat until 3 or 4!! We think his hair keeps getting lighter and his eyes are for sure blue. He has a nice high pitched squeal he does and it's so cute!

Hibernation

I was hoping we would have some snow to play in this winter to help keep this little busy body entertained but instead we just have mud. Here are some things we do while we've been hibernating this winter.

He loves spending time with daddy.

Tipping his tractors day, night, while eating, and every time in between. Sometimes he likes to do it along with the movie so we rewind several times before I say no more.







Ok so we have had one day of decent snow that lasted barely long enough to play in.

I was inside and caught him in the neighbor's yard testing out the snow.

Tried some finger painting. He knows his colors so well and tells me what color things are all the time. He's growing up so fast.

On warmer days we play in the rocks.

Tried teaching him to catch some snowflakes on his tongue.

He even asks to read his Jesus book sometimes.

Lots and Lots of baths are taken to keep entertained. Sometimes we add colors, sometimes bubbles and as shown here sometimes both.

One day he decided to crawl in our clothes hamper and ended up spending most the day in there with some favorite toys and his favorite blankie, of course.

One day I took clothes out of the dryer and came back to find him here.

Eli loves when his brother pays attention to him. Emmett likes to share his toys with him sometimes. Here he gave him McMissile and "Sar truck" (Sarge)

No better way to hibernate than with 2 cute boys!

Little man in action

He doesn't like to stay on his back for very long. He still seems way too little to know how to do this but it is so fun to watch.

Daddy's time off

Jared got the last of his indoor projects finished over the Christmas holiday. He finished our mudroom!

This area was meant to be a closet but we figured we'd get more use out of it being a mudroom

We took Emmett bowling for his first time. It was kind of hard but we had fun. First we tried this mini bowling area and he liked to kick the ball.

Next We did regular bowling which he liked but he didn't like waiting his turn which made for a lot of tantrum throwing. It didn't help that it was 90 degrees in there.

The New Year.......so far.

Jared turned 31 on December 31. We had a small but fun party and here are the guests minus Becky who is taking the picture.

I have been enjoying taking pictures of my little man with my new camera. He's pretty good at looking cute.

This buddy has been into everything! Nothing is safe in this house.

He found out he can reach the water in the bathroom.

He has discovered he can reach a lot more if he just pushes the chair over by it.

He found the box of crackers.

We had some warm days to play outside and tip some tractors.

When Daddy is gone sometimes the house looks like this until Emmett goes to bed.

We celebrated London's 3rd Birthday.

Helped blow the candles out.

Eat the frosting

The hamper also works to help reach things.