6 months and growing strong...

Happy 1/2 birthday to Z (a few days late). He went to the doctor this morning and he weighed in at 18 pounds 10 ounces (70th percentile) he is 28 inches tall(95th percentile) and as always his head is holding strong at 98th percentile. He started crawling last week (a few days before his 6 month birthday) His best motivation for crawling is something that he isn't allowed to have, or something Ayda is playing with. He sits up on his own, he has two bottom teeth, he does everything VERY well except sleep. He isn't too interested in that.

yummy solids

Z will be six months old this week and because of his demanding personality I decided to give him some rice cereal. Keep in mind Ayda didn't try solids until she was almost eight months old. But Z has a keen interest in all things food (is that a bad sign) so I thought we would give it a try. Well, he ate it and with each bite he would swallow and make this disgusted face, maybe trying to figure out why he has been trying so hard to sneak bites of food. I will post with his six month stats after his appointment.

(the one smiling picture I think was not because of the food but because his sister was running around crazy.)

Halloween

I am a couple days behind posting but Halloween was a hit. I think this year Ayda was really excited for the trick or treating...that was until she realized how many "scary" things are associated with Halloween. She still came back with more candy than any three year old needs. Z also did a good job, he didn't try and pull off his costume and he might be the cutest froggy I have ever seen. Ayda loves any excuse to be with her cousins, to be at Gaco's house, and to eat cake (it was Hurley's b-day.) My favorite pictures might be of Z and his new cousin Harris, who dressed up as H1N1 (he is one cute flu bug--although he didn't appear to be that happy about his costume.)

teething

All of the carrots have helped Z reach a huge milestone...he cut his first tooth. I felt it yesterday and sure enough there it is a tiny little tooth on his bottom gums. He wore this shirt today to mark the occasion.

Painting Pumpkins

Ayda loves all things art. She loves to color and when I allow the mess she LOVES to paint. So this year I told her she could paint her pumpkins (more fun than watching someone else carve a pumpkin). She painted the three pumpkins and in true Ayda fashion assigned roles to each pumpkin; the biggest was the Papa and Mama pumpkin, the next size down was Ayda and the smallest pumpkin was Z. When she woke up this morning she wanted to repaint her pumpkins.
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random October pictures

Z has discovered the Jumperoo and is LOVING it. He jumps and screams like a mad man, I am trying to get video that I can post that will show everyone just how crazy my baby is. Ayda is always able to make Z laugh (generally doing something she has been asked not to do) she is a good big sister. Last night I was on the couch and I saw a spider, I gasped, then realized it was Ayda's spider ring (which by the way she can't wear because it scares her). So in my sick state I placed the spider ring on his face and made Travis take a picture. So enjoy my random pictures! I promise a more meaningful post when I am not sick.

pumpkin goodness

I feel like my life is in re-runs, I posted last October about an identical trip to the pumpkin patch. There are a couple differences this year, Z is here and so is his newest cousin Harris (he was born a couple weeks ago. He and Z are going to be best buds...the pic below is the first of many). The kids always seem to have a good time together. Keely had her camera going and was able to document a moment no one wants to experience...hay in your underwear( it is never a good thing...you will be able to tell by the look on Ayda's face and don't ask I have no idea how it got there!)