Sneak Peak

Here's a sneak peak of Addie's six month pictures...

Backyard Fun

The kiddos have enjoyed the outdoors so far this year. Wes just loves getting dirty in the sandbox. His orange socks can prove it. I even found one of my kitchen utensils out there the other day. I have no idea how it made its way out there. :)

Wes has also been quite the helper with planting flowers and he even likes to help water everything with his little watering can. When his can is empty he always says, "more," which comes out sounding like "moye." He is talking more and more and is becoming more understandable. His speech therapy lessons have helped him a ton.

Addie has been hanging out in our newest addition to the swingset-a baby swing. She also hangs out in the exersaucer and pool. She isn't mobile yet so it is nice that she is happy to just sit there. She is quite the babbler lately. We get a lot of, "Ba ba ba da da da's" out of her. She absolutely adores Wes and Wes seems to love having her around as well. He gets a big kick out of making her laugh. He's always randomly picking up toys and bringing them over for her to play with. Unprompted too! He's definitely winning Addie over and she doesn't like to take her eyes off of him.

Lest We Forget

Lest we Forget is a Southwest Michigan based organization that has a mission to educate others on past wars. Every year they have a local event and we went as a family this year to check it out. There were helicopter rides and that by far was Wesley's favorite. He loved to watch it take off and land.

So Sleepy

Addie's Six Month Stats

Happy six month birthday, Addie! I know I baked a cake for your brother at six months, so I'll try to find the time to do the same for you. I guess that just proves she is the second child. After looking back at earlier blog posts from when Wes was that age, I've realized I'm slacking a little. I'll try to do better, I promise!

Addie did great at her six month check-up. She is following in her brother's footsteps and is slipping lower and lower on the weight percentile chart. She weighed in at 14 pounds, 3 ounces (18th percentile) and 26.25 inches (65th percentile) in length. She is becoming slightly more mobile by being able to do circles on her belly. I'm sure the full-on crawl is soon to come. She is also very close to being able to sit-up by herself. No teeth have popped through yet, but the doctor said that her bottom gums are swollen and then they should be here shortly.

She has outgrown her milk protein intolerance, which makes things nice since I don't have to be so careful about what I eat. All in all, she is a very happy baby these days and is a complete joy. She always greets us with smiles in the morning and they continue until it is time for bed. She has started to do a lot of babbling and bubble blowing. She likes to break out the bubble blowing during cereal time and it makes a mess.

Wes loves to make her laugh. He also likes to get close enough to her so that she can kick him. He brings on the drama by exclaiming, "ouch!". The sibling rivalry has started... :)

Polaroid Moments

Every now and then I can convince Wes to hold his sister. I cherish these moments (even though they last only mere seconds). I love my babies.

The Zjhoo

We finally took the munchkins to their first zoo down in South Bend. Or as Wes pronounces it, "Zjhoo" (like Au Jus). It is the cutest darn thing ever to make him say zoo. The very first exhibit was the tiger. He LOVED the tiger. After the tiger he caught on that there were more animals to see, so he didn't spend much time with each. He was always running on to see the next big thing. He slept really well that night. I think we'll have to go to the zoo more often. :)

It's Cereal Time!

We started Addie on cereal! She's starting to get the hang of it. Wesley likes to help feed her. He gets her to laugh and open her mouth by saying, "bah, bah, bah, bah." Of course by looking at the top picture it appears Addie is quite confused by their funny expressions. I don't blame her. Those two look a little nuts. The things you do to get a baby to open her mouth... :)