8 Month Old Particular Eater

Have to admit (thanks to google) I thought my princess had some issue with eating food. There was an article I read about feeding therapist and boyee you can get carried away with that stuff. Come to find out she does not like baby food and LOVES mama's cooked food. You name it she eats it. Chicken skins (a Hudson favorite), turkey loaf, spaghetti, fig newtons (I didn't make that haha), toast with jelly....she loves flavor! Her all time favorite right now is malt-o meal with butter, sugar and cinnamon. She screams for it. 

Grace's first word in the morning is bubba. She's always looking for him when he's not awake yet and he's always top of mind. When she wants me she says mama. It's like music to my ears :). I've been working on a few new words. With my nutty repetition I'm sure she'll come around some time or just think her momma is crazy. 

Cutest thing ever, maw maw taught her "no no no" with her head. If you say that to Grace she starts shaking her head. 

She's such a good listener right now (hehe). I don't say no to her nearly as much as most first time parents think is important (yes I'm guilty here - sorry Hudson). So any time Grace is going for an electrical outlet, wires or bathroom floors if I tell Grace no no sissy she stops, looks at me and looks as if she's thinking...well ok mom I won't do that. 

The last month she has gotten so strong. Pulling herself up on everything and walking along our grey couch. While I agree this couch needs to go eventually it's been the perfect walking couch for both of our babies. It's my favorite part about the couch (the only thing I like about it haha). Grace pulls herself up and walks side to side. She's standing up for a good 30 seconds without holding onto anything. She's so thinking about moving forward and I'm thinking (SLOW DOWN CHILD). I have to say, she learns 90% of what she does from her bubba. He's such a sweet bubba to her and she's trying to keep up. Soon enough the 2 of them will be running around together. 

The second child woes. My poor princess gets sick way more than Hudson did. She catches everything Hudson gets and boyeee they've been through the wringer this sick season. I'm hopeful that truly means less illnesses when they start school because there has to be silver lining to that. It effects her so much more than an older child and makes me so sad for her. You can tell it truly makes her feel different. My poor angel. I'm looking forward to Spring/Summer and less yucky germs. Eek!

Dislikes, this one is comical (sorry Grace). If you barely touch Grace's foot or hand to a piece of grass she will scream like a snake bit her. Now this is funny because 1. It's crazy to think that a piece of grass can set off an easy going baby and 2. I did this exact thing when I was a baby. Is it hereditary? I don't know but my parents said they knew I was safe if they put me on a blanket because I wasn't going anywhere LOL. 

This angel of ours is so easy going and along for the ride no matter what we do. She loves to watch her bubba and is secretly planning her future from all that she learns from her sweet bubba.

7 month old cuddle bug

I'm behind..lots going on lately. Where's the time?

Our little angel is all over the place. She's starting to pull herself up on everything and falling like free willy. She's learning slowly but surely how to fall Gracefully (hehe) but there's been a couple of ouchies.

Look at this adorable face! She makes her mommy's heart go crazy!

Grace has now has 7 teeth. You think she would be able to eat a burger by now but she's so picky! She's a texture baby for sure. She is getting over double ear infections so that really made her not like food. She doesn't like baby fruit. We tried avocado and she didn't like it. BUT I gave her Strawberry yogurt and she liked it! Opened her mouth each time when the spoon was close. I'm so glad she likes it. Poor baby's earaches were making the eating front hard on her. 

Usually Grace loves to fall asleep either laying down or rocking but facing outward. This month she turned around to snuggle me. I'm so over the top happy about her snuggling me. She's so independnt but this month my angel is snuggling mommy, hiding her face in my chest when she's shy, letting mommy soak in the best snuggles in the world. 

We tried the swing outside this month. It's a little too chilly for the swing yet but I think she will love it when it's warm out. She's a trooper trying out whatever we throw at her :)

This month we also sat her up in the tub. Watching her discover water for the first time is the most adorable thing ever! She kept grabbing at it and making a face like she was thinking why can't I pick this up. So adorable. 

This little angel has the best smile. Just love making her smile. She's forever in love with her bubba and I'm the luckiest mommy in the world. 

I'm so far behind. Next comes blogs on my amazing 4 year old and my now 8 month old :)

6 Month Crawler (for real - I'm scared)

So little miss Grace pushes her forehead across our floor in our den. She's all over the place. I think Hudson did this at the same age which means...I'm scared. Two rambunctious little ones is...amazing (I'm already tired haha). She has wanted to keep up with Hudson so bad. I have no doubts she will be running behind him before we know it. 

Grace is such an awesome baby. Along for the ride no matter what. She patiently watched the Budafest Parade. Went all the way to Lousiana for Thanksgiving to meet some of her Cajun family. Watches her bubba and looks for him when he's not around. 

Hudson is still the only person that can get all up in her face and not phase her. She absolutely loves her bubba. And he loves her. He spent the night at my parents house one night and as soon as he got home I told him I missed him. He tells me "mommy, I missed Grace." She's our princess and we are all so very in love with this most beautiful girl I've ever seen. 

Likes:

Sissy really only seems to like squash. We've tried lots of new baby foods and she shudders at first bite of everything except squash and butternut squash. Little girl doesn't like fruit or sweet things except she did like to lick Nana's donut s she's after the pure sugar already. 

She's a jumper. Loves to be in her jumper for a good stretch of time. Loves to be left alone on the floor for the most part. 

Poor baby has 4 teeth coming at the same time so she chews on EVERYTHING and drools like no other (has a teething rash too - boo!). 

Grace loves to play with just about anything. Baby toys, cars, trains, anything in sight and luckily her bubba is cool with sharing most of the time. 

Karl doesn't want to believe me but she says "ma" when she's super upset which to me is her trying to say mama. I repeat it to her like a crazy person and she just smiles and laughs at me when I say it. But when she's upset she tries really hard to say it. So I'm going to say first word is ma! 

Mama, dada and bubba know how to get this beautiful girl to smile and we try as much as we can. She truly is our beautiful princess. 

Dislikes:

Any baby food besides squash. 

Doesn't like to be held facing you. She wants to see the world. 

Doesn't like car rides. At. All. Actually just doesn't like being confined. 

Sleeping habits: minus when she's teething super bad she's a wonderful sleeper still. 

We have so much fun with this sweet beautiful princess. She amazes us every day with her talents and absolutely gorgeous smile. Happy 6 months our little angel. 

Holidays & My Jokester Bubba

Halloween was fun! We decorated, carved pumpkins, and trick or treated with cousin Liam and the whole gang. Of course getting candy from the sweet neighbors is always fun :). Our sweet little neighbor gave a special treat for Hudson. She's the sweetest neighbor ever.

The next weekend we decorated for Christmas (hehe). I'm not skipping Thanksgiving but time is going so fast I need to drag this out. I want to soak it all in before I wonder where it went.

My bubba cracks me up these days! Such a jokester. He put this snowman headband on his belly and told me he was having twins. Another day he had me put this bandana on and he ran downstairs, opened the fridge and before I could ask what he was doing he brought the milk up. He told me he was the milk bandit. It's an episode of Sheriff Callie. My creative silly boy.

At Grace's 4 month appointment we had to go in early and I had to wake up my bubba to go to it. Later that night he said "hey mommy, tomorrow…don't wake me up early."

After watching a cartoon on TV about a magician he tells me, "Mommy, I wish daddy could make me a real wand to make things disappear. Poof, sissy is in her room."

This one makes me laugh big time. While he's going to the potty and I'm on the couch he yells to me, "Mommy, do you have giblets?"
Me:  No baby.
Bubba: Well everyone has giblets.
Me: Not girls honey.
Bubba: Grace is a boy.
Me: No, she doesn't have giblets.
Bubba:  No but her eyes are blue.
LOL every boy that Hudson sees often has blue eyes and every girl has brown. Therefore sissy must be a boy.

Bubba:  Mommy, is it Thursday or Saturday?
Me:  Nope, it's Friday.
Bubba:  Good cause I work on those days.

Watching The Flintstones one day.
Bubba:  Mommy, are we watching what's in my tummy? (Flinstone vitamins)
Me:  Yep
Bubba:  Are they alive in there?

One night going to bed after horsing around with daddy he says, "Bye daddy, I need my beauty nap."

5 Month Old Stubborn Crawler (Almost)

My sweet beautiful princess is 5 months old. Can someone seriously slow down time? Where is all the time going? My little girl is growing way too fast.

She's not crawling yet but the moment you lay her down on her back she has to roll onto her belly and she gets so angry because no matter how much she squirms she barely moves forward. She is trying SO hard. She's stubborn (just like her momma). I tell her (like she can understand me ha) "Grace, you can't go anywhere yet baby." Boy does she get mad. She wants to move so bad. I seriously think she's trying to keep up with her brother. She picks up that precious tushy and flops a little forward. I have no doubts she'll be crawling soon. Grace also LOVES the jumper. You put her in there and say, "Jump sissy jump" and she gets to kicking those legs.

This month this sweet angel still LOVES to laugh at her brother. He always knows how to put a smile on her face. Grace also loves to grab everything and put it to her mouth. I seriously think she would drink out of my cup if she could get ahold of it herself. She's also teething big time too. She has 2 new teeth that she got before Halloween! I knew they were coming! Her two front bottom teeth. They are SO CUTE! Two little chompers. They are sharp too! Watch out..hehe. 

She is learning all kinds of things from her brother…like how to not slow down (haha), how to be loud…she's a screamer. It's funny. She probably knows she has to scream to get a word in hehe. She also loves to be included in all of our activities. She sits at the table in the high chair and bubba and mommy do arts & crafts. Eats baby food while we eat dinner. I love that we all get to have dinner together. Our little home is complete. She wasn't too crazy about green beans or plain cereal but she likes butternut squash, bananas and pears.  She's learning how to push the food to the back of her mouth. I may have also given her a taste of gumbo…ok..I did and she loved it. Of course :).

Sleeping…oh so I jinxed myself last month (jk not really) but she goes to bed around 8:30 PM and sometimes stays asleep all night. Other nights she moves those little legs and I know to go get a bottle ready. I feed her as she stays asleep and she goes right back to deep sleep. Most days she wakes up at 6:30 AM. Momma. Is. Tired. LOL. I know I know I'm lucky :). She's a great sleeper. I've been lucky since day one.

My princess amazes me with her beauty. Pictures don't even do her justice (even though her pictures are beautiful too). I'm so in love with my angel. How in the world did I get so lucky to have not 1 but 2 beautiful children?

It's so easy to make this angel smile. I love being silly to her. She just smiles and laughs at her mama making any silly face. Makes my heart feel like it's going to explode. She squirms and giggles when you tickle her. Grace loves to hear her daddy's voice and always looks for her brother. We are so in love with you angel baby Grace. Happy 5 months!

My Little Fire Cracker & the Pumpkin Patch

My beautiful bubba is quiet the little fire cracker these days. My favorite thing to do is take my bubba on dates. Even it's just to run around Target. It allows me to give him my undivided attention and just have a wonderful mommy bubba date. Last weekend we went to see Hotel Transylvania II. He was so cute and actually sat still the whole time (minus the 3 times mommy had to run to the bathroom from drinking too much - ha). We shared a huge popcorn, candy and a tea (you can get tea at the theater now awesome - yes, it's been awhile - that might not be a new thing haha). Bubba also loves his dates with his daddy too. They play frisbee in the front yard, go to Wal Mart and his favorite spot is Cabelas with daddy and pawpaw.

If I can put a smile on my bubba's face it makes me the most happiest. Wish I could do it more often than I do. I love him more than he will ever know.

When we went to the park this week he told me a few things that made me want to cry (but I held it together lol). First he tells me, "Mommy where are all of the kids, I'm trying to make friends." Um..talk about dagger to the heart. We were there when most kids were at school or their parents were at work. At 3 PM kids got out of school (I'm assuming) because the park filled up again. Hudson met a little boy and started running around with him. In the middle of them playing he quietly tells me, "Mommy, I totally made a friend" boyee my sweetheart wants nothing more than to be a sweet friend. He is the best friend anyone could ask for. He's been mine for the past almost 4 years. Oy writing this makes me want to cry lol. Sappy momma here. We're thinking of preschool soon to help him make some friends. I'd so love that for him. He deserves all the happiness in the world and it's time to make some friends.

We're also introducing bubba to t-ball. We took him to watch some kids play to see if he would be interested. Might start that in January if he really shows an interest. I know he would be great at anything he wants to do. Just need to show him more :)

My fearless boy picking up frogs. Last year he wouldn't have done that. In fact I remember him and cousin Noah screaming at a frog at the pool this past summer. It's super cute. 

How cute is that dump truck (and my bubba in it) from Toy R Us? We're scoping out lego tables because this sweet boy had a chart to fulfill and he did. At the end of the chart was a lego table. So we're in the market. We took a quick trip to Toy R Us just had to play with that awesome truck. 

He's so adorable when he tries to do the hula hoop. He moves his little hips so fast and really thinks he's doing it but it falls straight to the ground. It's so funny. Sadly enough…I don't even know how to hula hoop anymore LOL. It's really hard!

Funny sayings from my bubba:

Bubba loves to tell you that Grace is his baby. And he told me, "When I have a baby in my belly it's going to be bi-i-ig." He then tells me, "Mommy, one day Grace just popped out of your belly." So cute :)

After measuring how tall he was on the wall this month he says, "When I get older mommy I'm going to be as big as daddy. There will be 2 daddies. Me and daddy and I'm going to have a wallet…you'll have to measure me outside."

We're trying to help bubba with a few of his pronunciations so if we don't hear him when he says something he says, "Look at me when I say this, it's _______" in a matter of fact tone. 

A few weekends ago my amazing best friend Shawn'Na took some super adorable pumpkin pictures for us. She gets more and more amazing with her talents. We're so thankful to be her models whenever she needs us to :)

4 Month Old Jumper

 My Angle Baby Girl is 4 Months Old Today :). Boy has a lot changed in the past month. This little girl if full of personality just like her brother. Her smile makes my heart go crazy. 

Her big brother will do just about anything to make her smile, however, it doesn't take much. Her eyes follow her brother everywhere. I know that once she starts walking she's going to be right behind him wherever he goes. I kid you not, the sibling love between these two is out this world to me. Makes me feel so unbelievably lucky to be their mommy and to have 2 of the sweetest angels in the world! 

New things this month: 

Grace has started grabbing at toys and putting them right to her mouth. Poor baby is teething and has become a faucet of never ending drool. Bibs can't even save her from getting soaked. I don't see any little buds but I'm hoping some teeth come soon. 

Since Grace is not a huge fan of tummy time (of which she's done a lot more of this month) but a lot of the time she will roll right onto her back if you put her on her tummy. She's able to get up a lot higher now during her tummy time but will only do it for maybe a few minutes. She's trying so hard to roll from back to front. I have no doubts she will have it down next month.

We also started putting her in the high chair this month while we do things in the kitchen or eat. We have a little light up chameleon that was her big brothers. She has started to hit it to make it light up and make noise. That chameleon brings lots of good memories to me. It's the toy I used to put in front of Hudson to get him to start crawling. We put it next to Grace and she tries even harder to roll from back to front. I can't wait to go to the doctor on Monday to have her tell us to start food. Right now Grace patiently sits in the high chair and eyeballs our food big time. She wants to join in the party :). I can't wait!

Grace also loves the jumper! I wasn't sure if she would or not because like her brother she doesn't like to be constrained too much. She watches the little lights and is in awe of the music. She kicks her legs every once in awhile to bounce and loves to chew on the part of the seat in front of her.

Look at those eyes..she just melts my heart in every way!

Sleeping this month:  Every time I write this I'm fearful that I'm going to jinx myself but I moved baby girl out of the pack and play and into her crib and…she sleeps like the world's most perfect baby. I feel this way for so many reasons but seriously…how in the world did I get this lucky? Best sleeper ever (please stay that way Grace). Her naps are changing though. She's starting to drop naps and the few are getting longer. I'm thinking she's getting more into a schedule. Before it was eat…play a little…take a cat nap. Mommy likes long naps..especially on a work day :)

Her sweet smile is so contagious and oh my goodness those dimples. 

**Remember how she doesn't like to be held like a baby? The picture above (bottom right one) she let me hold her like that on a walk we went on because she was sleepy…didn't put up much of a fight and I totally took advantage of holding my precious angel like a baby :) :) 

Grace went on her first train ride this week. She liked it at first but got hungry so she started to cry. Hudson helped me get a bottle ready and after feeding her she was back to her happy self. I was worried she didn't like the train but turns out little girl was just hungry :). She also watched her bubba play at the park for hours and loved it. Mommy even took her down a slide. Not sure what she thought of that but I'm guessing no crying was a good sign.

Dislikes this month:

This funny little girl still doesn't like it when I hold her like a baby. It's so funny. She's so interested in everything going on around her she doesn't want to be held where she can't see. She is my hip baby that faces outward on my hip (pictured below). That is her all time favorite way for me to hold her. 

You know…she's so easy going that's pretty much the only dislike I can think of besides not liking tummy time for too long. We're so lucky to have this angel in our lives. Her brother absolutely adores her and she can't wait to keep up with him. We love you so much you sweet happy girl.

Oh one more thing. Her brother, who if you know us he's a LOUD boy and wild, has taught his sister to scream. Grace doesn't only talk away in her baby language but loves to scream. I think she likes to hear her own voice. No matter how loud it gets in this house I love these two screamers with all of my heart.