Fun September Pictures

 she got herself dressed and did her own hair. I'm so proud! ha ha

 

Playing a little hide and seek with mommy...i think she is starting to understand this one

 sensory and fine motor therapy with Mrs. Sana

 my two little crazies!

 Just doing a little grocery store checkout belt surfing.

 Having a sister means I'm going to get dressed up like a princess until i can play dress up by myself.

Half birthday!!!! 6 Months

Wow 6 months already!! where has the time gone every time i turn around i feel like Caleb has grown another month. This boy has stolen my heart. When he smiles it seems like the world stops for just a second. this kid is rather smart. He has played in his walker since he was about 4 months old. in just 60 short days he has learned how to really move that thing around and boy he is so interested in getting into everything he can reach. I'm learning he can reach a lot more than i realized. I didn't have to baby proof the house with Madison except to cover the outlets and that really was all precautionary more than necessity. however with Caleb it really will be a different experience he has already found both trash cans in the kitchen and as he is learning to move the walker where he wants it to go he gets right to them and takes them to the floor trying to get into them.



He had his 6 month wellness check up and he's getting big fast:

16 lbs 6 oz (50 %)
27 inches (60 %)
head 16 3/4 inches

he got new cloths this month too! he can now wear clothes size 6-9 months although he has been in the pajamas for that size for about a month.

here's his new skills this month:

• he started chewing and biting on everything
• Lifts head when pulled to a sitting position
• Rolls from back to stomach and always sleeps on his stomach now but still cant roll from stomach to back
• Bears majority of weight when being held in a standing position
• Grasps and controls small objects
• Holds bottle fairly well but gets tired quickly and lets go
• Grabs feet and pulls to mouth
• Adjusts body to see an object
• Turns head from side to side and then looks up or down
• Prefers more complex visual stimuli ( he loves TV)
• he chatters and talks all the time mostly when we are talking to him
• Recognizes parents and looks for Dada when i ask him where's Dada?
• starting to interact with Madison and when he can get her attention he loves to "chat" at her
• he learned to sit with support from the boppy pillow

 

here's a pretty typical daily schedual:

7:30 wake up/bottle (7oz)

9:30 babyfood fruit/rice cereal

9:45 down for nap (sleeps about 1 1/2 hours) sometimes wakes up around 11:00

11:30 wake up/ bottle (7 oz)

12:00 Babyfood vegetable

1:30 nap (depending on morning nap sleeps 1 to 2 hours)

3:30 wake up/bottle (7oz)

6:00 babyfood vegetable and rice cereal

7:00 bath

7:30 bottle/bedtime

*sometimes he wants to sleep and he gets really grouchy around 6:30*

learned to sit up

 He started off only sitting for a few seconds but within like 2 weeks he was sitting like a champ and the pillow became pretty much precautionary

Sippy Cup!

Someone is obsessed with his sippy cup to say the least. he loves to drink water out of it. I have to be honest when i say i was really surprised how easily he took to this! but he really loves it.

My dad's Birthday

La County Fair 2013

Every year in September we buy season passes for the la county fair mostly because we never know how long the kids are going to last before they get cranky, crash out or freak out! one of the times we went this year was with my dad, who has recently decided that instead of coming down for his birthday and for the fair he is just going to come down for the fair and we can celebrate his birthday late. of course we're a little picky about what weekend he comes because he's not allowed to come during the weekend of our anniversary. of course the weekend he picked had to be one of the hottest all summer and did i mention i have a 5 month old who in all honesty really wasn't tolerating the hot or the crowd so Caleb cried if someone wasn't holding him the whole time we were there.

 so after taking Caleb to the fair multiple times and he cried multiple times we decided to go one afternoon and evening with just us and Madison. She gets very little mommy and daddy time all to herself so it was a super fun night for just the 3 of us to go out.

 after daddy helped her feed the goats once she was all for it and gladly fed them all by herself. *insert giant grin on mommy's face* this shows the confidence and the cognitive ability growth she is gaining.

 to end the night we went on the fairs wheel. this is the one thing we always try to do for while at the fair because its one of mommy's favorite rides.