6 Months! (better late than never?)

We have been SUPER busy the last couple of weeks so I forgot to do a little post on Keaton turning 6 months old! The time has flown by so fast I can't even believe it. Keaton is such a happy, easy going baby. I'm sure our next one will be difficult so I am trying to enjoy this while it lasts. I pretty much spend my whole day kissing his big ol' cheeks and squishing his adorable turkey thighs. He is such a sweet little guy, he smiles for everyone who will give him the time of day. Everyday I look forward to seeing him light up when I go to get him in the morning. At his 6 month apt he was 17 lbs 1 oz and 26 and 1/4 inches! Pretty good for starting out a little 5 lb 5 oz peanut!


Here are some things hes been up to lately...

Fake laughing- He loves to make a laughing/coughing sound when he gets excited. Which is very often.
Babbling- He is starting to say dada but that's about it. He also loves to squeal. Loudly!
Eating solids- Keaton is now eating rice cereal regularly, has had applesauce a few times and peaches once. At first he would gag with the applesauce but I think he's getting used to it because now he just makes a sour face and then opens up for more.
Eating toes- He has become fascinated with his feet. I love it when babies do this it's so cute!
Sitting up- Hes gotten to be quite the pro at sitting up although sometimes he gets a little spastic and falls backwards.
Scooting- He can only scoot backwards! It's pretty funny because even if he is trying to get a toy that's out in front of him he seems to only go the opposite direction. He pretty much gets everywhere by rolling. Needless to say, becoming mobile has definitely made things complicated.
Grabbing things off our plates- More than a couple times I've made the mistake of letting him just barely within reaching distance of my plate. I should learn my lesson soon because wiping food off of EVERYTHING is getting old.

Sickies

Well there have been a whole bunch of sickies around here lately. Keaton and I have had some kind of flu/virus and he has also had an ear infection! Poor little bubba. I spent tuesday taking him to the doctors first and they diagnosed him with the virus. Then I took him to the ER later because he was just acting super weird/not virus weird. So anyways, they figured out he had an ear infection and now hes on an antibiotic. Just for the record I ASKED the doctor, "does he have an ear infection?" because I was suspicious that every time I gave him a bottle he would want it really bad and then freak out and wriggle around when he started drinking. Luckily we are both on the mend now although hes still not drinking his usual 9 oz. per feeding. Thank goodness he has such a chubby little body so this sickness hasn't left him malnourished! He has been such an angel even those hes sick. He just throws up and keeps on smiling. AND sleeping! :)

Here are a few pictures of him from our sick week. I had to get some pictures of him holding his adorable pedialyte bottle cause its just too cute! I couldn't get over that when he was first born we would cheer him on to drink just half of one of those little bottles of formula and now he
drinks at least 4 of them. That's 8x!! So crassssy.








































I think he looks like Chaz in this picture.



















Keaton kept laughing every time I was about to give him his bottle! It was so random but so cute. I love it when he does stuff like this. It's so much fun to see his little personality and sense of humor grow. I love the end of the video when hes like, "yeah but seriously I really do want that bottle..."

Weekend Away

Well it looks like I lose! I went up to Marysville for a few days so that my family could spend some time with Keaton and I didn't even think about bloggin! Oh well, no surprise for me! Chaz stayed home cause he had to work but Keaton and I had a fun time just hanging out. Spent some time relaxing in the hot tub and my sisters and I went to Cristianos which is a delicious little italian place that has the best caesar salads ever. It is crazy how fast my siblings have grown up. Michael is getting his license soon and that is just unacceptable.

I recently found this little gem that Ashley made when I was doing high school cheer in 10th grade.

















Too bad kids can't stay little and say adorable things forever.

Oh and just for fun here is a video of Grandma giving Keaton a bath from a couple months ago.



And a cute picture from a few days ago. He is getting so big!! Noo!!!!

A friendly competition

I bet Chaz that I could blog everyday for the rest of the month. I'm not even sure what my prize is for doing it cause he says it's a surprise. Which does not sound promising. But I am going to try and win because my pride is at stake!!

Since it is the season for thankfulness, on any day that I don't have something to blog about I will just say something that I'm thankful for.

Today I am thankful for modern medicine and good doctors. Because everybody hurts, sometimes.

I have had a headache for almost four weeks straight! My doctor thinks that is sinusitis? So I'm going to start the medicine tomorrow. Here's to hoping that it works!

Teething Troubles

Teething is a PAIN. Keaton was sleeping so good! like 11-12 hours straight and then all of a sudden a week ago he starts waking up between 5-6 in the morning (he goes to bed at 8). It's driving me crazy because he cries and cries till I give him a bottle. When we did the sleep training he would fall asleep pretty quickly if I didn't go in the room after a few minutes. Not anymore. He already has one tooth and its been there for at least a month but this second one is apparently much more painful. Are the next two years of nights going to be this bad?! I almost wish he would just get all of his teeth in at once, although he would look super freaky. If anyone has suggestions please feel free to send them my way.

On a happier note, Keaton started to say dadadada. I doubt he knows what he is doing but it's still cute. He loves to smile whenever you say mama or dada to him. Or maybe he just smiles cause he likes the attention. I guess I'll never know! ;)

Date night

Today Chaz and I went out to run errands and catch a movie. We dropped Keaton off with my cousin Melissa. She is awesome by the way, cute, loves babysitting and single too! We don't get too much time with out the baby very often so we try to use it wisely. Sooo we went and saw Puss in Boots. So juvenile and yet so entertaining. SOME people I know (Miken) refuse to watch anything animated besides the simpsons but for some reason I still have love for cartoons AND Disney shows. THANKFULLY I married someone who does too, or at least is willing to watch them with me. Chaz even watched Footloose and Monte Carlo with me in the same weekend! He must reaaally love me ;).

Oh and here are a couple pictures to make this post a little more interesting...

Video Vomit

Here are a bunch of videos of Keaton taken over the past few months. Some are a little long and maybe even a little boring but hey, this IS a baby worshiping blog now, isn't it? Oh, it's not? Oh well.

Too tired to get his fingers in his mouth. 2 months.


Crazy Dad.


Baby jabber. 2 1/2 months

Learning how to roll over. 3 months.


Keatons 2nd attempt with rice cereal. 3 months.


Keaton 3 1/2 months. Cutest giggle ever.


Entranced by the vibrating bird. 4 months.

Jumping in a monkey costume? 4 months.


Just hangin out. 5 months


Ok that's enough for one night.