Happy Thanksgiving!

I wasn’t going to post about thanksgiving because I did not do well in the picture taking department, but I figured I have to because it’s Weyland first Thanksgiving.  We hosted Thanksgiving at our house in Lawton so I was a little busy entertaining and getting dinner ready.  We were joined by my parents, who drove up from Fort Worth to spend the holiday with us.  As well as a few other military families, the Borrellos and the Holms.  They are both families we knew in El Paso and who also got re stationed in Lawton.  We were so glad they could join us!  I wish I had taken some pictures of the whole crew but I only managed to snap a few of Weyland after dinner was over, while the men were cleaning up.  Thank you boys!!  Over all Thanksgiving was a success.  We ate a ton and spent some great time with friends and family.  Now it's time to gear up for Christmas!!

Six Months!!

When Weyland was about 2 weeks old 6 months seemed miles and miles away, but now it's here.  How did that happen?  The days are so long sometimes, yet they seem to fly by faster and faster and I can't seem to get a grasp on how fast you are changing.  One minute I am looking at you saying, "I can't wait until you can sit up" and then the next day when you have magically gained the ability to balance on your lean little legs kicked out in front of you, I say to myself, "NO not yet".   I know I'm gonna be saying the same thing when you start standing, walking and talking.  I want you so badly to reach these milestones.  But as soon as you reach them I'm suddenly not ready.  Oh the woes of parenthood.

So what's going on with you Weyland...you are my little man now.  You are a real person who laughs and reacts and looks at me when I say your name.  You still love to eat.  After I nurse you we sit down to eat your solids and you can't get enough.  You get so excited to eat, you kick your legs and squeal.  Right now you pretty much eat anything I put in front of you, thank goodness.  I know that will change as you get older so I'm trying to enjoy it now.  You are sitting up now.  You haven't really figured out how to get there on your own yet, but you can balance really well when we sit you down.  I can sit you down and give you a toy and you go to town.  And I'm thinking you might be one of those babies who skips crawling.  You just like to roll.  When you lock on to something you want just a few rolls and you get there.  You love to chew on everything these days!  I'm pretty sure you are teething, but no teeth yet.  You also love to reach and grab everything in front of you including George and mommy's face.  Poor George.  And poor mommy's face.  I have several battle scars.  George is not such a fan of all the grabbing either.  He mostly just runs away. You are wearing 6 month clothes now and size 3 diapers when you're not in cloth diapers.  My stress about naps has now gone away.  It has taken me 6 months, but I have finally accepted that sleep is not something that comes easy to you.  You fight sleep about 80% of the time, but I have learned patience is the key.  You will fall asleep, sometimes it just takes you a little longer to surrender.  You are taking solid naps these days, sometimes they are an hour and half and sometimes they are 30 mins but they are naps nonetheless.  Your sleeping at night has improved as well.  You are finally sleeping through the night, for the most part.  But you are an early riser.  You have been getting up at 5 am lately, bright eyed with a huge smile on your face.  Lucky for me my favorite time of day is going and getting you out of your crib in the morning, so it makes that 5 am wake up a little easier.  It makes my heart melt to see you smiling up at me like I am just the person you wanted to see first thing in the morning.  Your new bff is your thumb.  You love that thing.  You pop it in your mouth any chance you get, especially when you are tired.  You still aren't a huge fan of being in your car seat.  But as long as you aren't tired you do pretty well.  Lucky for me we moved to a small town so getting from one place to the other never takes long.

We love you so much Weyland!  You are probably the coolest person I know.

By the way, we are all settled in in Lawton and are liking small town life so far.  If there was only a Target....

Our little Aggie

Daddy's future hunting buddy

 We still give in every once in a while and let you nap on Daddy

Bath Time!

Best buds...sort of ;)

Smiles for momma

 

 You talking to me?

I love Sophie!

Pa Pa turns 60!

Although this took place over a month ago I figured I would go ahead and post it any way.  

This year Pa Pa turned 60.  And my Mom decided to throw my Dad a big 60th birthday bash.  The party was at a friend’s beer garden, that included a very cool bar, some near by wildlife to include a donkey, 3 cows and lots of goats, yummy Mexican food, and some great music from David (not my hubby) and Danny.   It was pretty cold outside, but it was lots of fun.  I think everyone had a great time!  And the Aggies beating the hell outta Auburn helped the night right along! Here are some pics from the night.  Happy 60th old man!!

Weyland can talk!!

Haha.  Just kidding.  I promise I am not gonna be one of those mothers that promises their baby is some kind of genius that can do things way before he is developmentally capable of doing them.  But he is starting to put some sounds together.  So his little baby babble sounds like something that will start to make sense one day.   Here is what I mean...

Happy Halloween!

Weyland’s first Halloween was pretty uneventful.  I decided I really wanted to dress Weyland up for his first Halloween, but I couldn’t bear to spend 50 bucks on a costume he might not even wear, much less trick or treat in.  I mean seriously, who do you think is gonna end up eating all that candy?  Thats right, mio.  So I headed on down to a resale shop and perused through the limited selection of baby costumes.  My only good options were: a tail less monkey, a puppy, a pea in a pod (tempting), or a banana.  So I called Daddy and he helped me decide, Banana it is.  I think it was an excellent choice, especially for 5 bucks.  So I dressed Weyland up while we were in Fort Worth, just to see what this costume was gonna look like and I got some pretty cute pictures.  I also dressed up Weyland the day of Halloween, thinking all the trick or treaters could ewww and awww at my precious Banana baby.  Well, I thought wrong.  Weyland was in no mood to be dressed up and I got some pretty funny pictures to help remind him one day, that he was not a happy Banana.  hehe.  So we just stayed at home and passed out candy to the trick or treaters.  Something I had not done ever, because I have been an apartment dweller for so long.  So we did have a little bit of Halloween fun.  And I did manage to put you a halloween shirt at least.  Happy Halloween!

My not so happy Banana

This one is my personal favorite

Here are the good one's I got pre Halloween

We also went to a pumpkin patch in Fort Worth, before heading back to Lawton, to get some cute pictures and to get some pumpkins to carve.  Weyland was having a good time watching Daddy and Papa carve pumpkins!  I can’t wait for next year when he can participate a tiny bit more.