It’s grocery time!

The first of many to come…

First time shopping just with momma (we both missed Abi and thought it was kind of nice just the two of us!)…

First time sitting up in the cart the big boy way…

Oh, brother bear…you’re growing!

We Americans call it ‘Soccer’

I’ve always thought it strange that we call this great sport something different than the rest of the world…I’m probably over thinking it :)

Abi is playing soccer.  With other 3 year old cuties.  Oh my, they are so sweet.  You knew it was going to be a good time when you signed up a bunch of three year old ladies to play a sport that requires mental thinking that is probably beyond their attention spans…but it is just priceless.  And they learn about being part of a team.  Oh, and about winning and losing.  Oh, and just about having fun with a bunch of friends.  Umm, yes, we will sign up for that!

First practice:

God bless Brian & Coach Dave (and when needed Jess!) for teaching these little beauties about soccer!

Nate & Fyn – just there to have a good time.  I would love to know what they’re thinking in their minds…

First game.  Quite an experience.  I’m too loud.  I kind of knew I would be though.  It’s in my genes.  You should have heard my mother when I was growing up.  Such a positive, wonderful woman…but, she was loud!!  I never doubted someone was rooting for me though.

The girls didn’t entirely grasp the concept – but again, it was precious to watch.  And Abi scored a goal!  Oh, wow!!  I think I had a sore throat after that series…

Oh!  There they are again!

How they keep the girls from crowding the ball right away.  Pretty genius idea, actually!

And here it comes…

She’s breaking away…

And going…

And going…

And going…

And then I got too excited and stopped taking pictures!  GO ABI!

More to come (because how could I resist more posts with these adorable girls?!)…we’ll leave you with the “tunnel” shot.

First Day of School!

So very hard to believe!  Abi began her sweet little preschool last week – what a big girl!  We were pumped for her, and were so pleased to pick up a happy lady at the end of the day!  (And by the end of the day…haha, I mean just the end of 3 1/2 hours!)

It is pretty funny how fears can sneak up on you!  Fears for little friendships not forming or fears of cruelty occurring.  I can see how easily worry can creep into the parental role.  Not that care and concern shouldn’t occur, but I am convicted that we are called very plainly NOT to worry.  She is in far superior arms than mine.

*Don’t you love that the goofy pictures are the ones that did not blur?!  Oh boo.  Gotta document it anyway!

Nate the Great at 6 months

So, here’s the good stuff.  The info and the pics of our little man as he ushered in the 2nd half of his first year.

AMAZING.  Our wonderful friends are so kind to take pictures of our Nate!  If you know someone getting married in the DFW area, send them C&L’s way!  I know I’m biased, but they’re fantastic.

 

Nathanael’s 6 Month Stats

Weight: 18 lbs 14 ounces (75th %) – I guess this is a common phenomenon for breastfed babies who start out quite large.  Around 6 months they start to even out…it’s gotta start sometime!

Length: 29 inches (>97%)

Head Circumference: 45 cm (90%)

Eating: 8-10 ounces 4 times a day (wake up / around 11:30 / after nap / before bed).  Nate began to eat big time food!  He LOVES it!  I mean really, really loves it.  This boy can polish off food.  It is his favorite activity.  Maybe that should make me sad, but it doesn’t.  Apart from smiling, this boy loves to eat!

(I was really trying to show him how it’s done!)

Bedtime: 7:30pm

Awake: 7:30-8:30 PRAISE JESUS!  We would be praisin’ him anyway, but we’re super thankful that Nate has found his “sleep rhythm!”  A good sleeper is such a gift to our whole family!  He has hit his sweet spot and we’re really happy about it!

Naps: Morning Nap (1-2 hours), sometimes a little catnap still if he’s in the car / afternoon nap with sister.  Depending on when he goes down, he still needs a little 30 minute nap in the evening too.

Diapers: size 3, and I think I’ve figured out cloth diapers!  I tried out some prefolds and like them when we’re at home.  I’m not a huge fan when we’re out and about.  I think I just need to realize that I’m going to have to strip my diapers a bit more b/c they’re one child down and tend to get stinky quicker.  But, I’ve come to peace with that and we’re finding our rhythm.  NOW, if we could just get daddy on board all the time :)  He tends to sneak a disposable in…

Clothes: 9 months or  6-9 months (depending on brand)/9 or 12 month sleepers…this boy is LONG, and that makes sleepers a bit tricky, because of their cute “closed toe” feet. *Same as 5 months

Favorites: FOOD & Abi, his momma (yay!), his daddy’s tickles, still Sophie, food, abi’s friends, trees, food, and his jumperoo (I know that’s not a word, but I don’t know how to spell it!), being outside, bouncing on knees, and food.

Latest "tricks": Eating food, Rolling both directions!, sitting up!, and lots of teeth!  He had a tooth explosion this past month – baby boy is sportin’ 7 teeth in his little mouth right now!  What a fella.

His 6 month birthday celebration was supposed to include an apple tart…yet when I started to get going…Nate started crying.  I didn’t think I’d be a very good momma to birthday boy if he was mega mad while I was preparing something that was supposed to be celebrating him.  Didn’t make sense :)  So, they stayed as apples.  Oh well.  Managed expectations!

How they spend most of their day…just looking at each other.  They make me smile.  (Oh, and drive me crazy too!)