Six Months

This post is overdue. My sweet little man is six months! Can’t believe it’s already been that long! So here’s a little update on him from the past month:

-Loves food, will eat anything and everything

-Pretty sure he’s getting close to crawling, he puts himself on his belly but then gets frustrated the moment you sit him back up he’s back on his belly (silly boy)

-Even though he is only six months old he has a favorite show, Jake and the Neverland Pirates, he smiles when the theme music starts J

-His hair stands up on the top of his head (still), it’s pretty awesome

-Loves the kittens we just got (oh yeah we got kittens, that’s another post)

Such a cutie!

Love this face!

On the move, backwards, but on the move ;)

He loves the kitties

Chasing the cats

To Be Honest...

Browsing through my facebook I see people posting statuses, writing on people’s walls with the acronym “TBH.” I was first unsure as to what they mean but come to find out they stand for “To Be Honest.” This sparked an idea. I’ve decided to write some “To Be Honest” posts to share some things that about me. Since today is National Honesty Day I thought of no better day than today to start this. So here it goes….

To be honest, my daily walk with the Lord is neither what I want it to be nor what it should be. When I first got started in a daily quiet time, in my teen years, it took some work to get the routine going. Once it started it changed my life in so many ways. Seeing the changes it made in my life and the closeness I felt to my Lord and Savior I strived to continue to do to it every day. Things were going pretty smoothly until I moved back to the states and went to Bible College. Now you would think that going to Bible College would strengthen my relationship and improve my walk with God but for me it seemed to have a reverse affect.

I grew up in a Christian family, went to church every Sunday and lived overseas as a missionary with my family, but the year I went to Bible College it seemed my view on the Christian world was shattered. No, I’m not saying that I started to doubt God but I did start to question people. While at school I was surrounded by people who called themselves Christians and I’m sure many of them were. They would read their Bibles, discuss scripture passages amongst themselves, pray for each other for every event that came by and yet in my eyes I saw it all as a show. They did all these things yet I saw what went on behind closed doors, things they said and how they treated me. This started my doubt in people. Leaving college many challenges followed me that again hindered me in my walk. Ever since then I’ve had this great struggle. Slowly but surely, improvements have been made. Relationships with people and with God have been mended. Though my walk is still not where I want it to be and I still struggle with it, I’m happy to see and know there has been major improvement from what it used to be.

Patio Makeover

Oh goodness gracious me, where has the time gone? Life just keeps getting busier and busier, with doctor appointments, errands and just life piling up those few free moments I can grab for myself I spend trying to rejuvenate myself for the next series of life’s adventures. So I have not had the time to be able to sit down and write a post. It’s funny how life can slip by so fast like that. I won’t bore with day to day activities that have been going on. Recently, we were (finally!) able to make our back patio a nice relaxing place to enjoy during the warmer weather. Last summer we had Mozzie (and I was pregnant) and he was using the area for his “bathroom breaks” so we were not able to spruce the area up. But since we no longer have Mozzie I have been itching to get out there and place my little magical touch on it. Unfortunately I don’t have a before picture, but believe when I say it is now a major improvement from before and that’s just with a few simple changes!

The neighborhood stray cats decided to visit ;)

My little garden 

Theo LOVES his new pool

We have a chair out there that is not in the pictures. I just love that I can now go and sit outside, relax and enjoy the outdoors especially in the mornings. We're hoping to get a new little grill out there sometime so then we can have cookouts during the summer. So excited!

Theo at Five Months

Theo at five months:
-Sits up by himself unsupported
-Since learning to sit up, does not like to lay on his playmat, so it has now been turned into a ball pit.
-Loves to eat bananas
-Loves food, he’ll want anything that you’re eating, I can no longer eat in peace haha
-Smiles a lot
-His hair on the back of his head stands straight up
-Likes music and lots of noise :)

Family Vacation

We’re back after a week and a half of vacation. It was a really nice trip. It was also a very long trip. We went to Hyeres, France to visit Michael’s family and then on our way back we went to Florida to visit mine. We took eight flights in ten days! This was Theo’s first time flying. For being as young as he is he did really great! People on the plane would comment on how quiet he was! I’ll do a later post on some tips that I found helpful while flying with infants. Although he traveled well on the plane, he did not handle jet lag very well. Let’s just say a jet lagged baby is NOT a happy baby. Thankfully he got over it after a day or so. We really enjoyed our trip but we are so glad to be back home and getting back to everyday life. Looking forward to the next adventure we will have!

Four Months Old

My little man is four months old today. Where has the time gone? It’s amazing to see all the progress he has made in just those four short months. He has developed such a great personality. He’s a goofy little boy. He loves funny faces, especially if you’re the one to make them. If you say a funny word it makes him laugh and smile. He enjoys flying around like an airplane (we’ll see soon how he does on a real airplane). His favorite past time is bath time. Splashing in the water brings a great smile to his face. One odd quirk of his is that he loves to have his diaper changed. I find it such an odd thing but he has loved it since he’s been a couple weeks old. I’m hoping that’s a good sign for future potty training. His newly acquired skill is being able to stable himself a little more in a sitting position. Of course, that doesn’t last very long when he suddenly falls forward in an effort to grab his feet. He does put some weight on his legs and loves to dance. We have attempted solids and its a big hit! I first let him suck on a piece of clementine and he loved it. Avacados were next on the menu and they were equally a big hit. Currently he’s weighing in at a whopping 15 lbs. I’m not exactly sure his height as his doctor’s appointment is not till Tuesday. I never knew that such a little person could have such a strong grip on my heart. Seeing his little smile can turn my gloomy days into bright sunny ones.  I adore seeing the smile on his face as Michael and I lather him in kisses.  He’s our sweet boy.

Anniversary Date

Our anniversary is not till March 4^th but since Michael had today off we celebrated it today. Our original plan was to go out to Olive Garden for dinner and just have a nice little time. Michael, however, had planned a nice little surprise for me. For a while now I’ve been mentioning to him that I needed more clothes. Most of my pre-pregnancy clothes were either too small or I couldn’t really nurse in them. I was also a little too small for my pregnancy clothes and frankly; I was getting really tired of wearing the same three or four shirts all the time. Michael took the hint and surprised me with a little shopping spree. He said I had “this amount” of money to spend on whatever I wanted. (Isn’t he great?!)He wanted me to buy anything I would like to make myself feel beautiful. (It can get tough to feel beautiful when you’re in sweats wearing spit up stained shirts.) I was thrilled. I love to shop; this made my little heart happy. Out we went to go shop to my little hearts content. I purchased a few much needed items along with some desirables. It was definitely a marvelous surprise. After refreshing ourselves at home we headed out for dinner. Like I had mentioned beforehand, we had planned to go out to eat at Olive Garden. Unfortunately when we arrived there were no parking spaces available. With Olive Garden out of the question we decided on Texas Roadhouse knowing that there might be a wait (as there would be anywhere we went) but at least we would be able to park our car (their parking lot is HUGE!). Our dinner was scrumptious and the time very enjoyable. All in all it was a lovely anniversary date.

My two favorite men <3