Saturday, March 31, 2012

6 months

Look at those teeth!














Casey is 6 months.  It's so cliche, but time flies so fast, especially with the 2nd one.  We can't believe he's half a year old already!

He's been rolling over for awhile now, but now we find him on his tummy in his crib in the morning, more times than not.  The first few times, he would roll over and start fussing, but now he goes right to sleep.

We finally got a good picture of those two teeth!  We're pretty sure that he's getting some more based on his fussiness, but they haven't popped yet.  He's had a rough time sleeping that last week or so... maybe teeth, maybe not.  Who knows. 

He still loves his Jumperoo and is getting better grabbing and playing with the toys on it.  He is playing with more and more toys in general, favoring his Nuby teething ring (Chloe liked hers too), the maracas and a couple of balls that are easy to hang on to.

One of his favorite things is when someone lays on the floor next to him and reads him a story.  He goes nuts!

He also likes playing with his toes, which he discovered this month. He can put them in his mouth because his tummy is in the way, but he tries!

As for eating, I fully realize we haven't posted anything about food yet, but it's coming.  He still eats oatmeal although he hasn't been nearly as excited about it as he was that first time.  He's also had sweet potatoes, apples, bananas and peas.  His favorite is probably peas.  We're going to try avocados and carrots next.  He also sometimes eats Mum Mums which are little rice biscuit things.  He doesn't like food as much as I though he would, giving his level of excitement when he sees that a bottle is coming.

We're still not sure how much he weighs.  But we have a doctors appt. this Thursday and will update you on all of his 6 month stats.   He's still wearing 9 month clothes from Carters and some 12 month and 6-12 month from GAP, Old Navy, and Gymboree.  But we've gotten some 12-18 month pants too to not push on his belly.  Still have that pants problem... feel free to share about any brands that run big in the tummy.

If you are reading this, we ask something of you. Please leave a comment wishing Casey a Happy Half Birthday. We did this when Chloe was 6 months and we'd like to do the same for him. Someday we will print out the blog as a keepsake and would love to be able to point out each person that reads the blog because they love our kids.

Happy 1/2 Year, little boy, we love you!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Outtakes

And even more than the cute shots... we got some pretty silly looking ones.  Enjoy!

I don't know why, but this one just crack us up.  Like a picture for match.com or something...
But this one is even funnier... "Not only will I not smile... I won't even LOOK at you.  So there."

"Ok, now I"ll look at you, but I still won't smile."

 "Uh.  I know we just started, but my brother is way to heavy, Mommy."

"What just happened?"
"Wait a minute, this is guys is my LITTLE brother?"
"I'm just going to close my eyes now."


"We're both done with this... can we go get dinner now?"
"So, I have to hold my hand on his head like this?"
"Dad, why is Chloe holding my  head in place?"
"Tired... just so tired."
"What were you thinking?"

"My fingers are delcious!"
"People, this blanket is falling down on me!"

"I am done.  Not going to smile anymore.  Just going to scream."
"Just because you took off my hat and my pants doesn't mean I'm  happy."


"Dropping the ball... literally."

"The over the shoulder look..."


"Mom, I think she's trying to choke me..."









Wednesday, March 28, 2012

The Kids

We got some cute ones of the Chloe and Casey together too.










Tuesday, March 27, 2012

An Interview with Chloe

Last July (8 months ago) I did an interview with Chloe to see what her answers were on certain topics.  You can read about that here.  Now, she is 3 years and 4 months old (she looks older in this picture, right?) and we're doing it again to see how her answers have changed.



What is your name? Chloe

How old are you? 3 (pronounced "free")

What is your favorite color? Orange

Who is your best friend? Spunky.

Who is your favorite friend that is a person?  Grammie.

What is your favorite animal?  Giraffe.  I like giraffe.

What do you want to be when your grow up? A monster.

What is your favorite movie? Rudolph.

What is your favorite TV show?  George (Curious George)

What is your favorite book? Peter Pan.

What makes you happy? Playing with my toys.  And watching shows.

What makes you sad?  When I get an "owie."

What is your favorite food to eat?  Pierogies.

What is your favorite song to sing? I Love Mommy.  (this is not actually a song, but I like her answer!)

What games do you like to play? Hi - Ho Cheerio, the George Matching Game and Memory and Elefun.

You can see parts of this "interview" in these video clips: