happy 1/2 birthday...

to little B!! Can't believe he's already 6 months old! I know I wrote about that in my last post but it's true.
Poor kiddo has had a cold on our trip. He'd been coughing since yesterday and a runny nose. I was getting a little nervous about his cough and when he threw up this evening I knew we needed to find a Dr. Ended up his cold settled in his ear and he has an ear infection. He's been such a trooper and you would have never know it was an ear infection. The Dr. said she was surprised how happy he was because it was pretty bad. I'm glad he's on meds. and hope he gets over that cold soon!!! I'll post more about our pic when I get home and pics loaded to my computer.

eating my words and a growin boy..

I've always said that my children will not watch noneducational videos when they are little. I'm definitely eating those words! It started when I was potty training Andrew. I let him watch Nemo one day and Cars another to keep his mind off going outside. I didn't want him going outside because I knew I'd never get him back in to potty! Anyway, the boy instantly became obsessed with Cars. I believe he asks about 5 times a day to watch Cars. We got him a couple of the cars from the movie and he's obsessed with them. He constantly has one in his hand. He eats, sleeps, and plays with them daily. It's quite funny. Here he is trying to hold them all at once.

Here's my growin' boy! He'll be 6 months on the 10th and that means we're half way to his first birthday....which I already have planned in my head. :) (however, I want this time to slow down!!!) Last night when I put him down this is what he did.... and here he is trying to sit...
key word there...trying!!

We head out to see our family tomorrow and are very excited. Actually, we are staying at my parent's while Matt goes hunting. Granny, Aunt Jill, Jack and Aunt Rachel are going to come see the boys on Saturday. Should be a fun time! I'm sure Andrew will try to steal ALL the attention!

towel boys

Two posts in one night!!! GO ME!! Just wanted to share these pics of the boys from tonight.

Brotherly love....

baby dedication

We had Blake dedicated this weekend. It was so nice. They do a dinner for the family on Friday night and then we go before the church on Sunday. Matt wasn't able to make it today as he had to work. I definitely felt like a single parent...but that was okay. He wasn't able to be at church when we had Andrew dedicated either. Anyway, my friend, Eileen, actually got a decent picture of us. I might have to use it as our Christmas picture because I'm pretty sure getting one of us all looking at the camera probably won't happen again!

halloween night

So, this was Andrew's first Halloween to actually go trick or treating. Matt had to work and I was a little bummed he wouldn't be able to join in on the fun. Here are some pics from our night....

My lil frog
My lil pumpkin

After taking pics we went trick or treating with some friends. It was the first time to go for both boys and was quite funny....

G-man trying to figure out what the bag is for. (His mom forgot his Halloween bag.)

Wait...what do we say?

Can we come in?

The boys caught on quickly and didn't want to come home. It was a fun night...I'm exhausted and hitting the hay!

my little guy...

..who badly needs a haircut! I've been debating whether I want to cut it or grow those curls out. Since we are going to visit family soon I figured I'll just get it done. He's starting to get a mop on his head!

Not much to blog about these days....obviously since I'm blogging about my childs hair!! The blogging world is pretty slow these days!

little update

I figure it's about time I update....

Boys are good. Andrew is such a boy! He loves cars, planes, trains, and boats. All he does is play with them all day long. Whenever you see him you are guaranteed to find one of them in his hands...no matter where he is! He's starting to like his little brother. He'll actually get on the floor and talk to Blake and stuff. It's cute. He's also into holding him and has even given him some of a bottle.

Blake is getting big! Has both bottom teeth in and I figure the top ones are coming soon as he's drooling a lot. He's all over the place rolling and trying to scoot. Today he actually got up on all fours. I'm sure it was by accident but I have a feeling he's about to get pretty mobile! He also started saying dada about a week ago. I was hoping he'd say mama first like Andrew, but I'll live....and it made Daddy's day hearing him say it.

Blake's reflux is getting a little better. He's off the prevacid but still on the other stuff to help him not spit up as much. I'm going to take him in this week for a weight check because he's spitting up quite a bit...which means they need to up his meds...hence the weight check...it's not because I think my kid is skinny or anything!

We are going to visit family in a week. Matt is going hunting with his dad so I'm going to stay with my family. I'm looking forward to it as it's been a while since I've seen my parents.

My only other news is ...I got a job! Yep, a job and I wasn't even looking! A while back I told y'all about taking the boys to story time. Well, that place mentioned that they were looking for part time help. I'll be working 5 hours a week and get 40% off!! I deleted the blog telling y'all where we did story time because I don't want someone stalking me there! Anyway, I'm excited! I'll definitely be putting the 40% too good use!!

Well, the boys are down and my shows are coming on!!

callin it quits!

Yep, no more potty training in this house. I wish it was because Andrew got the hang of it, but it's not! I just don't think he's ready. He does really well if I put him on it every 30 mins or so but he won't tell me when he needs to go. So, I think we are just going to take a break and try again when he shows interest again. I'm guessing it will definitely be before he turns 5!!!

pumpkin patch

This morning we met some friends at the pumpkin patch up the road. I was so excited because it was 56 degrees at 8:45 AM. I thought it would be nice and cool by the time we left. Boy was I wrong! It was nearly 80 degrees!! So I had to get everyone out of jeans and put shorts on. Hopefully it will stay cooler here soon!