6 Months

Oh my sweet Cashew.

He is 6 months old.

What a fast and delicious 6 months it has been. Cashew is just a joy. He smiles almost always, laughs oh so often, especially with his brother, is generally pleasant, loves all people, is very focused, has learned to be possessive, especially of the new toys and items he has discovered are within his grasp, likes to barrel roll to get where he needs to be, has been seen army crawling when he is desperate, is gigantically tall (98th percentile--28"inches), has decided he likes solid food, is a slow deliberate eater, needs to eat more (has not yet doubled his birth weight, 15lbs 13oz--16%), hopefully will be a good sleeper when he is finally full, loves his blankie as much as Peanut loves his, is exceptionally ticklish, has two teeth, and is quite the crowd pleaser! Cashew we are so glad to have you and can't believe how fast time is flying by!

I did not pose them for this.

 

Loves sucking on his feet!

No he did not stand up on his own but stayed standing
once I put him up there. Yikes!

Sick baby again! Hopefully we are done for the season.

 

 

 

Happy Easter!

This is a beautiful holiday. I'm grateful to my Savior that he suffered and died for our sins. That I am able to repent and be clean from my mistakes and that he conquered death so that I can live again and live with my Father in Heaven again.

I really have been trying to be mindful of my actions today and this week to show Peanut why we are really celebrating. I hope we are paving the way with good habits and traditions. Thanks to Rachel's good idea HERE, I made my own egg set and that's what we did our Easter egg hunt with. Then we read the scriptures and talked about it over breakfast. It was really nice. I think we used to have one of these eggs sets when I was young. It's fun to be doing these things for my own family and have a child old enough to start participating.

It was also really nice that Rob did not have meetings this morning at church. It made things a little calmer around here. I find Sunday mornings to be absolutely frantic and stress inducing and I seem to be in quite the foul mood by the time we make it to church. So today was a nice change of pace. Him being home also allowed me to dry and curl my hair, which is a once in a blue moon special treat, that accompanied my new spring dress (thanks again Shauna and Dave for the birthday gift!). There are so many good things that come with the changing of seasons, spring clothing being one of them!

Until next time!

 

Hello.

Rob's been out of town this week on business and boy oh boy have we had an adventure. Peanut has thrown up every night that he's been gone, and all over the carpet in a new location every time, completely missing the old shower curtain I put down as a splash pad. Oh and he would always wait till the middle of the night to do it. Except for today. I have a feeling with Daddy being home now there will be no incidents tonight. As my Mom often reminds me, "It could be worse." She's right. :)


So the positive. We made some killer train tracks while we've been here at the house. This is one fun toy. I like setting it up as much as Peanut enjoys running trains along it and breaking it :).  I also was lucky enough to get out one day and run some errands by myself. My good friend offered to watch my kids for a day as a birthday present. So I went and picked out paint samples (that always takes forever for me and it was nice to not have any distractions), did some shopping, looked at seeds for the garden and took myself out to lunch. Café Rio, some retail therapy and a little HGTV sure boosts my spirits. Do you like either of the bottom two blues?

Another thing that makes us happy, especially Henry and I, is our new blender! The one we got at our wedding bit the dust so we invested in a Breville and the only reason I am telling you this detail is because it's been so good. I got right to work making baby food and the purees are a thing of beauty. My green smoothies are smooth. No spinach bit is left whole and ice chunks are a thing of the past. Cooks Illustrated ranked it right up there with the vitamix, but it had a price tag that did not give me heart failure.

Ok and speaking of Henry's food. He has decided to eat it! Like all of a sudden this week. And he eats a lot. And thinks it's super fun to spit the first few bites at me, then whines when I start to put it away. He's already 6 months old! More on that this coming week.

Last update here. It was my birthday. It was a nice simple day. Rob cooked Julia Child's beef bourguignon (heavenly), and my lovely friend made me the most delicious carrot cake I have ever had. Other then that I got to just sit next to a sunny window that Sunday afternoon and have a moment to myself. Perfect. And thanks to everyone who made the day special. I was treated to so many nice things by so many people like a brunch and a girls night out and mail. I love getting mail. Email. Snail Mail.  Package Mail. Birthday's are always good. I can't complain about getting older. My body isn't breaking down and life just gets richer with age right? And I've already come to terms with the fact that aging is just the slow process of becoming my parents. I like them. :)

Well enjoy the rest of the photos. And hopefully I can get a video to upload (it's not working tonight) so you can hear Peanut's rendition of Happy Birthday. Good night!