And he's off . . .

While it may not be an "official" crawl, Andon is off and moving fast. He started rolling all over the family room at 5 months. Started rocking on his knees 6 weeks ago and started army crawling (ie, pulling himself across the floor) last week. Now he is doing a combo crawl/drag thing that is taking him where he wants to go and FAST. Bella and Gunner are in trouble. Nala never gets down to his level so she's the only one who won't be bothered.

1st Haircut

I know he's only 9 months, but Andon needed a haircut. Mama had to suck it up and let them cut off this very long section of hair he's had since birth. It hurt my heart but we saved it of course.

Here he is without a clue.

Hey, what's that buzzing sound?

Hmm, I don't know about this.

Daddy why are you taking pictures? Mama please pick me up!

Aren't we done yet!?

All better now that I've got Mama and my thumb.

Mark and mini Mark. (Note how tight he is clinging to Mark's shirt!)

9 months

Andon turned 9 months last week. He had his well check today. He is 29 inches and weighs 17 lbs 14oz. That puts him in the 75th percentile for height and 10-25th for weight. A slight dip in weight, he hasn't lost any but, he hasn't gained much (only 7 ounces). At the same time though he has grown 2 inches. His pediatrician suggested cheese, yogurt, protein and pasta. All things he already eats with gusto, so we'll just give him more. He LOVES food so it shouldn't be a problem for him. In fact he prefers food to formula so he will be more than pleased. No shots, just an anemia check and all is good there. All in all he's a healthy boy. I'm just destined to have long, lean kids. They clearly got the good genes in the family!

A girls day out

We hung out with Aunt Amy and Uncle Kevin last Sunday. Sierra has been wanting to paint ceramics with Amy and I forever so we finally got to go. We all went to lunch at Flancer's then ditched the boy's. Sierra was very excited to just have some girl time.

She painted 3 things in the amount of time it took Amy and I to do 1. I'm pretty sure she was done with one before we even settled on our pieces.Here is Amy with her finished piece. Keep in mind they haven't been fired yet, so they will be nice and shiny when we pick them up tomorrow. I'll post an updated picture when we get them.

Here is mine. I have been looking for a crock large enough to hold my kitchen tools forever. I couldn't find one so I painted one. After painting we went back to their house and played Uno before heading home.

Andon just chilled with Daddy on the couch.

And then on the floor with Matty. She adores this baby.
Thanks for having us over Amy and Kevin!

All that I am . . .

Thank you for teaching me everything I know about being a good mom. If I can be half as good at it as you, Sierra and Andon will be in great shape. I promise to teach them to follow their heart as you taught me. And to always say I love you. We miss you more everyday. Happy Birthday Mom. I love you.

"All that I am or hope to be I learned from my Mother."
- Abraham Lincoln.

That can't be comfortable

I'm a little behind. Mark and Sierra have been having "sleepovers" in the family room. These pictures are from last weekends sleepover. Mark stayed up to play a game while Sierra went to sleep. He looked up after he turned the game off and found this:

See the cat on the red blanket, even Bella was turned around and sound asleep.

I hope you can see the drool.

Sierra had no recollection of this which just proves she really does sleep soundly once she finally goes to sleep.

Inspiration

The kids and I joined our friends, Shawna and her son Daniel, at the Botanical Gardens on Good Friday. They currently have the Chihuly: The Nature of Glass Exhibit on display. If you can get out to see it I highly recommend it. The glass is beautiful and its simply amazing to see it in person. Shawna and I both said we need some for our yards. If only . . .

The Sun

The Moon

Oh, the flowers and butterfly garden were pretty cool too.

This little guy landed on my little guys hat!