Family Fun at the Lake!

Saturday, our fun Nashville family was heading down to Florence to hang out at the lake. We didn't want to be left out so we headed that way too. Eddie, Betty Kay, Susan and Sarah piled in the minivan with Jonah (4), Sims (1) and Geneva (almost 2 months). I have no idea if their trip was fun in the car but I know that it was fun once they got to the lake! Things started off with some bubble fun. Betty Kay found the best toy that made ENORMOUS bubbles. It was a hit with everyone! Sims loved the bucket of bubbles.

After the bubbles there was a little fishing. Jonah was the winner with FIVE fish! Charlie, Parkhurst and Rosemary were great fishermen as well! But before you can go fishing you need to find your bait! 

Jonah fishing with Drewsky!

 Good one Parkhurst!

 Supervising...

 Having fun fishing with Nan.

 Helping Rosemary keep an eye on her bobber.

 Great job Charlie!

More fun with toy airplanes! (Here is Parke with his mini-me, Charlie)

I'm so glad we decided to go this weekend. Everyone had so much fun! I CAN'T WAIT to do it again!

Oh and thanks to Betty Kay for the pictures!

Fun at the Zoo

Last week we had a fun trip to the zoo with the Addisons! Jack and his best friend Aidan had a great time. It was VERY warm so it was nice to walk under the shaded paths and look at all of the animals. Joe and I decided to get a family membership so we will definitely be making more trips. 

Here is Jack, looking so excited to be spending time with his best friend. Aidan just wants to know who this baby is.

Animals!

 I feel like these were in a fight.

Mommy and Jack in front of the red panda. The panda didn't really cooperate for the photo.

The group minus Brandon who was our photographer. 

I'll try to get more pictures of better animals next time. Apparently, there are Friday night"Zoovies" at the zoo. They play fun movies like Ice Age or Rio, have games, music and you get to be in the zoo after hours! I don't think Jack would like it this year so I hope they keep doing it so we can try it next year!

Seven Months Old

Somebody is 7 months old today!! He's pretty cute :)

 Mommy is so funny!

This guy is pretty fun too :)

 He is guarding Dado's snack from Fresh Market.

Jack started solid foods this month. So far vegetables are not very popular. We have given sweet potatoes, carrots and squash a try and they haven't been well received. On the other hand bananas are a hit! I think he would eat an entire banana if I let him. So we hide his vegetables in banana if he won't eat them. Not the best policy, I know, but at least he's eating. We'll work on liking vegetables later!

Six Months Old

In six short months our baby went from this...

 to this...

Time flies when you are exhausted I guess :) Look at that cute face. I'm so lucky to be able to see that sweet smile everyday. At his six month appointment he weighed 16 pounds 10 ounces which is the 30th percentile. He was 27 inches long which was the 75th percentile. The doctor said we could start solid food so that should be fun!

Rice Cereal

So we tried rice cereal once a few weeks back. We decided after starting it that it didn't really help his sleeping so we would wait until the doctor recommended it at 6 months (he said we could start early if he stopped sleeping well). We're hoping this next round will help him start sleeping again. (His nights have been messed up over the last week or so hopefully just due to a growth spurt--we should find out at the doctor tomorrow.) But here are some pictures from the first attempt at rice cereal.

I'm ready for my cereal, Mommy.

Wait, I'm not sure if I like this.

No... wait... it's ok. Also, I really like this spoon.

6 Month appointment is tomorrow. I'll be sure to post those pictures and stats (hopefully sometime before his first birthday)!

Four and Five Months Old

I should probably give up on monthly growth updates considering it takes forever to post them. Oh well! At his 4 month appointment he weighted 16 pounds 2 ounces which is right around the 75th percentile. His height was 25.88 inches which is just above the 75th percentile. (Dr. Leeper said that genetics is kicking in and we are probably not going to have a giant after all). He is perfectly healthy aside from a cold every now and then. He is sleeping well with the exception of what has hopefully been just a short growth sprurt. Here are some cute pictures that a friend of Courtney's took at our community group Thanksgiving dinner (yes, it's February and I'm posting pictures from Thanksgiving). Plus a picture from Jack's first snow :)

He loves to sit up and play with his toys. He also loves to listen to himself talk, grabbing Newman's hair (not Newman's favorite), bath time and a good game of peek-a-boo! Tomorrow he will be 6 months old. That's just hard to believe!

Jack's First Christmas

We made the short drive to Florence for Christmas this year. Newman really loves the new seating arrangements in the car. Since he can't really sit in the back with Jack he gets to sit up front. So we shove his dog bed into the front seat and he has a nice relaxing ride until we get to the road my parent's live on. He has learned that if we turn on the blinker we are almost there so he hopes up and starts looking around. Saturday was Christmas Eve so we wait for the Cochrans to get out of their Christmas Eve service and make their way to the house. We ate, visited and then got settled so that Bill could read us the story of Jesus's birth.

Family picture 

Hanging out with my uncles

Rosemary giving Jack a bear hug

 Charlie is really good at holding him.

Parkhurst loves to entertain Jack.

 A hilarious game of peek-a-boo

 Bill reading the story of Jesus's birth

 Aunt Katie and Parkhurst help Jack open his presents.

 Christmas morning. Jack loved the new chair Santa brought.

After Christmas we just relaxed and played outside. Newman made some friends and loved running around in the yard.

I hope everyone's Christmas was as good as ours!