Friday, August 23, 2013

6 months!

Cole turned 6 months on August 17th!  He weighs 19 lbs. 4 oz and is in the 88th%. 

Growing boy!

The next series of pictures are of him crawling from one side of the room to the other.  I loved the different facial expressions he made so included all of them: 















- Cole is moving a ton!  The second you set him down, he immediately rolls over and is on the go!  
- He is eating more solids!  Has tried peas (not a fan), carrots, sweet potatoes (LOVES), prunes and bananas.  He eats 2-3 'meals', depending on our schedule in addition to milk. 
- He has been sleeping MUCH better!  I'm trying to get him on a semi-regular schedule but it is much trickier with baby #2 since his big sister is on the go.  He usually takes a cat nap sometime around 9-10 am. and then will go down for a longer nap (1 1/2 hours on a good day) about noon.  Occasionally, he'll take another cat nap in the afternoon if he's getting cranky and can't make it up until 7.
- He goes down at night between 7-7:30 p.m. and will sleep until 6:30-7 a.m., still waking up once to eat. 
- He's sitting up great all on his own and loves to watch big sister Sydney entertain him



Happy 6 months, buddy.  We love you. 

Monday, August 12, 2013

Sydney's Birthday

All Syd Syd wanted for her birthday was a pink cake and balloons!  So, we made it happen!

Streamers waiting for her outside her door and 2 dozen balloons blown up!

Cracking the eggs for her cake


Stirring

Daddy helping make the cake PINK

One final stir before baking it!

On Sunday, August 4th (we pretended it was her birthday one day early) we headed to the zoo in the morning. 

Checking out the camels with daddy and Uncle Mark


So pretty

She loved the camels!







Running to see the elephants


Nani & Syd






These guys were SO close!!!

Polar Bear photobomb!


Syd and the gorillas

After lunch and naps, we continued celebrating by skyping with family. 

And wearing crazy party hats

Saying hi to Mimi & Jawg

Then it was pool time:
Swimming with Poppa


And practicing going under


Jumping to daddy

Silly Poppa

We're trying to teach her to swim with her mouth closer.  Still needs some work...

Bubba and Hollie came up for the afternoon and dinner!

Opening presents!




Singing happy birthday to Syd Syd.  She got an Elmo cupcake to go along with her pink cake




She LOVED the cake!!  The first thing she asked for the next morning was more Elmo cake please :) 

Happy Birthday, little one.  We love you.