6 Months!

Christopher turned 6 months this week! I posted my two favorite pictures on Facebook but since I know some of my blog readers aren't on Facebook... here are the ones I posted... plus a couple extra. I took 43 pictures in all. They are absolutely hilarious.

I can't decide which of these 2 are my favorite. I love the way he is reaching out for the ball- concentrating and all. But I also LOVE this one right above because his eyes look so sweet!

He is so interested in the baseball. He could actually hold it and was even trying to eat it. I guess is might be a spitball pitcher.

And here I don't think he could decide whether to eat his foot.... or eat the ball.

OH MY GOD! What is that?!?!

 

This week we did a lot of playing on the floor, trying to get Christopher to move around and crawl. I was told at his appointment that it's going to awhile before he starts crawling... which I totally thought crawling came alot earlier. He scoots around pretty good I think.  

Ready to head to daycare! He just looks adorable in his little hoodies!

Just waiting for the doctor to come in! Christopher is weighing in at 18 pounds 4 ounces and he is 27 inches long. He is still in the 83rd percentile for his head circumference as well- big head!

When we were at the doctor he tried to get Christopher to sit on the table and all Christopher wanted to do was grab the crinkly paper and eat it. Then, the doctor tried to get him to stand and Christopher thought he was in his jumper and started to jump! I was like "Christopher stop jumping!" He loves his little Johnny Jump-Up. I love the way his feet move like a ballerino. :) (o means boy right?) :) He did at least compliment us on his fun personality.

Napping!

So Rocco and Anthony came over Friday night. We had just changed Christopher into his jammies and Rocco came hopping into the room... Christopher took one look at him and shrieked! It was HILARIOUS! He shrieked like 3 times. I think he was just really tired and slightly freaked out because today he was find around him. I felt bad for laughing but it was funny.

Christopher got to try peas today. I hate peas. I think they are just the worst food ever. Christopher is with me on that one! I hope this video below plays for you. I couldn't get the videos from my last post to work at school or on the iPad.

 

Awww. I know.

And this is what Christopher looks like after a good 2 hour nap....babbling away.

It was an odd week for Christopher in daycare. He didn't take his 2 2hour naps like he always has. He was napping either 2 1 hour naps or one day he just took a 3 hour nap. It's really odd, but I know! Babies change their schedule all the time! I was quite baffled though so I was researching trying to figure out what was going on with him. The doctor told me maybe he is just more interested in what the other kids are doing than taking a nap. I guess. Hopefully he returns to his schedule next week.

 

Christopher normally takes a cat nap around 4:45 til about 5:30. It so stresses me out that I am not going to get him to go to sleep and he is going to be fussy for Matt when he gets home. He only gets to spend about an hour and a half every night with him so I want to make sure it is happy Christopher that he gets! Plus, trying to make dinner which stresses me out even more especially on workout nights... so tomorrow afternoon I am prepping dinners for the week and making casseroles! We are trying pizza casserole. Mom made that this week and it sounded really yummy! Christopher and I are headed to church in the morning while Matt is going to hand out Diet Cokes to the 3-Day walkers. (I can't believe that was us last year! There was tons of Halloween candy being handed out but the people who brought the coolers of Diet Coke were by far the most popular stops!) And that's it from here! Mom comes in to town Friday night and we have family pictures on Saturday morning.

 

PS- We are going to hit 6,000 page views with this one! :) I wish I could figure out who is the 6,000th viewer and get you an autographed picture or something... :) 

Take Some Time

Before you even start reading, I must prepare you for the length of this blog post. I was going to split it into two posts, but Matt vetoed that. So therefore, you have my blog title. This is going to definitely take some time to read (and look at pictures..tons of pictures)! Enjoy!
When I picked Christopher up from daycare this week, they were playing outside everyday.  The weather was just gorgeous here- Fall is finally coming! Ms. Jeanne has the perfect shaded back yard for all the kids to enjoy!

Christopher was playing in the little car thing on Thursday!

 

I don't normally take my phone in with me to get him but I had to go get it. He just looked so sweet playing! And it also got me thinking... I need some daycare pictures! So when I went in on Friday I asked Ms. Jeanne to take a couple pictures of him throughout the day so my blog followers could see what he does while he is there! Of course she didn't disappoint. Instead of just a couple... I got 10! So here they are!

Oh my goodness- do you not just love that drool hanging off his chin!

This is one of the little girls that is there with him. She is such a cutie!

Smile! I know that he is propped up here but he is doing a great job sitting up now. Sure he may topple over after awhile, but he gets better at it everyday!

This picture makes me want to go get a wagon to wheel him around in!

 

I love how the door is open- It was just gorgeous on Friday!

See the pumpkin in the background- Their playroom is all decorated for Halloween with streamers and pumpkins all around!

 

Christopher took 3 naps at daycare on Friday- all the smiling for the camera made him tired! :) It is so nice to know that Christopher loves being there- he just smiles and smiles at Ms. Jeanne and has so much fun while he is there... I mean, how could you not- look at all those fun toys! My friend Carmon's little boy went to Ms. Jeanne's daycare 6 years ago and I told her back then when the day finally came, I would be calling! Thank goodness she had an opening because there was no back up plan! :)

 

And now on to the weekend- well, to Saturday. Matt and I had a full day planned for today. And if you know me... I HATE making plans, but I went with it for this Saturday. Christopher was apparently excited too because he decided to only sleep in by 30 minutes this morning- thank God I am a morning person!

 

Love those Notre Dame jammies! I was afraid we were going to have to burn them in the 3rd quarter, but thankfully ND pulled it off.

This was after Christopher and I had been up for an hour- We decided it was time for Matt to wake up as well!

 

Our plan for the day was.... Pumpkin Patch. Taste of Acworth. Notre Dame game. Yankees game. And we did it all! We decided to not go to a huge pumpkin patch.  I am sure Christopher would have loved to look at the animals, the hayride, etc but he wouldn't enjoy it as much as he will next year.  Instead we went to a church by my friend Julie's house- she hadn't seen Christopher in awhile so it worked out great! We got a few pumpkins for the porch and some little ones for inside... and some really sweet photos.

Look at the camera, Christopher!

Oh so sweet- this picture got quite a few "likes" on Facebook! :)

I love this picture! I should have known that the stem was going to go into his mouth at some point- and it did. And as I was picking him up he grabbed straw and stuck that in his mouth. What a redneck he is going to be!

 

 

After the pumpkin patch we were off to the Taste of Acworth. Wouldn't you know Christopher fell asleep as we are circling trying to find a parking spot. We decided to not take the stroller and instead use the other carrier we have.  This one faces in - we were hoping Christopher would snuggle in and continue his nap.

He did! Is that not hilarious?!?! First, I swear, I am so thankful that Stacy gave me this Yankees hat. I use it all the time on him! Second, yes he is sound asleep in there. He slept like a champ, even with all the train whistles and music!

Christopher did wake up in time to see his Uncle Anthony when he came!

I adore this picture! This is Tess, the daughter of my friend Carrie! See the little guy in the background- that's Grayson, my friend Heather's little one. Christopher and Grayson are going to be pool buddies this summer.

 

We had to leave in time to make it home for the Notre Dame game.... 



 



Christopher loves his Uncle Anthony (and his nose).

 

And that was our Saturday. Christopher is sound asleep (and planning on sleeping til like 8 tomorrow) and Matt and I are watching the Yankees game.

 

 

I know you want to see all the picture highlights from the week so here ya go (I warned yall on the length of this!)

Matt is trying to show Christopher how to crawl.

Just some giggles.

I know, we are so stupid, but you can never be too young to start!

 

And because you read and looked patiently- here is a sneak peek of my little lobster! I can't wait to see him in his whole costume!! :)

  

I am hoping Matt will wear a chef's hat. :)

 

And that'si it! Christopher turns 6 months on Wednesday so I will be back then to show you his 6 month picture and his newest stats! 

The GA Aquarium

Matt would always ask if I wanted to go to the Aquarium and I always said NO. We even had free passes for a year just hanging on the fridge... and I still couldn't be convinced to go. Today, we finally went. Matt had off today and I took a personal day so we took Christopher down there. We only stayed for an hour- I mean, how long can you really look at fish? Christopher loved looking at all of the fish, penguins, etc and we did have fun so of course it was worth it to go down there, but... from now on I think that trip will be a Matt, Christopher and Nana trip. :)

Ready to go!

Breakfast at Cracker Barrel. They had the cutest little outfit I need to go back and get Christopher- it was this snowman onesie with sweatpants that said Just Chillin down the one leg.

Hanging out!My friend told me to not take the stroller because they are "frowned upon." Good advice! There were certainly lots of strollers but it was much easier to get around with him just hanging!

Did you know fish had teeth? I was just amazed by this weird buck tooth thing.

Tons of fish!!

Isn't this hilarious?!?! I think it may be my favorite picture of the day!

Happy baby! PS- Christopher is not wearing skulls and crossbones. His shirt has hockey players on it with hockey sticks as the crossbones.

And some penguins for Granddaddy- because they might be the only penguins he sees anytime soon! :)

 

I have about 60 other pictures from the day but I won't bore you with all of Matt's photo taking! This weekend coming up we are going to a pumpkin patch with Unlce Anthony and to the Taste of Acworth so hopefully we will get some good pictures then! :)

 

Back to daycare tomorrow for the little guy and back to work for us-at least it will be Tuesday already!

 

Also, I have been asking and asking Matt to write one of these posts- Wouldn't yall love to hear from him?!!?!?

 

Time to watch the Yankees! Have a happy Tuesday!! :)

A Little Here.. A Little There...

Nothing much to report this week other than Christopher continues to grow like a weed! He is really such a happy, fun baby. Monday during daycare he took his 2 naps but then would not take his little cat nap around 5. He cried alot that night during his bath and bedtime bottle because he was so tired. I felt so guilty because I was outside working out and heard his little cry at one point! Thursday night I said to Matt- Have you heard Christopher cry since Monday night? Nope. (4 hours later... Maybe I shouldn't have written that... I had one heck of a time getting him down for his nap just now!!)

 

These eyes are made for smiling... not crying!

 

Rolling around on the couch!

 

We have transitioned Christopher to drop one of his bottle feedings during the week so he now takes the full thing of rice cereal for his dinner (along with his prunes). I am waiting til his 6 month appointment to start another food- as long as it isn't green peas. Gross. Bleh. Matt will have to feed those to him!

 

Friday Matt went to the Braves/Cardinals Wild Card game so it was just me and Christopher! After work that day Christopher and I (with the help of Carmon) went dress shopping for a wedding and then we decided to go for a little happy hour with some friends! Christopher was so good and happy while we were there. He loved sitting outside and looking at everyone... especially Davida. He would NOT stop smiling at her and getting all shy. It was adorable!

with Ms Rachel (I think he is looking at Davida- see the smile??)

 

 

We came home to our Notre Dame jammies in the mail... and the other pair is ones I got at Kohl's- I couldn't resist their cuteness!

 

Last night, Matt and I went to a wedding (again- I know!) and Christopher stayed at home with Dana! It was a beautiful wedding and we had a great time... other than the fact there was no cell phone reception and you can just imagine what that did to a worrier like me!! Of course everything was fine!

 

I instagrammed like every picture I took this week. Here are some of the highlights! 

 

I think this was his Monday outfit!

Christopher wore his pumpkin jammies on October 1st!

Bedtime bottle!

Ready to go play at daycare!

Mommy is laying in bed sick this day! Thank goodness Matt's bosses have kids and are so understanding- Matt had to take the little guy to daycare and get me crackers and soup before heading to work.

So sweet! I love him in his jammies!!! And we are wearing 9 month ones now! That is so hard to believe!

 

Today we had lunch with Uncle Anthony... (who also said he wants to babysit soon....)

 

 

That's it for now! Have a great week!!