"parenting magazine picture"

Couldn't that be in a parenting magazine?!? Oh man alive!

I took that and thought, "oh! does it get any cuter?!"

We made it safetly to my folks' house in MO and have started our month long trip away. It's been awesome so far. I'm uploading facebook with the bulk of the pictures because it's just easier there, but this one had to come over here !

How many

...How many paci towels does one baby need?...

Happy Late Birthday Baby

How has it already been well over a week and half since my baby's birthday? How is he already one? Man alive, this year has flown by me. Micah I love you so much, my little one. You are a complete joy. I love you so much. You wave "buh bye" and you say "DaDa." You also say "Be Ah Be Ah" but we don't know what that means. You sort of say "Bahhh" which means Ball. You also sign (your version) of "more" and "done" which sometimes you say "Dun Dun" when I sign it. So I know you're understanding me! It's so fun to watch you grow and learn. You love playing with balls the most. You also really like walking in your walker. Your brothers love you so much. They both want to kiss and hug you. Your lovely blonde hair has stayed put and your gorgeous blue eyes are so blue and pretty. I love that you're different. You are special. You have such gorgeous fair features. I can see some of Jamie's dad in you and my grandpa. It's so fun. You are so fun. You are such a good baby too. You are clingy and like to be held a lot but you are good. You are content and so lovable. My sweet Micah Bear. Oh and also, you have seven teeth right now--four on the top and three on the bottom. Such a sweet smile.

My big one year old. We had such a nice party. Your Papa and Grandpa were here. And "Grandpa Ross" and "Grandma Pat" were here also "cousin" Katherine came with Mr. Mike and Ms. Laura. It was such a nice party. Just family and just lots of love in the room. You are so loved.

Happy Birthday Boy!

bear cake

yummy pizza!

stripped down for cake!

I don't like this on my hands! Moooooooooom! What is this?!

Oh, what? What did you say? There's CAKE under this icing?

Um, where'd that cake go?

Ha, I found some cake on the way to the tub! mmmmm.

All clean

Micah Met Uncle Rick !

I hadn't realized until today that I failed to upload some pictures on here .. the month of Feb has nearly passed me by, but on Feb 6th, Micah got to meet his Uncle Rick for the first time! At first he wasn't too sure about it but by the end of the day, Micah was warming up to him. We had a sweet time with Rick visiting. It needs to be MUCH sooner before we see him again.

pass the peas

This is what we think of peas...

He wasn't a fan.

But he sure is cute!

squash

Teeth

Since Tooth Number Two is popping up, I thought I'd mention that Tooth Number One was sighted last week! My small fry turned 7 months yesterday. How fast the time does fly. It just keeps zooming right along. I love my little Micah Bear. He's so sweet and happy. He's such a good baby. He's becoming more and more mobile by the minute... we have to pull him off the fireplace a lot and he tries to eat the handles on the side table. You can't leave shoes in the living room, as he'll find the laces and eat those. The big boys can't set a cup down on the floor as he'll bee line toward it in hopes of finding something in them. We started jar food... I'm trying my best to delay the baby stuff, but he's doing his best to plow right through the mile markers and find he can break new ones. He's such a joy. We truly are so blessed.

it's a tooth!

Micah wont be the toothless gummy grin face anymore, today I felt a tooth popping through! Pictures to follow, of course.

Messy Micah

All betters

look who's STANDING!?

HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE!?! Saturday he mastered sitting upright without leaning like a tripod or flopping over. Then Sunday, he started over to Jamie, hop-crawling to the couch, and then pulled up like he was a 10 month old. And he hasn't been sitting since. He goes back and forth from my chair to the couch to pull up, stand and laugh at himself. It's the most funny thing he's done so far. Pull up, stand there and chuckle. HA! Look what I did Mom! Ha. He's not so good about getting out of the standing though. He's not coordinated at all yet and doesn't understand gravity but he's standing. In a month when I write that my seven month old is walking, shoot me.

Mark saw me taking that picture and wanted to be in one, and it couldn't have been a cuter, sweeter pic if I posed it. Then he pulled up a book and was showing Micah the pictures in the book. Oh the sweetness. I love happy filled darling moments like this to make the mornings worth it all.

6 Months

How is my baby six months old?

This will probably be the thought process at each new month marker. HOW is it that already? It goes so fast. Micah is starting to crawl. He's very much like a hoppin toad though, trying to lunge out not really crawling just yet, but he is moving now. And woe to the brother who leaves a cup on the floor, he spots it and starts at it, snake style, slithering fast! It's funny. He also started sitting upright at a kind of leaning position on Friday. So far no teeth yet, but I'm sure they are coming. Everything goes in his mouth, but not quite thinking he's "teething" yet. He's such a joy. I love this little bear so much.

Thank you God for this sweet baby to love and have and hold. It is really hard to believe that half a year has already passed. And equally hard to remember life without this blessing in the house.

Are you ready for some Football?

It's Football season in this house....

Micah got to watch his first GT game.

Thankfully, they won!

The exersaucer and Mommy time

Recently Micah has been trying out the exersaucer when he's awake and it's time for the family to eat lunch or dinner. He seems pretty okay in it. The first few times were short lived but he's getting better at staying long enough for us to eat without passing him back and forth. He's getting so big. I love him so much.

Also, just for fun... this was what our Friday night looked like. I'm usually the one snapping pictures but, since I had all three boys with me, I had Jamie take a few. Micah was sound asleep and Matthew and I were watching a show. Mark was uninterested in the show but couldn't be left out, so he crawled up with his letter cards.

one of the last firsts

I can hardly stand it... My sweet baby boy is about to be five months old next week. He'd been really eyeing the spoon usage lately as we all sit around him eating. I decided last night that we might as well start. So, Micah had his first rice cereal. It's really made me start thinking (again) about how this is the last (probably) of another first. Micah is really going to make me enjoy each and every one of his milestones because more than likely they will be the last "firsts" we see in this house. So I pulled out the camera last night to give to Jamie and he captured Micah's "first" with the spoon. And I got a little caught up in it being the last time I feed my children for the first time. ... that said... Micah really enjoyed it. He wanted to hold the spoon, so eventually I just gave up and gave it to him and got a new one to keep feeding him with. For our first try, we were pretty messy of course and had to go straight to the bath. It was fun. I love being a mom.

Just for fun...
This is the scene that was before me this morning.
I put Micah on the floor to change the pack and play sheets.
When I came back, Matthew was completely entertaining him.

and here's Mark, of course.