Baby You Can Drive My Car

We cannot wait for the warm weather to come and stay - this boy LOVES the outdoors!

Home

I cannot even begin to find the words to tell you how much we LOVE our new house and how amazing it is to be settled in our own "HOME"! Thanks to LOTS and LOTS of help...mostly from Mimi and Swanie...we are settled in. The projects will continue for quite some time, but isn't that true for everyone???

Benjamin is doing great! Don't worry...he hasn't lost an ounce since our last post! He still LOVES to eat, and has yet to show any interest at all in crawling. This week he has started to become obsessed with pulling up and standing...no real desire to move in anyway...just stand! Our biggest accomplishment over the holidays was learning to sleep through the night. After 6 months of waking up to eat during the night Max and I decided it was time to draw the line! It was actually easier than we thought and we pray that he keeps it up.

Here is our favorite first Christmas photo...thanks to Uncle Heath!

Our New Home

In our last post we were sooo busy listing all of this boy's six month stats that we failed to mention the two razor sharp teeth that accompanied his 6 month birthday! He seems to have cut them without too much turmoil, and he is completely convinced that he is now ready to eat anything and everything...go ahead, try to eat food in front of him without sharing...

Last weekend Jaime and Tad came to Tyler for a quick visit and Benjamin had is first official Christmas. We all had a blast and this boy REALLY got into the presents (his first basketball goal and a crawl and learn ball)...now we are VERY anxious for Christmas next week! We even ventured to the mall on Saturday and Benjamin sat in Santa's lap...no crying, no smiling...he just pulled Santa's beard...glad Santa didn't scream!!

In the last couple of weeks we began looking at houses in town again. On Monday morning I was driving by two houses (one recommended by MawMaw and one we found online over the weekend) to see if they were worth scheduling a showing when I came across this house...I went home and googled the address...AMAZING pictures...but we've been there, done that. So, I called the realtor and scheduled to see all three houses. The first two were the same as so many...if only we had $50-100K for renovations they would've been great...but the last one....well, we're closing on December 31st...Thank you, Lord! In God's perfect timing, an answer to so many prayers.

Our new address as of January 1, 2009: 1400 Kensington Tyler, TX 75703

6 Months

Stats:

Height: 27 1/4 inches - 87th %ile
Weight: 21lbs 15oz - 98th %ile
Head: 46cm - 100th %ile

He's at the top of his class...what can we say??

The most important news is that both ears are finally cleared up - Thank you Lord!

This little boy is growing by leaps and bounds and keeping us busy! We're hoping that this, our third round of antibiotics has finaly cleared up both ears...we'll find out on Friday at his 6 month check-up...can you believe he'll be 6 months old???

We know he's feeling better because he's back to eating like a champ...these days he's much more interested in tasting mom & dad's food than in eating his own food!

He's definatley mastered rolling over and loves to sleep on his tummy...rolling back over is still another story. He loves to sit up and play; however, he still hasn't learned to sit up on his own. Don't worry...he'll let you know exactly when he's ready to sit!

Thanksgiving was great - we enjoyed visiting with the fam. Benjamin enjoyed his 3rd trip to Shreveport in his first 6 months! This one was definately one for the record books because Grandpa Swanie hit a big one!!

Cruisin around the cabin in his red car...
Looking for presents under Aunt Casie's Christmas tree!

Family Photo Shoot

If you'd like to take a peak at our first professional family portraits just click on the link below:

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Customer Name is COURTNEY GREGORY, once you login click on "View Images" and enjoy!

Survivor

Jaime came to stay with Benjamin and I Halloween weekend while Max was in Vegas for the TCU game...we had a great visit - hear are a few pics that Jaime took while she was here:

We now have ear infection #2 under our belts...I think this little boy can officially survive anything! Unfortunately, this time the fever set in on Thursday afternoon right before Max left for the deer lease (Yes, Max has been out of town the last two weekends in a row!). Luckily, the pediatrician was able to squeeze us in Friday morning so we were able to get meds a LOT faster than last time. However, the ear infection itself was the least of our worries...this time it came with an entire head cold which had poor little Benjamin's nose so stopped up that every time he would try to take a bottle he would get all choked up. Anyone that has ever seen this boy knows that he doesn't miss a meal, but don't worry now that he's breathing better he is definitely catching up on EVERY ounce of milk that he might have missed out on while he was sick!

This is one of Benjamin's funniest little quirks...he ALWAYS covers his face to sleep!

He has almost conquered sitting up on his own...

Oh, and did I mention that when we went to the Dr. on Friday he weighed 20lbs???