Aaron - 6 Months

On August 11 Aaron was 6 months old. At 6 months Aaron is in the 72nd percentile for both weight and height. He weighs 18 lbs. 10 oz. and is 27" long. He's eating fruits and veggies. Prunes and peaches are his least favorite. He is practicing with a sippie cup and holds it really well. Can't tip it up of course, but he will occasionally accidentally suck on it the right way if I tip it for him. He is playing with puffs, but not putting them in his mouth. Aaron is also starting to hold his own bottle.

This month Aaron is scooting all over the place and is almost good enough at sitting by himself that I don't think I'll have to keep padding around him much longer. I think he might be teething because he chews on his fingers all the time, but I don't see or feel any teeth yet, so I could be wrong.

He continues to be the happiest baby, but unfortunately he's not sleeping well at all. He cries for his paci too many times a night to count. I don't know whether to just let him cry and work it out or keep catering to him until he figures out how to put it in his mouth by himself - he's SO close. If I choose the crying method I risk him waking Logan up.


first ride in his big-boy seat in the stroller. He loves it, but Logan complains a lot that Aaron is kicking him. And so it begins!

First Swim

Hard to believe Aaron hasn't been in the pool all summer. He loves being in the water and splashing. We had him out there a few times this weekend and had so much fun. If I had 4 arms we'd do it more often!

The Wards

Saturday afternoon, the Wards came for dinner and a swim. Hannah's thinking about playing in the sand


Lexie and Logan cool off in the pool.

Circus

Tonight we took Logan to his first circus. (Believe it or not, it was my first circus,too!) We joined Logan's BFF Owen and his family, and again, left Aaron with a sitter. Sorry kiddo - we'll make it up to you! Meredyth was so smart to make a run to the dollar store and put together goodie bags for the boys. We didn't have to buy a thing! Thank for the bags Meredyth and for teaching me your tricks!!!

I didn't get many good pictures and despite what story some of the pictures may tell, we had a great time!


Owen and Logan mesmerized by tigers or acrobats or motorcycles - I don't remember.


No, it's our first circus and we're going to take a picture whether you like it or not!


The Haller Family


Watching the elephants during the pre-show.


AND this marks the night that Logan first tinkled in a bottle! We were in the parking garage leaving the circus - 5th floor and it was taking forever to unwind. Just as we started moving Logan announces that he has to potty. I confirmed that it was just #1, then chugged a bottle of water I had in the car and climbed into the back of the car to assist. Fortunately for us he doesn't seem to remember this. I don't know if he was too tired or what, but I was just so worried that he'd never want to go in the toilet again. Whew!

Tennis - if that's what you want to call it!

Andrew and I joined a tennis league last night. Neither of us has played in years and you would have guessed it by the way we played. It's not like riding a bike. We were doing much better by the end of our match, but it was too late for a come back. We were beat by a couple twice our age. Or maybe I should keep that to myself. I'm sore in places I forgot I had.

We are glad to have a weekly date night in place and I'm so excited to be playing again!!!

The Tookes

Our neighbors the Tookes came over for dinner on Saturday. Logan and Olivia had so much fun running around the house squealing.

Aaron's Dedication

On Father's Day, we dedicated to raise Aaron in a Godly home in front of our church. Bob and Judy were in town for the dedication service.

Aaron was great (of course!) for pastor Chris and Logan enjoyed being in big church. He kept a close eye on all the guitars during the service. We are so blessed to have two happy, healthy, sweet boys. God has been so good to us and we look forward to all the times we get to share God's love and grace and mercy with our boys. What a big responsibility! God, as I write, give us wisdom and patience. Help us to be mindful of all the opportunities to teach our boys your love and kindness.



Cousin Derek, Wendi, Raleigh, Kennedy and Wendi's dad Earl joined us for lunch afterward at Joe T's.

Raleigh and Logan were throwing pennies into the fountain and then the wind shifted and they started to get splashed. . . .

. . .so they just started pushing their piles of pennies into the water. It is so fun to watch these two silly cousins!