Summer Pics

This summer is just flying by! We've been keeping busy, therefore my blog posts suffer:). Here are just some of our recent pics in no particular order...more to follow at some point!

Gibson loves eating! I like that he is getting closer to an age where he can eat what we're eating and only 5 months until he doesn't need bottles anymore--yea! Here he is enjoying some puffs...trying so hard to get them into his mouth:).

Guess who piled him up with toys?? Layla thought he looked bored apparently. Thankfully she has been pretty good at understanding which toys he can have and which toys are NOT baby toys (we keep his toys in a seperate basket).

Layla loves getting her nails done and doesn't like it when her flowers fall off. I put hearts on the other day, but they took forever to dry so she touched them and they came off so the rest of the day she kept saying "my heart broken"--I can see how someone could have misinterpreted that:).

Playing with her Kid's Meal glasses and her jewelry...

Wearing their HC shirts that they send when you have a baby...yes, their shirts are the same size:)...
Posing, nicely??

Gavin and Layla playing with some hats theye found in the basement when Gavin was over for the day...

Gibson enjoying lunch with Gavin...

The chalk somehow managed to get not only on the concrete, but on Elv's back as well:)...

Gavin going through the drive-thru:)... Layla loves to play pretend! It's so cute to see what her little mind will think of. The most common things she likes to "make" in her kitchen are hot dogs and cake:).

They love to copy each other:)...

They both love swimming...

Playing with her jewelry with Uncle Steve on the fourth:)...

Joe and Layla relaxing on Grampy and Gigi's boat...

Gavin likes to lay down during boat rides:)...

Gibs getting a bottle from mommy...

I swear he wasn't uncomfortable:)...

Jammies time! I bought them both matching Nemo pj's like the ones Gibs is wearing, but I wasn't thinking with what sizes I got (and underestimated how big Gibs is:D) so Layla probably won't fit in hers until next year:).

Helping Dad wash the car...

Playing with her Elmo sprinkler...

May I take your order??

Hanging out with the dogs when we were watching Remi...

Having so much fun with her water table...

Concentrating...

We got to hang out with cousin Kim when she was home for her WEDDING!! We wish Kim all the best!! Layla loves this Mickey ride at the mall even though it doesn't work:).

Well, that's all I feel like uploading at the moment:). Some day I'll get caught up!

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Fourth of July

I again have been a terrible blogger and am WAY behind! We had a nice fourth of July weekend spending time with family...here are some pics from Em's house on the fourth...

The kids trying to catch bubbles...

I told the kids to look at me and smile...Natalie listened nicely:-)...

The boys in their matching swim trunks...

Gibs dipped his toes in the pool, that was it:-)...

Layla and Caleb playing some ladderball--not quite the correct way:-)...

Layla loves driving Gavin's Barbie Green Jeep!

Layla steering while Gavin pushes the gas pedal...could be trouble with Layla's steering! :-)

Caleb's turn...

More bubbles...

Everyone enjoying the fireworks display...

Gibson enjoyed watching them with "Auntie" Mandi...

Layla didn't enjoy them so much:-)...

She decided she didn't want to be quite so close:-)...

The other kids enjoyed playing with sparklers...

Layla prefered to just watch:-)...

6 Months!

On June 30, Gibson turned 6 months! He's halfway to one already! Crazy! He's getting so big and we're having such a good time watching him grow. He is still such an easy baby! He's just so happy and content most days. I am so thankful that he has been such an easy baby--I'm sure we'll hit a stage at some point where that will change though:).

Layla is so good with him and he just loves to watch her and laugh at (and with) her. I still love the stage that he's at--he's developing more of a personality, he sleeps a lot and he can't move:). He is working on learning to sit, but can't sit on his own yet. He has been rolling both ways for quite some time now, but for some reason doesn't do it very often. Layla was never much of a roller either. He was sleeping on his tummy at times, but lately never does--he sleeps on his back or side. His schedule is now breakfast at 8/8:30 which is rice cereal and a bottle (7 oz about--I'm trying to figure out how much milk he should drink at each feeding now that he eats food), nap from about 10-11, lunch at 11:30/noon of fruit and a bottle, nap from about 1-3, snack bottle at 3:30, nap from about 5-6, supper at 6:30/7ish of a veggie and a bottle and then bed time at 7:30ish.

He did really well at his 6 month check up. He was happy the whole time until the shots came, but then recovered quickly. This appointment was with the nurse practitioner and she said he was doing well. He wasn't doing everything they asked me about (like sitting), but she said he's doing what he should be doing. I took him off his Prevacid shortly before the appointment and it doesn't seem to bother him. He still spits up like crazy and lately it's been really gross now that there's baby food with it! Oh, and his clogged tear duct is all cleared up! I didn't even really notice until maybe a few weeks b/f his appointment I realized I hadn't seen it tear in awhile.

Here are his stats:
Height: 26.5" - 25th%
Weight: 16 lbs 5 oz - 50th% (that's exactly what Layla weighed at a year!)
Head: 42.4 - 25th%

Some sibling love pics:-)...

I swear he was having fun:)...

I love his face here:)...

Working on sitting...


Napping after his shots...I don't often take pics of him sleeping, so I thought it was cute:)...

6 month nudie pic...

Showing off his bandaids...

Tucking her brother in and her buddies too:)...

Gibson loves to stick his tongue out so Layla thought she'd copy him...

Layla thought she'd be nice and put a bracelet on him. It's trouble all the tiny toys she has that he can now get into!

More sibling love:)...

He still loves his Bumbo even though he has some issues getting stuck in it at times:)...