Winn is 6 Months

My little baby Winston is already 6 months old!

I honestly cannot believe how fast the time has gone by.

Like every mom says - I cannot believe how big they get! They grow up way to fast!

(Winn a few days old - Winn 6 months old)

Today I took him in for his 6 month well check.

Age: 6 months + 1 day

Date: 2.22.13

Weight: 16 pounds 4 ounces  (26%)

Length: 27.5 inches   (87%)

Head Circ: 45 cm   (90%)

Tall and Skinny...with a big head :)

Winston is so much fun

and so easy

He sleeps and sleeps and sleeps.

He takes 3-4 naps a day...each nap about 2 hours.

He goes to bed at 7 PM and wakes up at 7 AM

(we will still wake up once or twice in the middle of the night)

He can really only stay awake for an hour and a half at a time

I try and try to keep him up but he can't do it- he'll just fall asleep

He sleeps as much as he did when he was a newborn!

When Winston gets tired he starts to talk

He starts his loud, baby talk.

The more tired he gets, the louder his babblings gets.

It's hilarious!

Winston is always happy

Always smiling.

He rarely cries and even his cry is so soft and gentle

 

He is really funny about eating.

He can only drink about 3 ounces every time he eats

and he likes to eat every 2 hours or so.

Even if we try to stretch his eating time to 3 or 4 hours (or while he's napping)

He will still only eat 3 ounces.

No matter what he try...his tummy just can't handle lots of food at the same time 

He is not a fan of baby food or cereal

 We are going to try to be more persistent with him eating his solids.

Winston can sit up for a few seconds and then he'll tumble

Winn doesn't take a binky. He never has and i'm afraid he never will
(a binky would be so nice sometimes)

He sleeps swaddled

He loves to roll from his tummy to back...

He can't stay on his tummy for longer than a few seconds then he rolls over-

for this reason I don't know if he'll ever learn to crawl :)

 

Winn has discovered his tongue and loves to stick it out.

He is fascinated with other peoples tongues too.

If you stick your tongue out at him he'll stare and it then try to grab it

Winston loves his bouncers

He wears size 2 diapers

He wears 3 size month clothes

and a few 3-6 months 

We discovered last night that Winston loves to have his back scratched.

I was sitting with him and he started to do his loud babble "i'm tired" talk.

I wanted him to stay awake for another 30 minutes before I put him to bed but he was being so loud I couldn't even have a conversation with James (seriously, his "i'm tired talk" is SOO loud. And it's happy talk...not crying talk)

So I laid Winn on my shoulder and started scratching his back.

He instantly stopped...was completely still and was focusing.

As soon as I stopped it was like he snapped out of it and started his tired talk again.

We were laughing so hard.

Winston has his daddy's hair. 

It is as straight as hair can get.

It sticks up and out.

I'm curious if it'll stay straight or grow some curl in there like linc did.

Winston is starting to get lots of energy when he is awake.

He likes to kick and flap his arms

It's starting to remind me of how lincoln was...

oh boy

Winston is a complete charmer

He melts everyones heart with his big dimples and big blue eyes and long eyelashes

Winn is fascinated with his feet now too.

He loves to grab and suck on his toes. 

We are beyond grateful for our baby boy in our life.

He makes life so fun and enjoyable.

Happy 6 months! 

I can't believe he's almost one! :) 

xoxxo

Valentines

I wanted to do a little comparison of Lincoln and Winston.

These 2 pictures are of Lincoln.

This was February 2011

He was just about to turn 5 months old

These next couple pictures are of Winston.

February 2013

Winston is 5 and a half months old.

It blows my mind how different these 2 are! Winston is older in age in these pictures but so much smaller than Lincoln was. Linc was mr. cubba, and Winston is still wearing 0-3 month clothes. The clothes the boys are wearing in the pictures are 3-6 months and they fit Linc great when he was 4 months, but it drowns Winston at almost 6 months. Haha. It seriously amazes me how 2 kids can be soo different - not just in weight, or looks, but also in personalities.  Lincoln was sitting up by 6 months, and crawling at 6.5 months. Winston on the other hand hates his tummy time and just learned to roll over (tummy to back). But I will say...having a second child who is so calm and not determined to conquer the world by age 5 is amazing :) I've also loved it because I feel like he is still a baby - whereas I fell like Lincoln was NEVER a baby.

All in all, I am extremely grateful for these boys of mine. They are my best friends. I am so lucky I get to stay home with them every day and take care of them. I am truly blessed.

xoxxo

2 cars down....

Saturday made for a glorious day. A glorious day I tell you

wait...who am I kidding.

There was nothing glorious about it ... not one little thing.

So, since we are were down to 1 car, the Range Rover, me and James had to plan out our days to see when James could take it and when I could take it. He had been talking it to work because he has had meetings. Saturday I planned a baby shower brunch for my sister in law so I told James that I would be needed the RR for the morning. We had a great brunch at Kneaders and afterwards I went to turn on my car and .... nothing. It didn't do one.single.thing.

I sat in the car and quickly called James. No answer. I called him 17 more times. No answer. I don't know why I felt like I needed to call James..it's not like he had a car sitting at home to come rescue me. So, I sat there. In a snowy field off the side of the road for 30 minutes. I called my sisters, my madre...I called anyone who would be willing to come get me, but nobody was home or they didn't answer their phone. I finally got desperate and started calling my neighbors (5 neighbors to be exact). My last hope was to have a neighbor run over to my house and tell James to answer his phone and call me. My 5th call I was able to find someone who was home to help me out.

I soon got a call from James asking me what was up. I told him how i'd been stranded for the past 45 minutes. And his answer...sorry hun, I'll try calling someone to come get you.' And I'm thinking...I called EVERYONE already! Well, lucky for me, I was able to get a hold of my sister in law Melissa. She came right down to pick me up. When she got to the car we tried to jump it. HA! It was a sight to see. Then a good samaritan stopped to help out. Bless his soul. He tried and tried to figure out what was wrong but with every try, nothing worked.

 

With no luck, Melissa took me home. James was then able to call john to help tow the car back to our house. Once it was there, James had Sam take him to Salt Lake to pick up a rental car. 

I tell ya, our luck with cars this week has been a nightmare! I'm now stuck at home because we only have the 1 rental car, and James will be taking that to work. Hopefully today or tomorrow we will be able to take the RR to the shop to get it fixed. James thinks it's super big problem and it will cost us a fortune. Which it will - it's a Range Rover for heavens sake. So, once it gets fix we will probably put it up for sale to get a different SUV for me....one that doesn't cost so much to maintain.

And then we are on the hunt for a car for James too. But James cant even think about getting new cars yet because he is so stressed out about the accident he was in. He still hasn't heard from the insurance agencies and such. We feel it's going to be a long process and a lot out of pocket until the insurance companies get on top of things.

Well, there is my rant. I like blogging because I am able to clear my head and get things off my chest. I know this probably doesn't make sense and has a lot of ramblings, but it helps me clear my head and begin thinking straight.

Here's to hoping this week is better

Very Blessed

On Wednesday morning my beloved phone dropped into the toilet and stopped working because of water damage. I emailed James and told him that my phone was now broken and if he needed me to just email me. Well, I never got an email back from him. James usually gets home from work around 5:30 each night. On this night, it was 6:30 and I still hadn't heard from him. I was getting ready to send him an email hoping he'd received it to ask him when he'd be home from work. Right before I sent the email, James walked through the door with his brothers, John and Taylor. James came right to me and handed me his phone. He showed me this.

James and John carpool to work each day.  On Wednesday, James was driving. They took a break an headed to the gym. On their way home they got into this accident. James was driving 50 mph up by Wasatch Blvd (45 is the speed limit) and was driving through a normal intersection. He had the green light so of course he continued through the light. A 84 year old man was in the turning lane wanting to turn left. And for some reason he turned right in front of James. James had no time to react...they plowed into each other.  I'm grateful for the lady who witnessed this accident who quickly called 911 to report the accident. The paramedics and firetruck were there before the police were. James was able to get out of the car, and go see if the man in the other vehicle (who was in an suv) was okay, which he was. When the paramedics asked who was driving the car, James replied it was him. They were completely, absolutely shocked that the driver (james) was in perfect condition...no scrapes, no cuts, no blood, no broken bones...and he was walking and talking. John was in the passenger side, which got hit the worst. He experience some chest pain in which the paramedics monitored him at the scene to make sure he was okay. Which he was.

I couldn't not believe that of all days, not to have a phone...not to know that my husband was in a serious car accident! I am so grateful that Taylor was home and answered his phone to pick James and John up.

I think James and John were still in shock and running off of adrenaline when they got home because they were both kinda laughing about what had happened. Before we went to bed that night James turned to me and expressed how amazed he was that every one involved in the accident were okay and that his only injuries were his pinky (from when the air bags went off) and he was just really sore and stiff.  He does have a little burn mark on his right wrist too from where the airbags hit him.

We have been truly blessed that every one is alright.  We are grateful that the man admitted it was 100% his fault and will be covering the damage caused. Honestly, I cannot even describe how grateful I am that James was watched over that day.

It's sad that our car is now totaled. We just paid if off 3 months ago. Now, we have to start all over again in purchasing a new car. oh the joys :)

Family Adventure

Many of you know that James bought a Franchise of Ameriprise Financial clients down in Las Vegas last Spring.  Since then, he as been traveling down to St. George and to Las Vegas each month for a week so he can meet with clients and be at office in Vegas. Every time he leaves I feel like crying because the thought of me being the only parent around for the kiddos not only stresses me out but it freaks me out! Since i had Winston we said that we would take a family trip down and we were finally able to make that happen. So we packed up the truck (thanks John!) and headed to St. George for a few days and then headed to Las Vegas for another few days. We enjoyed our time together as a little family! It was so nice that it was just us, and we didn't have to worry about other families' schedules or what they wanted to do. It was our own schedule which was so nice!

The actual trip was great! But I don't think we will be going down with James anytime soon. Since he was working he was gone a lot meeting with clients and such - which left me and the boys usually in the hotel room cuz James had the car. And Vegas isn't really a kid friendly city. I wanted to put a blind fold on Lincoln as we walked to our hotel room each day. I will say though, he LOVED all the flashing lights. He kept pointing and telling me to look at all the Christmas lights :)

I told James that even though it wasn't as fun as it couldn't have been if the kiddos weren't with us - it was completely worth it just so Lincoln could play outside! He was in heaven! We left Lehi just before the big snow storms hit - we came home to another foot of snow. boo! Anyways - Linc loved his time running around, playing with rocks, and exploring the outdoors. And Winston enjoyed the sun and sleeping in his car seat. (I feel bad because most of the pictures of him are of him sleeping)

The boys did great in the car! We left on Monday during their nap time so they pretty much slept the whole ride to St. George. Linc did watch a little movie which he loved. And James and I listened to Moby Dick on tape. Not what I would have suggested but it made James happy.

Lincoln looking out the hotel window waiting for James to get back from a meeting

 The first day we took Lincoln to a park and to feed the ducks.

Lincoln loved the ducks as much as James did!

James was obsessed with the duck!

 When Lincoln was little he hated swings! I mean...HATED THEM! I was so surprised when he begged me to put him on the swing...he LOVED it!

That night we took Lincoln to so see the Temple. The St. George temple is breath taking!
After the Temple we went and got yummy ice cream! yummm

The next day we needed to head to Vegas. But before we did, we stopped at a Dinosaur Museum. The Museum was built over actual dinosaur tracks. It was really neat to see all the tracks and fossils. James loved every second of it. Did you know he wanted to be a Paleontologist when he was little?! yep, he sure did!

After the Museum we went and took a tour of the Tabernacle. The sweet couple missionaries there were in love with our boys. Their mission ends tomorrow (sunday) and they were so sad to be leaving. It was so fun and nice to chat with this amazing couple. Lincoln kept calling them Tampa (grandpa) & Dama (Grandma). It made my heart ache for my own parents and in laws. I was grateful that for an hour Lincoln had pretend grandparents to love and share chocolate with him :)

We spent our nights in Vegas in the hotel snuggling the kiddos and watching movies. We didn't want to be out and about the strip with the little ones during the night.

The next day James had to be at the office all day. Luckily for me I have some great friends who live in Vegas, Ashton and Karen. They were both my roommates for 3 years while we were in Provo going to school. I love these girlies so much! We had such a great time getting updated on each other lives. It is crazy that we have 6 kids between the 3 of us! How time flies.

The next day James had some appointments we had to stick around for so we decided to walk the strip in the morning. It was so good to be in the fun. Lincoln loved seeing more lights and all the water fountains. He didn't like however the Statue Display at Ceasears Palace.

We then headed to St. George where we had dinner at a park. The ride home was great. I am really surprised how well the kids did. We did encounter a rough 30 minutes or so of lots of tears and screaming...but nothing an ipad and diaper rash cream couldn't fix :)