10 Month Pictures

Just pictures this month :)  This little man is 10 months old and we love him to pieces!!!!

 

7 Months

7 Months Old

I cant believe we are already another month older! My first thought is, this is going way too fast!  It really is.  I am enjoying every minute with this little guy, we have so much fun together. 

Here are a few things I forgot in my 6 month post;
diaper size- 3
clothing- still wearing 3-6 but most are getting to small very quickly

* Wells is trying so hard to crawl.  He is rocking back and forth and all fours.  He gets so frustrated but he is almost there
*He is doing this funny fake gagging and all sorts of other funny sounds
*He is using a sippy cup and he loves it.
*Chris is still the one person that can always make him laugh.  Wells just loves his daddy and he cracks up at everything Chris does.  I love watching them play together, Chris is really good with him. 
*He is so interested in everything that is going on around him all the time. He does not like to miss anything.  It is so funny to me cause he whips his head back and forth so fast trying his hardest not to miss a thing.  He is in to everything!
*We went to the Henry eye clinic to get his eyes checked out.  He is had numerous eye infections since he was born and his eyes are always watering and they have started to get really gunky.  I have to clean them out with a warm washcloth every single morning cause they are so crusty.  It makes me so sad.  The doctor told us he has two clogged tear ducts.  He tried to get unclog his ducts during our appointments but he couldn't so we will go back one more time and try and if that doesn't work, we will have to have a little surgery done to unclog his ducts. 
* We have started fruits in the morning along with our oatmeal. So far, we have tried pears and apples.  Wells is so funny cause it takes him a while to get into anything new that I give him.  He has now started to love squash which he hated the first time I gave it to him.  He also loves sweet potatoes and peas.  Carrots, not so much.  I am getting ready to try some new foods this next month
* I have been making all his baby food.  It is so easy and I have actually tried everything and it is really good as well.  I feel good knowing that I know exactly what goes into his food. 
*As of Valentines Day we are off our Previcid and he seems to be doing well without it
*No teeth yet but I can see them coming in so I know it will be any day
*He loves books and he loves to turn the pages by himself
*He is so ticklish and I love to play tickle games with him
*He is so observant with every move that the dogs make, he is constantly looking for them and wants to know what they are doing.  Every time biscuit walks by, he laughs. 

Sleeping;
*He still  goes to be so easily at night and he just plays in his crib until he falls asleep.  He does that in the morning as well.  When I first hear him, I usually go into his room and turn on the bathroom light and give him a couple of toys and just let him play for a while  before I get him out.  He is sleeping really well at night and still a early riser :(  Bedtime is around 7 and he gets up at about 6 in the morning (sometimes earlier and sometimes later).  Unfortunately I think that might be in his DNA, I was always a very early riser as a child.    I am not quite ready to claim and all out victory with his napping in the swing but I really think we are there.  He has not napped in his swing in almost two weeks.  One more week and I think we are going to put the swing in the attic. It just happened one day.   I had all these plans on how I was going to get him into his crib for naps and it is almost like one day he just didn't want to nap in his swing anymore.  He is so funny cause it is almost like he just decided his swing wasn't comfortable anymore, which really has to be true cause he was clearly getting too big to be comfortable.  He totally did it himself when he was ready.  This is exactly how I wanted it to happen and it did.  I was totally surprised.  I am beginning to think he might be a little stubborn (wonder where he gets that:) cause he has done this kind of thing several other times.  When he is ready, he will do what you want him to but you can't push him or he will resist.  I might be reading to much into this but I wouldn't be surprised if he is stubborn like his momma.  So far giving him the time to do things at his pace has seemed to work with this child and that is just fine with me.
* He can sit up for as long as you want him to
*Most 3-6 month clothing is too small but most 6-12 is still a little too big. 
*He loves bath time, usually a father son event
*He loves his little round a bout toy that he can walk around to play all the toys on it.  In fact, he has started to run around it and it is so funny.  The more you encourage him by clapping, the faster he will go
*He smiles all the time and he is such a sweet natured little boy. 

This little boy makes me so happy!!! We love you sooooo much, Wells Monroe!

Happy Valentines Day!!!

  

Happy Valentines Day Wells Monroe!

I have never really cared much about Valentines Day until now, I could just eat this little boy up!!! Happy Valentines Day, Wells!  We love you everyday!!!

     

 

A little Valentines Day happy for Wells :)

Wells's made us a card at Mothers Day Out.  Even though his picture looks like he is getting a mug shot, it is still the best Valentines card I have ever gotten (sorry, Chris ;)

 XOXOXO

Hello Blog, we are 6 months young!

DISCLAIMER:  Here are a few disclaimers before I get started.  So I have had this "blog" since before Wells was born and I am just now publishing my first post.  I have written some posts along the way that are "in draft" and just need to have pictures added.   As I continue to put them off, the posts continue to grow.  So my first plan was to finish all posts then post everything at once and them be better about getting things up on time.  Well, that plan hasn't worked and seeing as the longer I wait the more I have to catch up on I just decided to bite the bullet and go ahead and start posting then back post as I finish the older posts.  This is really just for us to have to help us remember our little man as he grows and then to share with family and friends so what does it really matter, right?  I need to just keep telling myself that :)  Actually most of my friends are probably even shocked that something is going to even get posted on this blog so at least we are making a little progress.  All this blog stuff may seem simple to most and hopefully it will be that way to me in the near future.  But going through hundreds, no thousands of pictures of this little man and then figuring out how to correctly post everything is a huge challenge to a new blogger who is also a new mother.  It was one of the things that I could keep putting off so I did.  I finally gave myself a deadline, I had to get my first post up by the time he was 6 months old.  Although that day did come and go with no post, I am starting with his 6 month post so that counts for something, right?  Now, just the challenge of keeping current on this blog is a whole other subject but I don't want to overwhelm myself with to many commitments :)  I am just going to try my best cause I know I will never regret having all this to go back and look at when Wells has dyed his hair purple and he is wearing a dog coller (just kidding, well hopefully just kidding :)

6 MONTHS YOUNG!!!!

The little man is officially 1/2 year old.  It seems like he was just born but it also seems like he has always been here. Wells is so fun and full of personality.  He turned six months on January 19th and we had our 6 month check up today.  He is weighting in at a whopping 17.08 pounds and that puts him in the 50th percentile.  He has steadily stayed in the 50th percentile in both weight and height.  Our head is always a higher percentile :)

Here are a few little tid bits of info;

-He knows his name
-He is close to sitting up by himself. 
-He is getting closer and closer to crawling each day, which totally scares me!  He gets up on all fours and moves around a lot
-He can get where he wants to go
-He is starting to wave.  Although I don't think he has any idea what he is doing when he is making waving motions with his hands.
-He loves bath time.  This is usually a father & son bonding event
-He is obsessed with his dogs, especially Biscuit.  Boy do I feel so sorry for her when he starts crawling.  The first thing this boy does when we get home from somewhere or in the morning is look for the dogs.
-I would bet on him every time in a staring contest.  He is that good ;)
-He still goes to anyone very easily but he definetly knows who is momma is :) He has started to reach for me and want me when I am near. 
-No teeth yet but we are definetly teething and have been for a while
- He started mothers day our a few weeks ago.  I usually take him after his fist nap.  He usually rolls into MDO at about 11 then I pick him up at 2.  This gives me a few hours to get into trouble by myself but every week I cant wait to walk in to the room and pick that little boy up.  It is the best feeling!
- Unfortunately this boy is still obsessed with the TV.  I swear, I haven't been sitting him in front of the TV, he just finds it, where ever it is. 
- He loves being held.  I guess this isn't a problem since I love to hold him ;)
- He is so busy, that little head of his just whips back from side to side so fast so he can keep up with what is going on.  He is constantly looking for the next thing to grab, touch, pull, and eat. 

-He loves to be outside.  I can't wait until spring.  Wells is going to love spring and summer!

-He is very observant and loves to be around lots of people.  He watches things very closely and he is so inquisitive. He really is such a happy baby who freely gives smiles except when he is studying something which, he loves to do.  I am still having trouble getting him to smile for the camera.  I am constantly trying new tricks but I have yet to find a good one!

-This little boy craves structure and routines.  He is not a baby that can just nap "on the go".  His naps are almost like clock work.  He will be happy and having the best time, then all of the sudden, he is ready for a nap and it is in your best interest to put him down when he wants a nap :)

-Right now I am staying home with him.  I don't know what the future will bring as far as that goes but, for the near future I am going to spend my days watching him grow :) I feel very blessed to have this time with him.   Just like anything, some days are challenging but, life is challenging no matter what you do.  Everyone has daily challenges, it is just a part of the journey!

Eating;

He is taking about 22-28 ounces per day.  He is not as big of an eater as I thought he would be .  He is taking 5 bottles a day.  We are still doing a "dream feed" at 10 each night in which he barely wakes up.  I know he is capable of going without that feed but I am too much of a wuss to cut it out.  Actually, until he eats better during the day, I cant really cut that out cause that is one of his best feedings each day.  He doesn't eat well in the morning which totally doesn't make sense to me but that is how he rolls.  I figure he will be grown up before I know it and I will be wishing for that time at night with him again.  It really is such a sweet time to be with him but truth be told, Chris does most of the 10pm feedings.

He has had peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, and bananas.  We have been doing bananas with rice cereal in the morning and rice cereal and veggies at night.  We are getting ready to try some other new fruits and veggies.  He isn't as crazy about any of his food just yet but hopefully that will change.  He has always loved rice cereal but he makes the most awful faces when you give him anything else.

Sleeping;

He goes to bed at about 7:30 each night and he puts himself to sleep every easily  (dream feed at 10) and he is sleeping good (most of the time) until 6:00 each morning.  We have had our sleep struggles but we seem to be on a good path.

He still takes 3 naps a day.  He really needs those three naps so we will continue with that that until he is ready to cut out that last nap.  We have done baby wise since we was about three weeks and he is defiantly ready to nap after being up for 2-2.5 hours.  Baby wise has worked great for getting Wells on a good schedule. 

We do have a slight addiction to his swing,  He still naps in his swing and he refuses to nap consistently in his crib.  I am currently working on a plan to change that but every time I decide I am not going to take no for an answer, when it comes to napping in the crib I always leave his room with my tail between my legs and Wells is happily in his swing,  It is the strangest thing cause he has slept in his crib since he was three weeks old just fine but the napping is a whole different animal.  He might take one nap really well in his crib and I think I am getting somewhere but when the next nap comes along, he goes ballistic when I try to make him nap in there again.  My mom has been reading online and apparently we aren't the only ones with this issue.  All in all it isn't that big of an issue but, I don't know of any adult swings to sleep in so we need to get this straightened out.

He is still so funny when you wake him up, you have to be very careful to give him his "time" to wake up before you can talk really cheery to him or be real loud.  I tell him he is like his aunt Rosalynn and grumpy if you wake him up.  If he wakes up on his own, he is all smiles but when I wake him up, I do it real quietly so I don't upset the beast :) 

This little boy is so so sweet! He watches everything I do and he gives me the biggest smile anytime I look at him.   I love the way this little boy holds me, smiles at me, reaches for me, crawls all over me. I love him more each and everyday and I am so thankful that God chose me to be this boys momma!!!  We just love this little boy to pieces.

Here are a few more recent pics; Enjoy!