8 Month Pictures

A Few Steps......

That is how month 8 started out...with a few steps...8 months 3 days...Quinn took his first 3 steps in a row....we were shocked. He is pushing around a little cart with wheels everywhere with no help.....he is just amazing. Total he has done 4 steps now in a row, hes getting braver and is trying so hard to really walk. I thought I had a few more months to prepare for this.....but he had other plans.....hes ready to be on the move. He can stand up on his own from sitting, he walks with our hands and around furniture like a champ. I just cant get enough of him...but Im sad time is flying by....I cant even remember being pregnant or him being a newborn and it wasnt that long ago....

I am already starting to plan his first birthday...I keep re checking the calender....am I sure its less then 4 months away...that cant be.....but every time I check, its say the same thing...my baby boy will be turning 1 at the end of May.

What else is going on in our house...open mouth slobbery kisses is what...he loves to give them out...you see him coming froma mile a way with his mouth wide open right onto your face....they are awesome...never though I would enjoy being covered in saliva so much....he will literally have me rolling on the gound in laughter because he just kisses over and over again...and he thinks its so funny!

Words so far...he says dada, momma, and hi! We are working on waving, he does it every once in a while...he Loves to clap, he claps all day. His other great accomplishment, shaking his head no....and he knows when to do it too, like when Im singing to him, he shakes his head no the entire time...or when hes getting into something he shouldnt, I tell him no no no, he still goes about doing what he shouldnt be doing, but shaking his head no no the whole time...I mean how can you ever be mad at that.....Im gonna be such a push over!

We did our first mommy and me class this week, it was a music class...with bubbles and mirrors and toys and books. It was a lot of fun...Quinn does not like to sit still though,he rather be exploring then sitting on moms lap singing songs! We start mommy & tot swimming class next week..I am super excited for that because he LOves the water...so stay tuned to see how that goes.....

other then that we are just enjoying our days with our little man......now I know this is what I was made to do in life.....be a mom...it consumes me....its my world, its my perfect life, being a mother and a wife!

Month 6....& a little of month 7

Playing on the vent when heat is coming out!

Skyping with Aunt Kassidy! Month 7

Turned 7 months Dec 26th 2010

Showing his support for Jama Sharp! (Month 7)

His Fave part of Christmas...the boxes! Dec 25th 2010

Quinn and Mom. Christmas Eve 2010

Seeing Santa. Could of cared less. Month 6

Getting ready to go see Santa.

Playing Naked....he loves it. Month 6

Getting his first hair cut by Aunt Kassidy. Month 6

Happy Baby. 6 Months

One of his Fave Toys!

Melts me heart everytime. Month 6

His first Snow! Dec 2010

Help Putting up the Christmas Lights 6 Months

Eating his First Thanksgiving. 6 Months

Month 6. Dec 2010

Sitting up so good. 6 Months

Wow I am a terrible blogger...I will get better I promise....Quinn is now 7.5 months old...crazy! He had his first Thanksgiving and First Christmas. Both were a joy. He wasnt to into Christmas yet, he liked the paper and the lights and the boxes. He loves all the new toys he got....he loves all the different balls and cars! TOTAL boy. Lets see...he started sitting up at 4.5 months old and now does that like a champ. He started crawling at 6 months. (I got his first crawl on video) He is now pulling himself up on furniture and anything really. I dont think walking will be to far away. Which makes me a little sad, he is just growing up way to fast....

He is so fun right now...I love his personality. I spend every minute of everyday with him and I still cant get enough. He has his 2 bottom teeth, so he know has a toothy smile..which melts my heart. He got his first haircut by aunt Kassidy. His hair is during super light, so the underneath is light and the top is dark...7 months old and sporting low lites! He can now clap and wave, which I think is super cute.

He is a total mommas boy, which I love...shh dont tell Cecil. All is well when momma is around. We are working on talking...he can say momma, and dada...but its very hit and miss. He is very vocal...with his baby babbles...just talks and talks...he always growls, yes like a dog, and yes he started doing after he heard one of our dogs do it. He still loves his bulldogs. He laughs and smiles at them everyday. (from a distance)

He is doing great with foods. We have started a few table foods, but mostly baby foods. I am really picky about what he eats and his diet is 98% organic. He doesnt get sweets or anything with sugar or salt. If he keeps eating the way he is going right now he will be eating us out of the house soon!

He is in 9 month tops and onesies....and 12-18 month pants and jeans...yes my 7 month old is in 18 month stuff...he is gonna be long! He is hitting the 20 pound mark.

He loves music and books......I think he the smartest baby ever ;) but honestly it amazes me not even 8 months ago, he was a tiny newborn...and now all the stuff he can do. I will spend a lot of my day just watching his crawl, discover things, study things, and just do all kinds of new cool things. Oh and chasing him all over the house....

He is still super happy all the time. (Well except for those dang teeth)He smiles at every person that talks to him...but makes sure mom or dad is close by. He is skyping with his aunt Kassidy a few times a week, some days hes really into it and other days he rather just play with his toys. But he always smiles at her and he for sure knows who she is. Such a cool way for her to be able to watch him grow.

That is all for now, I promise I will get better at this......my guy is crying...time to rock him to sleep.....

more pics.....Fall 2010

Oct 2010.....

so..Im lucky to get one post a month...so here it is.......Quinn turned 5 months on Oct 26 2010! I cant believe it....he is such a good baby. He has been sitting up on his own for 2 weeks now, hes great at it, hardly ever falls over now. Hes right around 17 pounds. He has 2 bottom teeth coming in that is giving him fits...but other then that hes always happy and smiling.

His noises and babbling are crazy now, hes always makeing some kind of noise. He figured out he can scream really high pitched and loud, and he LOVES to do it. He will just talk and talk. He also belly laughs all the time. He laughs more at our dogs then anything, he LOVEs our dogs. Its pretty cute.

Yesterday was his first Halloween, he went as a pea pod, so Cute! Im sure one day he will look back on pictures and ask me why I would do that to him...but I thought it was so cute. We went trick or treating with friends and their kids, Quinn slept in the stroller the entire time. We took him to the zoo boo a couple weekends ago, it was great until a major downpour hit us and Cecil and I were sprinting through the zoo in a storm with the stroller, we opened the stroller when we got in a building and he was dry and smiling...Cecil and I were SOAKED! Good time though...

Still going strong on the homemade baby food, he loves fruits, still working on the veggies! He loves to play with toys and listen to music. His little personality is so funny. He will let you know when he is mad, but hes usually pretty happy. He always smiles at strangers and lets them hold him....for a second anyways and then hes looking for mom or dad.

He is literally so fun, I get excited to hang out with him everyday! He is changing so much minute by minute it seems like. The love I have for him is more then I even thought possible. Sometimes I think back to my embryo transfer laying on the table watching the doctor float "1 perfect embryo" where it needed to go, I remember looking at the screen at a little speck and praying please let that be our baby...a little over a year later and it still amazes me that I saw him before he even entered my body, I saw him at his first stage of life, perfect embryo = perfect baby!

4 months......

Like I say everytime I blog, I cant believe I have a 4 month old.....its crazy how fast time is going, I already look back and pictures of him from a few months ago and he looks totally different, I am loving this age though, he is getting a little personality and laughs all day everyday! Honestly, he is a happy, happy baby. He will get upset when really tired or really hungry, other then that he is great.

He had his 4 month check-up on Monday and he is absoulty perfect. Hes weight 16.2 lbs, and is a little over 27 iches tall, which is 90%, he is gonna be tall like his momma! He has 2 bottom teeth getting ready to pop through the gums. You can tell because he is drooling and wants to put everything in his mouth right now.

The weather has been perfect for walks, we try and take one everyday. He LOVES to be outside, LOVES it. We take him everywhere with us, hes a little sports nut already. Hes been to football, volleyball, and basketball games already, and he loves all the action, lights, and movement.

We have started big boy foods, so far he has had oatmeal, green beans, squash, bananas, apples, and sweet potatoes. He LOVES bananas, and he likes everything else. Green beans are his least fave right now.

He loves to play in his exersausor, he could play in that thing for hours at time, I dont let him of course but he could. He gets so into the toys. He loves when we read to him still, we read to him everyday. He likes his swing okay, not really that into it. He likes things that light up and play music. He is really getting into his play mat, because he figured out he can kick the toys hanging down and he thinks thats pretty cool. He has discovered his feet, and again he thinks they are pretty cool. They have made it into his mouth a few times so far.

He is sitting up already on his own, for a few seconds, and he leans way forward but he is doing it. He rolls over but doesnt care much to do it, he wants to be on his back at all times, not sure how that will work with crawling but we will see. He loves to stand up, he looks around like hes such a big boy!

His beloved hair is no longer sticking straight up :( Hes starting to get a man hair do, with a comb over. LOL, still cute as ever, but I will always miss the straight up crazyness it was. I literally get stopped everywhere I go for people to look at his hair!

Hes very interested in our dogs, and will just watch them , and grab for them. I know they will be great friends when he gets older. OUr dogs our doing great with him, they are so used to him now, Georgia our female american bulldog LOVES him, we just have to be careful because she starts guarding him when our other dogs come around. The transition has gone very well, I still feel bad because our dogs entire lives have changed, and now they dont get the attention they used to, but we still try to play with them everynight and they get plenty of treats and loving!

Our lives are going great, being a mother is everything I though it was going to be times 100. He is the greatest thing to ever happen to me, along with Cecil. He is my greatest accomplishment and I thank God for both of them everyday.

1 year ago on Sept 27th, we were annoucing our pregnancy, what a crazy wonderful year it has been......