First Day on the Boat

My family's favorite thing to do together is spend a day out on the boat water skiing. some of my first memories are out on the boat! today we tok brody out for his first day on the boat. He LOVED it! he wasnt all that thrilled about the life jacket....but he soon forgot about it once we got on our way! he eventually fell asleep on my lap, so we made him a little bed on the floor of the boat and he slept for about 30 min. I remember mom and dad making me beds on the floor of the boat and trying to sleep in that uncomfortable life jacket, but being so tired from being out all day that it didnt even matter. it was so cute to see brody out there doing the same things i did and even wearing the same life jacket i had when i was a baby:)

6 month appointment

Brody had his 6 month appointment today. He weighs 21 lbs 2 oz and is 29.5 inches long! once again in the 97th percentile for height and the 90th for weight. when the dr. came into to see him he was sitting up on the exam table and she said he is sitting up like a 9 month old which apparently is a big feat for such a big boy:)

Another big step for mommy

so this past weekend i did a big thing in the world of mommies....i let brody go spend the weekend away in richmond all by himself with meme and poppy. we had a really busy weekend and needed somebody to watch brody for most of it, so i thought it would be a great time to let brians parents get in some good brody time. brian performed his first wedding ceremony for jessie and bryan on saturday! it was a beautiful ceremony and we had tons of fun at the reception, and got to spend some time with parker and lindsay. it was nice not having to rush home to get him to bed or take him off somebody else's hands. we also got TONS done around the farm! we are still working at getting the horses there. the fence is almost finished!! FINALLY! brian has been working his butt off! and it was nice to be able to help him for 2 days. im so proud of everything brian has done! he has built our farm practically from scratch and now it is a beautiful horse farm! i know i have been rushing him to get the horses out there, but i have been literally waiting my whole life for the moment i could look out my back windows and see pastures with my horses in them! so needless to say im SO EXCITED!! the big day should be next weekend when he gets back from costa rica. YAY! anyways, my weekend away from brody wasnt as bad as i expected...i missed him like crazy, but i got alot done and had a great weekend with my hubby:) we got up early on sunday morning and went trail riding together...our favorite thing to do:) its been over a year since weve been able to ride together for a long period of time!

Sitting Up...All by myself!!

On wednesday, we got together with a bunch of my friends and their little ones. it was the first time we have ALL gotten together. There were about 7 of us there with our babies. Brody had his first experience in a baby pool and loved it!! i was telling the girls how i was ready for brody to start sitting up by himself, just so i can sit him somewhere and not have to put him in something or lay him on a blanket. Later, when we went inside i sat him on the floor and low and behold he started sitting up...just like that! it was crazy!! ever since then all he wants to do is sit up. he still has moments where he topples over, but for the most part he can do it all by himself!

Reaching

Brody has started reaching for EVERYTHING! its funny how things change overnight. now i cant have anything anywhere near him that i dont want him to grab! its fun though, because hes started reaching for US too. its impossible not to pick him up when you see those big blue eyes looking up and you and those arms reaching out!

So Many New Things....

Well we have been in our house for almost a week now. i LOVE it!!! Weve been unpacking like crazy...trying to find everything thats been in storage for 8 months now. Brody is doing so many new things!! Just in the past week he has started eating rice cereal, "talking" up a storm, and rolling over from his belly to his back!! The doctor told us that we could start feeding him rice cereal now. i wasnt going to start it yet, because i just thought it was one more thing to do! BUT Brody hasnt been sleeping good for about 3 weeks now.....at 3:30 every night he wakes up and cries and goes to sleep for 5 minutes and then wakes up and cries for a few minutes and goes back to sleep for 5 minutes. over and over again until 5 and then sleeps until 6:30 or so. I forgot how tiring it is to wake up 10 times a night! so i decided to start him on rice cereal to see if he would start sleeping better. he LOVED it!! it was like he was saying "this is what ive been waiting for, guys! what took you so long?" The first bite he looked at us, grinned and wanted more! AND after about 3 days of rice cereal 2x a day, hes been sleeping through the night again! YAY!! "Talking" has been his other new thing this week. He babbles on and on and has been blowing spit bubbles:) Today, he rolled over from his tummy to his back...i wasnt there unfortunately, but mom said he did it twice today!!! hes such a happy baby! he smiles ALL THE TIME!

Moving day..or night!

Last night we started the process of moving!! we got our "certificate of occupancy" yesterday and couldnt wait to move in! so last night as soon as everyone got off work we started loading up everything in our storage unit and at my parents house. we are so blessed with so many amazing friends that spent their friday night helping us out! we were at the house last night until almost 11 unpacking! and now i am about to head over there to do some more. we will be spending our first night there tonight! we probably wont have internet for awhile so it may be a while before i post again!:)