Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Thanksgiving

This year we went to Lynchburg for Thanksgiving. It was nice. Joey was in town, so Allie had a built in playmate. We had dinner Thursday evening which was yummy. (thanks Mom!) Hunter watched from his exersaucer. Yes, even the exersaucer came with us to Lynchburg. The day after, Friday was my birthday and Allie, Hunter and Brian gave me my gifts. We had cake and apparently Allie thought we should do more...her comment was "this is a boring party" Well, guess that's what happens when you turn 33.


Papa on baby duty


Joey and Allie romping together! They love to call each other "stinker pot." It's a special uncle-niece relationship!




Family photo time! Happy Birthday to me :)

We did take Allie to Amazement Square, which is a children's hands-on museum in town. Really fun place for kids to go! Then, Friday evening Brian and I got a night out with dinner and a movie YEA!


Allie LOVED the zip line at Amazement Square. She seriously has NO fear. I know she must have done this 3, maybe 4 times.

Saturday we headed to the Hokie game, which was cold, but fun. It was a fun weekend and the kids did awesome!



Hunter's A Growing Boy!

I can't believe it's been a month since our last update. These 2 little ones are keeping us busy, especially with all the holiday fun we've been having lately!

Hunter will be 6 months old on Friday the 17th. That's just really hard to believe. Time has flown so fast. He started eating rice cereal on Nov. 23rd. He did enjoy it, but not to the extent that I remember Allie going crazy over her 1st bites. Of course he eats like a champ! He has now moved onto veggies and fruits. So far he's had peas, and apples. He's moved into his high chair and seems to really enjoy eating up at the table with us.


Daddy gave Hunter his 1st bites of rice cereal


Then it was Allie's turn. She was SO excited to feed Hunter. When Hunter spit out the bite Allie gave she was a little upset...took it personal! She thought he didn't want to eat the food she was giving him. But after we explained "that's what babies do", she got right back up and fed him some more!


Check out his high chair...such a big boy!

He had his 6 month well check on the 8th of December. I actually took him in early because I've been concerned about his skin. He has VERY sensitive skin and dry patches all over his body. We are constantly putting lotion on him from his forehead to his ankles. His Dr. said that he has eczema. Not sure what it's caused by, maybe sweat, maybe detergent. We are trying different things out to see if anything will help his skin. So far, nothing really has made a big difference, so we just continue to grease him up!

His stats: 18.7 lbs (75%) and 28 in. long (90%).


This is a new trick (rolling on his side) that he started to do right after Thanksgiving. He tries so hard to roll over, and occasionally does it, but nothing consistent yet. Even though I can't wait from him to make that mile stone, I know things will change once he can move!

Oh, one more milestone is that he cut his 1st bottom tooth on December 3rd! Wow, it's been a busy month for Hunter!