7 months old...

Laekan Harper-You are one busy little man lately and we are doing our best to keep up with you! Each month that I sit down to write this I think it is the best month yet and it just keeps getting better. I remember with you sister that we absolutely loved it when she started getting her personality and interacting with us more. Now we are loving that you are interacting with her as well-our hearts are so full watching you both and we are eager to see what you two are like when you are a bit older and can talk back to her!!! Oh what a ride we are in for....but we can't wait. You continue to steal our hearts and your sisters heart-she LOVES you to pieces and more. Your last month was busy and your one up ahead will be so fun with Christmas. We are so blessed God chose us to be your Mommy and Daddy. Here is what you are up to as of today:

*You are wearing 6-9 and 9 month clothes. You are SO long!
*You just had a minor surgery at Children's Mercy...you weighed 20lbs and were 29 inches!!!
*You are still in size 2 diapers and size 3 at night.
*Same schedule for eating and sleeping.
*You are eating oatmeal mixed with fruit for breakfast and a veggie at dinner. We will start this week eating food at lunch too.
*You are napping great in the morning and in the afternoon-we love it!
*You are sleeping better in the morning, waking around 7:30-7:45 and I just let you talk and jabber in bed until Taegan and I come get you.
*You do have a bit of a cold right now, although it hasn't stopped you from anything!
*I would like to say you are still eating 28 ounces a day, but that wouldn't be accurate. You are starting to drink less with the onset of more baby food. You are around 26-28.
*You tried puffs a week or so ago and made a funny face, but then wanted more. We are putting them on your tray and letting work on getting them to your mouth. You do okay with this!
*You are a rolling machine-all over the place when you are playing!
*You are sitting up all alone and will do so for very long periods of time. We just put you on a blanket with lots of toys and you will play and laugh.
*You are loving your exersaucer as well. You will bounce and bounce in there.
*We put you in the jumperoo between Taegan's door frame and you had a great time with that. You bounced and were entertained with her.
*You aren't really into your thumb much anymore, sometimes but not nearly as much as you were.
*You are however, very into your little blankie. It goes everywhere with us and you need it to drink your bottle. You will rub it and rub it on your face. So sweet.
*Sophie is still your main toy-although just about anything you can chew on will work.
*You have two teeth, your bottom middle two and you show them off everytime with your smile.
*Your smile and laugh are fantastic and they can change our mood very fast!
*You are up and rocking on all fours...Mommy isn't quite ready for that yet.
*We have tried giving you a sippy cup with water in it and you know how to hold it, but only chew on the spout part.
*You tried some mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving and liked them.
*Pictures this month were nearly impossible...
What a neat sign-this was right before he headed to his mouth with it.
Showing off his friend Sophie...and his First Christmas shirt!
I could never get him to look at me with the sign there!

We love you Laekan and are so excited to share the holidays with you!!!

Trying something new...

Tonight while we ate dinner we decided to let Laekan try some puffs while we were all at the table. I wasn't sure if he was ready for this, but thought it was worth a try. He actually did great with his fingers and grabbing the puffs. He would use his whole hand to pick them up and then get them to his mouth. The puffs, however, are made to dissolve when wet so his slobber would cause them to stick to his hands and he couldn't get it into his mouth because it would stick! Once I could get it to his mouth he chewed and loved them...I think they were a hit!
Concentrating very hard on picking them up.
Getting them to his mouth...kind of!!!
Loving them:)

He is doing what????

On Monday Laekan decided that he was a "big boy" now and was going to try out rocking on all fours-Mommy on the other hand wasn't quite ready for that!!! Where is time going and why is it going so fast. I do not remember this happening with Taegan so quickly and I am trying to enjoy every second of all of this. He is SO much fun right now and we are all having a great time watching him explore and learn new things. Even though we aren't quite ready for it...
Check it out-I am big time!
This smile melts my heart and my soul-ugh he is so sweet!
and the eyes! If you look real close you can see his 2 bottom teeth!!!

Cousin play...

For Thanksgiving Kyle and Melissa came to town and we spent the whole day on Saturday out at Becky and Greg's so that we could all hang out and let the girls play! Taegan was super excited to see Kinsley and play with her. It is a bit hard for her to not be bossy-we are working on that. This seems to be our main issue right now. And it isn't a mean bossy, it is just Taegan is such a rules follower(not that the other kids aren't) and she is so particular on where things go and how they should be that it bothers her if things aren't that way! We are not sure what to do about this...but either way she had a ball with Kinsley and can't wait to play with her at Christmas.
Building blocks together...and laughing!
A quick smile for Mom!

A Hodge Podge

I am playing catch up with some pictures and things that have happened in November...enjoy!
Being silly with Daddy's hat. We actually have some pictures of Taegan around this age with his hat on as well!!!
We drug out the jumperoo and he LOVES it. This boy will jump and bounce on anything and anywhere! He just laughs and laughs.
Miss Thing-she is hard to get pictures of lately because she wants to be taking the pictures!
My precious family-I can't believe how lucky and blessed I am.
Trying to get a picture-but we both ended up laughing at Justin.
My heart belongs to this man-I love you Justin!

Laekan can do what?!

Laekan decided a week after turning 6 months old he would try to sit on his own...and he hasn't looked back!!! I intentionally waited to schedule his 6 month pictures a little later in the month in hopes that he would be sitting and now I am so glad I did!!!
His first try at it completely alone...you can see he is a bit off balance.

Trying to gain his balance...with the help of Sophie nearby:)

This was taken two days ago-he is a pro now!!! Just put him down with toys all around and he is fine.

He will even talk to you while sitting up!!!

As excited as we were about him being able to sit-we are realizing our house is about to be destroyed because he is getting closer and closer to being mobile!!!! Love the milestones though.

A thing called a bath...

Right about when Laekan turned six months I decided that bath time could be shortened a bit if we put them both in there together! I realize this doesn't seem like a genius idea and that a lot of people do this, but up until this point we had being doing them separate because he was so small. He had really been starting to like the bath and sitting in his chair in it so I thought if Taegan was in there he would have something to pay attention to that would help him last even longer in the bath! So we tried it...

and they LOVED it!!! He just laughs and laughs at her and she thinks she is a big help when she gets to rinse Laekan off. A win win for all of us:)

6 months old:)

Yes-I am VERY behind on the blog and plan to update the important events very soon, but today I had to do little man's month update!!

Laekan Harper-The fun is just beginning with you...and we LOVE it! Daddy and I were talking the other day and we forgot how much fun each month is as you change so much the first year. We could eat you up with a spoon everyday all day. You continue to be a very laid back guy like your Daddy-thank goodness! This month was another full one between Halloween and Mommy having sinus surgery and being down for a few weeks. I can't believe how much my heart grows more and more for you(and your sister) everyday! Here is what you are up to as of today:

*You are wearing 6 month, 6-9 month, and 9 month clothes. 9 month jammies.
*You are still wearing size 2 diapers with a size 3 at night. You continue to stay dry at night so I think we have it all figured out finally.
*Same schedule all day and night long:)
*You are starting to nap better in the morning-because we are home now more in the mornings.
*You have started to wake up around 7 some mornings and I will either go pat your bottom back to sleep or just rock with you in the chair and sleep with you there!!! It is our special time that I will miss so much when you outgrow this.
*Eating 28 ounces a day.
*We have started mixing a fruit with your cereal for breakfast, and you eat a veggie before your 4 o'clock bottle. You really do love to eat!!! We haven't found anything you don't like.
*You just recently(5 days ago) decided you could roll from your back to your tummy. However, you aren't showing this skill off too much right now. We look forward to you getting better at this so you can roll yourself back over at night.
*Since discovering your thumb you continue to suck on it-although not really to put yourself to sleep or even for soothing. Just for something to do-see picture below!
*You scooted off your sister's bed this month and she tried to catch you. You pretty much slid down the bed with her arms below you because she couldn't quite stop you. She was the one that was the most upset-we are talking very upset because she wanted to protect you. Ever since this episode she is very careful of you if you are on furniture and we walk away. She wants you safe!
*You continue to adore Taegan. Just tonight before bed she was singing you songs to keep you happy while I was doing something and you just smiled and laughed at her!
*You have discovered people's faces and this is your new fascination. You want to put your hands all over our face and feel it all. Taegan loves this-and then you pull her hair:)
*You found your toes, and can't get enough of them. They go straight to your mouth.
*You continue to love Sophie-she is your go to toy if you are upset.
*You are playing for quite a while in your exersaucer and figuring out all the noisemakers on it.
*You will now sit up with the boppy behind you and play with toys-although you need to have pretty good support with the boppy.
*Daddy can get great laughs out of you when blowing on your tummy before bath!!
*Speaking of baths-we figured out to give you a chew letter or number(bath toy) and you love the bath now.
*You are taking a bath with your sister most nights and you think that is pretty fun(so does she)!
*You are still spitting up, most times with no warning at all and it doesn't bother you.
*This month pictures were a bit of a challenge, you are almost mobile and wanted the sign!

Trying to show off your sitting skills...and that handsome smile!

Can't decide what you want in your mouth-Sophie or your thumb.

There's that sign, Mom!! I'm not letting go of Sophie though.

Melt my heart..

Happy Six Month Birthday Laekan!!! We love you more then words can say and can't wait for the holidays with you.