Karson is 6 months!

I cannot believe our newest baby is 1/2 yr old!!! That just doesn't seem possible! His schedule is pretty much the same. He wakes around 7:30, usually plays in his crib for awhile, eats babyfood and then bottle at 8, naps from 9:30-11:30, bottle at 12, naps from 2-4, eats babyfood and then bottle at 4, bottle at 7:30 then to bed at 8. He usually gets 1 jar of stage 2 babyfood/day and about 25 oz formula. He almost always falls asleep in the car, but wakes up shortly after we get to where we're going. And he LOVES to play and chew on his paci when he goes to sleep. He doesn't really cry during the day, just plays a lot. He is almost always fussy before bed from cutting out his last nap, but we work through it!

As you can see from the pics below, Karson has grown and changed a lot since he was a newborn. He is officially 18 lbs, 7 oz and 26 inches. He went down a bit in the percentiles, but it's not a big deal. Still in the 60% range which is great:)

Now-6 months

March-2 wks

Now Karson had chub EVERYWHERE!!!!! I love it:) Everyone asks what we feed him but really he doesn't eat a ton, just a normal amount. Here you can see how chubby his legs and knees are. When he straightens his leg all the way he has this bubble that sticks up...hilarious!

Here you can see his chubby little wrists, too.

You may think it's kind of weird to talk so much about my little guys chubbiness, but after having a tiny, skinny little Kaleb I'm just not used to it! It amazes me how 2 kids can be so different. Next I wanted to show you that his hair is growing in. It's still brown, but definitely lighter.

Karson is sitting very well by himself. He does still lose his balance and fall backwards right on his head sometimes, but he's got great balance already! He can even catch himself if he leans too far to one side, and reach forward to grab toys and come back up. It helps that he has strong hands and graps toys really well. Notice the rolls here?!

Karson is really into his feet and grabs them all the time! He hasn't gotten them to his mouth yet, but loves to grab them when laying down and roll back and forth to each side. It's getting difficult to change his diaper now because he just grabs onto his feet!

Karson looking so big in his swing now! This blanket is one of his favorite toys.
Karson has started making noises with his tongue! It's so cute!!! Except when he does it while eating baby food of course:) Kaleb thinks it's hilarious when Karson spits food at him!
Someone said I needed to get more pics of me on my blog, so I managed to take one myself.

Big brother Kaleb just LOVES his little brother, and still says I love my baby brother all the time! Isn't it funny how Karson looks HUGE next to Kaleb?!

Here's the big brother again holding Karson. He learned this from Kassidy.
Another of his favorite toys, he'll even put this one in his mouth and chew on it! Another thing I'm not used to since Kaleb NEVER put things in his mouth (except his thumb). Sometimes we put him in the high chair with a few toys while we eat dinner so he's occupied and can see everyone. He's starting to drop his evening nap (usually sleeps 5:30-7), but lately hasn't slept more than 20 min. He seems pretty happy here:)

Here's Kassidy's favorite way to hold Karson, which she taught to Kaleb. She does it all by herself, too:) When Karson's on his back she sits close to him, grabs his legs and pulls him real close, puts his feet/legs around her waist, puts her arms behind his back, and pulls him up! It's pretty neat actually! Such a great big sis!!! You'd think a 6 mo old couldn't make a 5 1/2 yr old cry, right? Wrong! Karson has grabbed Kassidy's hair so hard two times that it's made her cry!
The kids started showing Karson some new toys a week or so ago. He's not strong enough to make the toys 'go' yet, but of course big sis and brother did that for him anyway:) I'm not sure what Karson was doing in this next pic but it's pretty funny!

Daddy and Karson

He really enjoys being 'naked'! He loves rolling around (from tummy to back, then side to side) and grabbing anything he can reach to chew on.

This is one of his new skills...holding his own bottle! We're still working on it, but he's getting better! Sometimes he'll take a break and chew on the nipple for awhile...good thing he's on the bottle now! Ha! Ha!

Karson is a real joy to have and I'm SO glad we decided to have another baby!!! We just couldn't imagine our lives without this happy, cheerful little boy:) We love you Karson!

Please check out 2 new posts below, too:)

Keith's birthday fun:)

We kicked off the birthday festivities with lunch out at American Pie Factory. They have such yummy pizza! And suprisingly, really good fried pickles! Yes, you read that correctly, fried pickles! I don't even like pickles, but these were great:) Our friends Anna and Jeremy and their kids Addy and Charlie, and my sister Kelly, hubby Donnie, kids Alex, Evan, and Sara all met us there. We had a really good time chatting! We all laughed at how loud our part of the restaurant was towards the end of our meal with some of the kids crying and some of the other kids running around in the empty back room. It was great:) So is life with little ones:)

Thanks Kelly for taking the pic! Somehow Donnie managed to sneak out of the pic, too!

That night we headed to one of the last Drive games of the year. Kassidy and Kaleb used their free tickets from the library's summer reading program. What a great rewared for their hard work this summer:)

The next day, which was Labor Day, Keith's friend Krish invited us over for a cookout. Luckily this time it was warm and sunny outside:)

Todd and Keith trying out a new game. It was quite fun:) Harder than it looks.

Keith, Todd, and Krish

Kassidy with Blackberry (Krish's dog)...appropriate name don't you think? If you don't know, Krish is the Director of Marketing for Wireless Communications.
Karson not too interested in Blackberry.

Homemade Margeurita anyone? No, I didn't waste my time looking up how to spell that one.

Kassidy hitting it off with the guys! She always wins their attention:)

Our happy baby:)

Swim time! We weren't planning on the kids swimming, but they insisted. Who could say not since it was such a nice day outside? Not us:) But because we didn't have their floats I ended up getting wet, too, going in after Kaleb once! (Luckily just my shorts a little bit)

Blackberry was convinced (no, not pushed!) to try swimming, too!

Brandi keeping the corn away from grabby hands!

Kassidy wanted to take the cupcakes we made for Keith's birthday to the cookout. She and Kaleb brought them out and sang happy birthday to Keith...so sweet:) You can see what part of the cupcake Kaleb liked best!!!

The next day, the actual birthday, we sang again and finished up the cupcakes. The kids were so proud of their creation, even frosted them themselves! Keith especially loved the handmade cards.Then the camera battery died! Ha ha! Well, we had a great fun-filled 2 days with friends and family:)

Last days of August

Just some misc pics from the end of August. The kids are loving their new classes at church! They are so excited each week to come home and sing their new songs for us...and of course dance, too:) It's amazing how well they know the songs.

Kassidy is really into taking pictures. She'll ask to take just 1 picture, but always ends up taking a bunch! Some of her pics are silly, but some really aren't that bad!

She tried to catch Kaleb doing his summersault
Trying to get a smile
No smile, but managed to get a funny face:)
Little too close-up of Karson
Her beautiful toenails

Her best one...The kids just love to goof around in the playroom.
Showing off his fish faceThere's never a lack of love, or hugs, for Karson
Our friends moved back from Charleston (they were there 2 yrs for school) so we had a cookout...actually we had to have a cookin becuase it was raining. Oh well, still had fun:)

Todd with Karson eyeing his drink
Kassidy was practically in Brandi's lap the whole time!

Thanks Brandi for being such a good audience for the kiddos:) Of course we have done other things, too, just don't always remember my camera! We made a special trip downtown after church one Sunday to play in the childrens fountains. Kassidy and Kaleb had a blast running and playing in the water! Karson even liked getting his feet wet. I forgot the camera at home, but did have the video camera with me. Too bad the memory was full! We had some great trips to my sisters house recently, too. Busy practicing riding bikes and jumping on the trampoline.