Brady 6 months

Ok so this post is also a little late but since this is the theme lately, no big deal! Brady started baby food just shy of 6 months and loves it!! At about the time he started eating baby food, he began weaning himself from nursing. He has also decided he doesn't like the bottle much either, only taking around 3oz a feeding! He is the exact opposite of Payton, he loves food and doesn't like the bottle. He eats around 1-2 jars of food 3 times a day, including oatmeal in the mornings. He is getting the hang of the sippy cup but doesn't choose to drink from it much.

Brady finally started sleeping through the night at 6months. When I say sleeping through the night I mean without eating :) He will still wake up once for the paci and once for a diaper change but he goes right back to sleep. He goes to bed around 7:30, sometimes earlier, and wakes up around 6:15 on work days and 7am on the weekends. He started sitting up on his own around 6 months but is now a pro at it. He started to "worm" crawl at 6.5 months and got everywhere he wanted to go this way. It was pretty funny to watch! He can now crawl the correct way, beginning at 7.5 months.

Brady is such a happy baby!! This kid literally smiles all day long. All you have to do is look at him and say his name and he gets so excited! He is pretty much a go with the flow kid, not complaining about much unless he is tired or hungry. He still likes to be held but is beginning to find out how exciting it is to be crawling around instead. The gates need to go up soon!! He is talking up a storm, babbling of course and has found his screaming voice!! He loves, loves, loves his big brother. Payton can get him laughing so hard and he just follows Payton around like a typical little brother. I can't wait to see them play together as they get older.

Good Friends

Seafood boil
Graham and his boys (Payton has a caterpillar on his middle finger that he is trying to show the camera)

Payton & Bella

Our good friends, Mike & Sarah, came up for her Mom's 65th birthday for a week. Unfortunately, we had already gone back to work so we were only available to see them the day of the party but we were happy they didn't mind us coming up. Payton and Bella had a great time playing together and trying to stay out of trouble. Sarah's parent's house backs up to the Rock River so the view was beautiful and so relaxing. The weather was perfect that day too! It was so nice to catch up with them and to see Bella again! It was a long day but definitely worth it to see them. We are hoping to make a trip to Texas over summer break and spend a couple of weeks seeing all of our friends down there.

First Days of Kindergarten

Payton, Tyler & Chase waiting to go in on their first full day of school Payton & Tyler
At his seat

Payton with his teacher

This post is a couple of weeks late but better late than never, right? Payton's first day of Kindergarten was only 30 minutes long and a parent/guardian had to accompany them. I was a little sad that because we are in the same district, this was also my students' first day where they came with their parents so I was pretty sure there was no way that I would be able to take Payton to school. Luckily, Graham just had an institute day that day so his boss let him take a couple of hours off to go take him. The 30 minutes includes finding their seat, putting away their supplies and listening to the teacher talk about arrival and dismissal with the parents. Payton was so excited!! I believe things happen for a reason and someone was looking out for me that day because none of my students had the last name that started with L-Q (my middle session of kids/parents) and it also just so happened to be the same time Graham was taking Payton, so I was able to scoot out of school and meet them at Payton's school. What a fun surprise for both me and Payton! When we left his school, he was even more excited for his first full day of Kindergarten the next day!

My parents came and walked with Payton and his buddies to school for the first full day since both Graham and I had to work. He could barely contain his excitement :) Payton and his friends Chase and Tyler were all ready, complete with new backpacks and lunchboxes. They all went in without tears, from the kids at least, and had a great day! I still can't believe he is there all day!! He absolutely loves his teacher and school. He was so upset when school was cancelled the other day due to the heat. I am so happy he loves it so much, makes it much easier on Mom and Dad. Let's hope his love of school and good behavior continues:)