Nap time

What does a 2 year old do during nap time? Take a nap, right?...

Right.

6,7, and 8 months

       I am just so lucky to be this little boy's mother.  He is incredibly sweet and such a happy baby. At his 6 month appointment he weighed 13.9 lbs and 26 inches, he is our little boy.  He LOVES solid food and not such a big fan of bottles and breastfeeding. At his 6 month appointment his head still has a flat spot in the back so our doctor referred us to a specialist if we wanted to get a helmet for him.  His ears are misaligned and we wanted to fix it for him so we decided to get a helmet.  He got it on Valentines Day and he is such a trooper. Poor little boy not only got his helmet but was getting both of his top teeth at the same time.  He is still my happy boy. Depending if we catch a growth spurt he will have the helmet for 2 to 4 months.

Six months

Will decided to put this sticker on Jared one morning, it gave me a good laugh!

       At 6 months Jared really started trying to crawl, he was constantly getting to his hands and knees and rocking. Then he got distracted and then worked on trying to stand up.  He is one determined little boy. Jared finally decided to start rolling over, which also means that diaper changes have become 100 times harder. Once Jared rolled over, pretty soon he could go from his back to sitting up.

      7 months was a huge month for Jared.  He learned to crawl and he loves to get into things.  After learning to crawl it only took a couple of days for him to master pulling himself up on things.  He is also trying to walk with a push toy.  He is growing up so fast.  He loves to laugh with his brother and Will loves to make him laugh, especially when I am trying to feed him.  Something cute Jared has been doing is when he is by something soft like a blanket or a pillow he will lay his head down on it and feel it. When he is crawling and gets tired he will just lay down on the ground like he is going to sleep and then get up after a little whine and trys to keep going.  He is just a joy

Seven months

At eight months Jared is a boy on the move.  It is so fun to watch him explore. We could be in the living room and he'll decide to go and explore the play room or some where else by himself. Some things that he has been up to is:

-feeding himself puffs

-starting to refuse a bottle

-pulling to standing

-trying to stand on his own

-trying to clap

-playing peek a boo

Eight months

Jared's Blessing

Wow I am really behind on my blogging. Jared was blessed on September 4, 2011 by his dad. It truly was such a wonderful day. I am so grateful for my family and the Gospel. I am so blessed.

A two year old imagination

Didn't you know this is a weed whacker

and of course we can not forget the lawnmower 

3 to 4 months and now 5 months

Guess who found their hands at three months, and boy does he love them! It was so cute to watch him stare at his hands, I could see the little wheels in his head turning like crazy. He LOVES toys and he is getting better at grabbing them. I just love seeing him develop. Feel free to skip to the pictures the rest is to help me remember.

We stopped doing his neck exercises and after 2 weeks we noticed a difference, but he still has to endure them. It is amazing what a difference the exercises make. His head is still a little wobbly, but it is getting much better. He had his 4 month appointment and he weighed 12.4 Pounds and 24.25 inches.

We put Jared in his own room at 3 months and he did great; I think we both are sleeping better. We also unswaddle him a little while after. I have to admit I was terrified that I would be up ALL night. Once again I was nicely surprised and there was not much change in his sleeping. He still struggles with nap time but we can sometimes get him to take a nap in his swing. The day he turned four months he slept until 6:00, it was amazing! Hopefully we can get some more nights like that.

Jared got his first haircut at 3 months by his daddy, and man does this kid still have a lot of hair. I still find it humorous how different my two boys hair was a birth.

Well my little boy is now almost 6 months and I still haven't taken time to add pictures so I can finally post it.  At five months Jared is starting to sit on his own, but is still pretty wobbly.  He also got his first tooth on Christmas, and for getting a tooth he was so good. He loves carrots, sweet potatoes, prunes, and peas; pretty much everything we feed him, except rice cereal.  He is starting to give us the puppy dog look when we eat that just says can I have some too.

He is just such a happy baby. It completely makes my day when he smiles at me. He will also try to laugh when I laugh which is simply adorable. I love bath time because he just enjoys his baths so much. My two little boys sure do have me wrapped around their little fingers.

3 months

After his first hair cut

4 months

5 months

2 months

Jared is 2 months (more like almost 3 months with how fast I am at posting). He is just adorable and LOVES attention. If you give him the attention he wants, he will smile and coo like crazy and I just love it. He weighed 10.3 pound and was 22 inches. We found out he has torticollis. Basically he has weakened neck muscles on one side, if left untreated, his head will only turn to one side. When torticollis occurs at birth it is usually because of the position the baby was in the womb. We went to the physical therapist and it was relieving that Jared has a mild case, in fact, the physical therapist said it was one of the mildest cases she has seen. I am so grateful for a pediatrician who noticed it early on so we can help fix it before it gets worse, and that Jared doesn't need any more physical therapy as long as it doesn't get worse. He is just my sweet little boy.

Jared has slept several night 5 hours straight, and one night he even slept six hours straight which was just heavenly. Now if I can just get him to take a nap longer than 15 to 20 minutes while not being held would be WONDERFUL, any suggestion? I guess naps and sleeping through the night are just the typical newborn struggle for me. At least I was a little more prepared with Jared than I was for Will. I am so grateful to have two wonderful boys.

2 months

His sad face

Great Grandpa

My kids are so lucky to have such wonderful great grandparents! I can definitely see why Joe learned so much from his grandpa and wanted Will's middle name to be named after him. He is just so good with my kids. Will still talks about great grandpa's lawnmower and how he wants to help him again. We sure love great grandma and great grandpa!