My 6 month old boy

6 Months Old- Isn't he the most handsome boy ever?

Weight: 16 lbs 4 Oz, 25-30% (Talia's 1 year weight)

Height: 27.25 inches, 75-80%

Head: 42.7 cm, 30%

Jace is 6 months old. He's a character.

• Loves to laugh
• LOUD. He's louder than his sister was
• Likes to cuddle before he goes to bed for the night. Love his cuddles.
• LOVES his sister Talia
• Wont hold a bottle because he's too busy grabbing your face, clothes, whatever is near by- busy guy
• Cries when he wakes up and wants out of his bed
• Is now what I would consider a really good night sleeper
• Takes two naps a day. Sometimes wakes up in the middle of his afternoon nap and will fall right back asleep in my bed. Weird, I don't even need to be there he just likes the bed!
• Eats food 3 times a day. Took about a month before he would eat baby food but now he does OK. Doesn't love new tastes but eventually warms up to them- sometimes... 
• Has 4-5 bottles day
• Loves to be on his tummy unless we forget about him them he lets us know
• Wants to be able to crawl, he's pushing his bum up like he wants to and holds his body up with his arms. We'll see when that comes, could be soon or could be awhile yet but he wants to MOVE!
• working on sitting up
• Loves jumping
• Smiley :)
• If you give him attention by calling his name or doing something to his he has such a cute bashful smile
• Chews on everything
• His Fluffy strawberry blonde hair is growing fast
• Everyone thinks he's huge. He's a solid boy with solid bones and feels big but he's actually only 30%, just being compared to his mini sister

We just love him and am grateful to have him in our family. I don't usually rock him to sleep but the other night I wanted to hold my baby so I did and I just thought how lucky I am to have him and be able to raise him. He's our precious boy and has brought so much joy in to our family.

We look forward to the next 6 months!

Sunday Walks

It's been so nice to have Jason home this weekend. We were saying how weird it is to have him home for a full day. Like literally it's been since June that we've been home and had him home for a full day. It was SO nice. Anyways Talia loves outside so instead of going to the Park on Sunday we went to the Pond to feed the ducks.  Nice to get out of the house and be with the family.

This is our huge but AWESOME stroller. It took me months for decide what stroller to buy and I finally decided on this double graco stroller. I could not love it more than I do. It's huge and heavy but who carries their stroller anyway? It's actually not as long as some double strollers. It's perfect for what we need. *Love* 







"Where are you ducks?"

 Our stroller boy. Love that dimple!

 Checking out the lake with Dad. Don't think he's too interest yet, I think he's happy just to be out of the stroller for a little bit.

The ducks left fast so the next best thing was to throw rock in the lake.

The ducks didn't want the rest of the bread so Talia ate it. Even though it was the heal of the loaf she LOVED it.

Tired and ready to go home!
















It's been nice having Jason back and home this past weekend. It makes such a difference when you have your partner in crime with you. And September is less busy so he'll be home more often. Don't know how often we'll be together because when he's home I have picked up work. I need to accumulate some hours to maintain my RN license but at least the kids will see him more.

I think it will be interesting working 100 hour this month and Jason being home with the the kids for those 100 hours. I think we will appreciate each others role a little more. I think I will remember how draining work can be and he'll probably see how draining (sometimes- there are also awesome moments) being at home 24/7 with the responsibilities of the house and kids can be as well. Glad I'm not a single parent. Don't know if I could do it.

Anyways 6 month immunizations for Jace tomorrow! Update on him later!

Summer is almost gone!

I feel like summer is almost gone and I haven't been to the park much with my kids. Thankfully when Jason gets home from work he usually takes Talia. Jace is now at an age where he almosts sits up so he sits in the swings a lot. 

Talia is a pretty causious girl and today we made major progress. In the photo is the small slide but today she went down the big slide all by herself and she LOVED it. She kept going over and over and screaming at the end again again. In fact when we had to go she threw a tantrum and flung herself in the sand. So I went to pick her up and she flipped herself over and got a mouth full of sand. Poor girl but she really should have just come. 

 Love these two together!

His face may not show it but he LOVES the swing. It was cute to hear his laugh. He still has the baby laugh.

Anyways summer has been fun. I love Edmonton summers (when the weather is nice and when I get help going places because of completely dependent children). Like i said in my last post next summer will be great. I can already see how independent Talia is getting. Kind of scary at the same time because she's wondering off. I'll need to keep a close eye on her.

Where did my baby go?

 Where does time go? Jace is almost 6 months and I feel time has just flown by!  I love watching him grow and develop but I can't believe he's growing up so fast. I miss my little baby but I love my growing boy that is becoming so interactive.

Oh and don't worry this post does NOT mean I am craving a third baby anytime soon. I enjoy my two I especially look forward to next summer when Talia is almost 3 and Jace is a year and a half. It will be a fun summer!

crazy sleepers

So this is how we found Talia after our date the other night. She figured out how to pull apart snaps. I almost burst out laughing. Also true to her love of her "num nums" she fell asleep with it tucked right by her nose. AND true to her being a crazy sleeper she fell asleep curved by the corner with her foot out. So funny!

Also Jace is taking after Talia. He's either tucked in a corner now usually blanket near his face or nose to mattress. Last night we found him with muffled breathing nose to mattress. Funny but we did flip him.

Crazy sleepers!

FINALLY!!!!

So the day has finally come... I GOT PHOTOSHOP!!! Bring on the learning.

 

So a BIG SORRY to those family members I have done photos for in the past. I know I was doing it for just a hobby but I look at them and think I could have done so much more. So maybe in the future I can make it up to!  I am SOOOOO excited to learn, take more photos, and edit but edit in WAY less time.

Wouldn't you?

Wouldn't you just kiss these lips?

Well there is no reason to this post except that I love taking pictures of my kids. Tonight we're going on a family date to terwillegar pool. I know Talia will love it, I hope Jace likes it (first time swimming), and I hope the kids are good (every parents hope when they go out!).

Tomorrow Jason and I are going on another date. I am so excited. We should have been trying harder to go on dates weekly or at least twice a month. /I loved going out last Friday and I'm looking forward to it tomorrow. It's fun to get out with just the two of us. I never take my camera because it sucks to take around but maybe I'll try tomorrow just to prove to you I DO go out with my husband!

Have a fun weekend!

Life As We Know It

Well we are on the home stretch. Jason will be home on Monday evening. It's been a long week and a half. We've had our ups and downs. I've really enjoyed spending time with my kids. Basically that's what I've been up to. I've been out to stores 4 times with them alone. And being out with the two of them alone was a first. I know crazy Jace is 5 months and I've never been out with both of them. I guess I just never had to do it and why do it when you have help?

Talia's getting older. And what I mean by that is she talks in sentences, we play with toys how they're meant to be played with, she knows 6 colors, counts to 5, we have real laugh attacks together over silly things, sand he helps me bake somewhat more appropriately. It's been fun BUT with getting holder comes new stages such as tantrums, all of a sudden DEMANDING attention the moment she wants it and when she doesn't get it throwing MORE tantrums. This part of her getting older had been challenging mostly because I'm a single parents right now. She is still a sweety most of the time. She LOVES to make Jace laugh and whenever she's not saying "MINE" about a toy he is grabbing she shares with him and then comes and tell me she shared with Jace and gives her self a clap about it. She actually will share her num nums when in a good mood. That is a big deal around here! Honestly as we speak she's running at Jace and making silly faces. I love that she wants to make him laugh and "includes" him.

A "Num Num" dress


Jace is doing great. He's five months old. He's a happy healthy boy. The only thing is I am sleep training him and I am really working hard at it. I think it was easier to train Talia because I didn't worry about waking any other child up. Also I trained her about a month or so early. We had started to train Jace but travelling and vacation for a month didn't help. So anyways we are working at it. He's also a soother boy which I don't think I love especially for nights. I might have to take it away early. He's waking up at night to often wanting to eat or have his soother. He's not the worse sleeper but he's not the best by far! 1.) I am weaning out so many bottles at night. He's allowed 1 in a 11-12 hour span. He has done this on his own so I know he can do it. This hasn't been hard so far except lately I still get up to put his soother in so he goes back to sleep fast and doesn't wake up Talia. He is going to start crying it out... sorry Talia if he wakes up. It will be better in the long run. 2.) He is not being rocked to sleep. At first he cried a good 40 minutes before he fell asleep. Now it's anywhere from 5-30. I have never rocked him to sleep and before vacation he would lay down and go to sleep. SO I think vacation did not help this and I guess on vacation he also decided he does not like to be wrapped. Other than night sleep training he is a joy to be around. He's getting BIG. Like he's a solid kid. Must have thick bones. He eats rice cereal and soon we'll start veggies. He now has officially passed Talia's 1 yr weight and they are both in size 3 diapers.

Just Chilling



That's the update on the kids. As for ME my life in the last two weeks have been filled with kids. I also have been taking photos and learning how to take better photos. Richard and Leslie came over and gave me some good tips. Richard is a wealth of knowledge, so THANKFUL for them! I really do find joy in taking a good photo. Catching a cute moment just makes me happy and I do post a lot of them but I just want to share how cute some of the moments are. I've booked a few shifts at the stollery in the end of August that I'm really looking forward to those. I love my job and it's so nice that I can work casual and pick up when it works for me and if I don't want to them I don't have to. I love the kids I work for and I love the staff I work with. I just love them. I guess another thing I'm going to be starting again is I just signed up for a basketball team. It's been like 3 years since I've played on a team. I love basketball so it will be fun to get back in... and back in to shape! I'm sure my body will be in for a shock but it will be good!

As for Jason. He's working hard and getting good experience. He loves the practice in Cardston and for loving ER he's got A LOT of experience there. He's had a lot of traumas. As for August when he gets home he'll be working mostly in Leduc covering for doctors when they go on vacation. Also he'll be working a little bit around the grey nuns hospital at a clinic there. It will be nice for him to be around and I know he's excited to come home and see us. I think with being away from kids especially young ones he feels like he misses so much and even in 2 weeks they grow up fast. He is right in two weeks Jace has started to eat rice cereal and roll a bunch and he's been missing out on the new tantrum of Talia! ha! We can't wait till he gets home!!!!!!!!

Although I would much rather be with Jason I am glad I did come home for these past two weeks. Your home should be a place you love to be in and that is true with me. Nothing like your own place. Also in these past two weeks my niece Avery had her 3rd birthday party on the 29th (Talia loves Avery!), one of my best friend Amanda had her first baby (Tanner) on the 31st and visited her in the hospital, My sister Breanne had her baby (Marli) on the 1st and I visited her in the hospital, I started planning a baby shower for Amanda, and I took new born photos of Amanda's baby Tanner. Coming up on Saturday I'm singing at my great Grandma Bernice's funeral (love her!), and on Monday I am taking new born baby photos and family photos of Breanne's baby and family. Busy but fun!

So that is our update and here are some of the photos I've been taking for me and for other people:

My Kids:
Just testing out the lighting and a new lens

Baby Marli:
Jordan and Breanne's newest baby girl- born August 1
photos at hospital Marli just hours old

Love my nieces!!!!


Justin and Amelia and family:
I attempted to take some family photos and head shots