Home Sweet Hoyleton: Christmas

Last year Christmas was a blur. We moved on December 6th. There are 4 family birthdays in December and Nate's schedule was busy right away. Also, I was pregnant. This meant we were also getting set up with my doctor and getting Zoe set up with hers. Needless to say, Christmas was a bit lack luster last year. There was very little decorating since our decor would have been set up on cardboard moving boxes. This year was much different. This year we got to experience what Christmas in Hoyleton is. Let me tell you, it is fantastic.

Zach is Eight Months!

Our Zach is eight months old and getting more handsome every day. No seriously, his cuteness cannot be contained. I know I am biased but this kid is so cute it hurts. He has been rolling for a while now but he really started rolling all over the place this month and he is almost crawling. Last night he took two crawls. He will be all over the place tomorrow I bet. I need to go buy baby gates. Our apartment in McAllen didn't really need gates. Our house here has some places that need to be roped off. Plus I'm trying to figure out how to keep Zoe from leaving things out that Zach can put in his mouth. A couple of days ago he ate the sticker off of a toy that didn't seem like it would pose a problem. Now that he is mobile, let the games begin!

He loves:

• His family
• Playing on the floor with his toys
• Sitting up
• Getting from laying down to sitting up on his own
• Rolling
• The ladies we walk with in the morning
• Eating
• The Exersaucer
• His bear lovey
• His whale lovey
• Snuggling with mommy
• Watching Zoe
• Watching Little Einsteins with Zoe
• Trying to eat paper

He is unsure of:

• Wearing shoes
• Eating yogurt melts
• Cold weather

He doesn't like:

• Being hungry
• Someone changing his diaper before he eats
• Diaper rash
• Mommy flushing his nose out

This Hat. Best. Purchase. Ever.

So handsome.

Making all the girls crazy.

These two. My loves.

Let's bake cookies Mommy!

Sleeping with his bear... Swoon

This guy

Christmas baby photoshoot!

So happy...

I'll just take one.

Little feet. I love them so much.

Bear.

We love him. 

That's all for now. God is good.

Home Sweet Hoyleton: An Introduction

A year ago today, we rolled into Hoyleton, IL and our life has never been the same. I would like to take some posts to tell everyone just how much we love and appreciate Hoyleton. We are thankful for all the places that we have lived as single people and as a family but Hoyleton almost immediately felt like home.

Hoyleton is located in Southern Illinois about 1 hour east of St. Louis, MO. As almost all of you know, I am from St. Louis, so it is so nice to be close to where I grew up and close to friends and family. If we need anything, at the most, we drive an hour. Target is 35 minutes away, not too bad, and it probably saves me a lot of money.

Zach is 7 Months!

Well time keeps on ticking by and Zach keeps getting older and bigger. I can't believe he's already 7 months. Why do kids grow so fast? He is growing fast. He was over 17 pounds at this visit and above average in height. Zach is such and easy and happy baby. He makes me want to have more but I don't know if I should play the odds that I would end up with another easy baby. Zoe was easy and Zach's easier.

He loves:

• His family
• Playing on the floor with his toys
• Sitting up!
• The ladies we walk with in the morning
• Eating
• The Exersaucer
• Butternut Squash
• Pears
• His bear lovey
• His whale lovey
• Snuggling with mommy

He is unsure of:

• Baths in the tub and not the sink
• Wearing shoes
• Flying on airplanes

He doesn't like:

• Peas
• Being hungry
• Someone changing his diaper before he eats
• Diaper rash

Here are some pics of our little man!

THIS BOY

How can you not handle this?!?!?

Hold me, I'm cute!!!

Look at this tall drink of water.

What's that, bear?

These feet!!!!

So happy!

We love him so much!

That's all for now! God is good!

Zach is 6 months! (10 Days Ago)

Poor Zach. I'm behind again on his post. 10 days ago he turned 6 months! A half a year! He needs to stop growing now! He's supposed to be my baby and he's so big. He is 17.5 pounds (56th percentile), 27 inches (62nd percentile) and has a 95th percentile head. More brains right? I don't know where he's getting that average height. He comes from a family of leprechauns. He is only 9 inches shorter than is sister. He us going to pass her up quick and she is going to be MAAADD. Oh well, not the first time he will make her mad.

He is pretty much sitting up unassisted but he still topples over a lot. He started eating solid food and he is doing very well with pears and butternut squash.

Zach continues to be a super smiley and easy going kid. This is good for our household because Zoe and Mommy bring a lot of drama to the table. Zach and Daddy are no drama type of guys.

Zach likes:

• Mommy
• Daddy
• Zoe
• Grandma
• Playgym
• Bumbo
• Baths
• Being Tickled
• Playing Peekaboo with Zoe
• Standing (assisted) 
• Taking pictures
• Pears
• Pears and Squash blend
• Exersaucer
• Going on walks every morning
• Flirting with all women (babies and grown women, he doesn't discriminate)
• Snuggles
• His Bear Lovey
• Having no clothes on (I think this is a boy thing.)

Zach doesn't like:

• Changing his clothes
• Dirty Diaper 
• Being hungry
• Shots
• Apple, Pears and Pea baby food medly

Zach is unsure about:

• Long car trips
• Yogurt Melts

Smiley Guy

His feet

That chunky leg. I just want to squeeze it!

Hanging out with his bear.

Hanging out outside with mama.

Sleeper baby

Always with Mama

Uncle Alex came to visit!

He loves having no clothes on. 

Working on that sitting

Those feet! 

Snapchat filters on babies are hilarious.

That's all for now. God is good.