Zach is 9 Months!

It is a cruel thing that babies grow up so fast. I mean Zoe was a baby yesterday and now she's 21, I mean 3. Seriously, the girl is full of sass. But back to the point, Zach is 9 months! What? He's getting so big! He is a little bit above average in weight. He is in the 83rd percentile for height. That wasn't something I was expecting because Nate and I aren't known for our height, but he must be getting the recessive traits. Either way, he'll be passing up big sister by the time he is two. Of course, his head is in the 90th percentile. It's a large head. More brains right? If nothing else, he has a solid built in weapon. He has head butted me a few times and I've been convinced that I would have a black eye or at least a bruise by the time I looked in a mirror. In all seriousness though, he is such a sweet baby. He's been so chill from day 1 and continues to be that way. We love him so much.

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!