Alex's Baptism

Alex got baptized today at Lake Side Baptist Church. I stayed up until 3:00 AM this morning finishing the kids outfits. They did a great job in the nursery while we went to the church service.

After church, we came home to change clothes and finished packing. We headed to Fort Walton to Waterscape (the resort we loved last year). The kids did great traveling. LeLe didn't sleep...imagine that...I think that she is the only child in the world that doesn't sleep in the car.

Once we got to the condo, we started unpacking. Matt went to Old Bay Steamer and picked up seafood while the kids got settled. After eating, I headed to Publix to get the essentials for the week. Matt took LeLe swimming while Gibson and I went shopping.

Visit from the Skinners

Laura and company came to visit today. We were so excited to see Anne Reaves! Of course, she prompted me to take her picture with Baby Gibson. She is such a proud big cousin! LeLe just adores both of her cousins.

Walking Bernard

LeLe is obsessed with walking the dog. She likes to walk Sadie but when Sadie gets tired of walking...well, Lele cannot budge her. Tonight, we convinced LeLe to walk "Bernard" which is Gibsons stuffed dog. She pulled little Bernard all over the house!!

Good Bye Kayla

Our sweet neighbor, Kayla, is moving to Samford tommorrow. We are so going to miss Kayla! We LOVE her!!

Big Boy Food

Gibson got to try some more big boy food today. He is starting to get the hang of putting it in his mouth. I will say though that he has a whole seat full before it is said and done. He is continuing to slobber a lot! I think that some more teeth will be in before too much longer.

Happy Birthday Sara Kate!

Today, we had a big day!

Gibson tried "real" food for the first time. Okay, Gerber puffs but they were new to him! We had tried a few weeks ago and he choked. This morning, we tried again and he has mastered cramming them into his mouth already!!

We headed to Sara Kate's 3rd birthday party at the Trussville YMCA. The kids had a good time playing with the other children. Happy Birthday Sara Kate!

LeLe's First Tap Dance

Tonight was LeLe's first dance class. To say that she was excited, would be an understatement. She was SO VERY excited! She didn't even take a nap. I came home early from work to take her. Her class starts at 5 so I met mother at the house at 4:30. Mother, Gibson, LeLe and I all headed to Birmingham Dance Theater for her class. She was so excited to put on her tap shoes (as you can tell from the video above). She has been wearing her ballet shoes for over a week now but this was the first time that she had actually put on tap shoes. To say the least, it was hilarious. The teacher asked them to stay on a dot...which was rather humorous. LeLe stayed on her dot....long enough to take this video. The rest of the time, she was running around the room and swinging on the bars. Afterward, I spoke to the teacher about what we needed to do. I hope that next week goes better. However, I am pretty sure that most of her behavior was just because she couldn't contain herself.

Best Friends

It is so touching to watch LeLe and Gibson begin to play together. LeLe has really started enjoying Gibson and well, he has always loved her! He continues to smile as soon as she enters the room.

This week, Gibson learned how to reach. I was so excited that he learned how to reach out to you. So precious! He also learned to rock back and forth really well on his knees. While he isn't officially crawling, he definitely can get to what he wants.

Talks from the bedroom

Tonight I was in the office paying bills when I heard...

LeLe pooted.
Matt - "Say excuse me."
LeLe - "Excuse my bottom."

Then a little later, Matt heads to the bathroom and then returns to the bedroom.

LeLe - "Good Job Daddy...I'll go get you 3 skittles...I am very proud of you....you are a good boy."

Matt..."Thank you LeLe".

Do you think that she has heard this before?

As for little G-money, he really likes playing in the floor and reading/eating books!

Babies are Growing...

My babies are growing up. Today, it stormed and stormed and stormed. Matt and I decided to do a little cleaning and ended up taking down LeLe's crib from her big girl room and then took down Gibson's swing. While I thought that I would be sad about taking down LeLe's crib, I was actually kind of excited. We explained to her that we were going to trade the baby bed for a kitchen. So, we brought her kitchen up from the basement along with all of her toy food. She couldn't be happier.

As for Gibson, I am sad to see his swing go. That swing has been such a wonderful asset to our house over the past few months. I can say that I am glad to see the eye sore come out of the den but I would love to keep my baby small and swinging forever.

Gibson is doing a great job sitting. He was a little fussy today from the shots that he received and did run a low grade fever. I gave him some ibuprofen to help with his demeanor. Tonight, Matt grilled steaks and kabobs for dinner. LeLe wanted a "whole" one and well, she pretty much ate the whole thing.

Gibson is still eating baby food. His favorites are pears, applesauce and then all of the vegetables. If you don't feed him fast enough, he lets you know.

6 Month Check-up

Today we woke up bright and early to head to Gibson's 6 month check-up. Mother was planning on going with me so around lunch, I headed to Bobo/Pappy's house to pick up mother. She called around 1:15 saying that she was at Brookwood mall and that she would just meet me there. I told her not to worry with it. So, here we go for our adventure!

The kids were fantastic. Per our instructions, I gave Gibson .8 of Tylenol before the visit. While I was in the waiting room, Matt called and said that he was leaving St. Vincent's. I convinced him to come to the doctor's office with me. Luckily, he showed up before Gibson even had to go back to a room. The first thing that they always make us do is take off the kids clothes down to a diaper. They then take him back to get a weight measurement. He weighed in at 16 pounds and 13 ounces and was 28.25 inches long (90th-95th). His head measured about 17 inches. Doctor Huie came in and said the same thing everyone says..."look at those beautiful blue eyes and look at those long eyelashes". He then proceeded to say that he was a healthy baby boy and to begin feeding him 2-3 times a day. But, he would need to be eating at least 3 meals by the time he is 9 months old.

Matt kept LeLe in the waiting area while we saw Dr. Huie. Gibson received 4 shots while we were there. Dr. Huie said that his ears were clear.

Buddies

Gibson usually is wakes up about the same time that I get up for work in the morning. This morning, he chilled with Sadie while I took a shower. Gibson LOVES Sadie and Sadie usually blocks him where he cannot fall off of the bed.

Gibson really likes grabbing at Sadie's hair. Poor Sadie, she just goes with the flow.

Ballet shoes....still on

Just a couple of snapshots of what I came home to after work....

LeLe has successfully kept her ballet shoes on for 3 days!

I cannot believe my little man is 6 months old today!! Man, how time flies!

On all Fours

Gibson decided today that he would try to crawl. Okay, well start to push up and rock. I am not sure why he has all of this food on his face other than the fact that he really likes green veggies and maybe he was saving them for later? No really, I promise I wipe off my child's face. Just maybe it was on his hand or something.

He is such a joy. These days he really enjoys his exersaucer and playing the floor. He really likes putting all objects in his mouth and has become an excellent sitter.

Ballerina Suit!

We slept in this morning and around lunch got up and headed to the BDT Dance to sign LeLe up for dance. She was so EXCITED! Registration started at noon but we got there a little early. She was so ready that she didn't even give me any fits. :)

Gibson was just his sweet little laid back self. LeLe checked out every classroom and danced in every mirror. She asked every person that was also registering for dance "Can I Dance?". She is just so pumped.

After signing her up, we went to buy ballet and tap shoes. She was such a funny little girl at the dance shop. She modeled all of the dance and tap shoes to everyone...even the other little girls that were being sized.

At 1:45, we had an appointment with Dr. George Tisdale. He was a dermatologist that Dr. Huie referred us to. We finally got back around 2:30 and he took a good look at both kids. Let's just say, nap time is not a good time to go to the doctor's office. He thinks that it is a fungus that is causing the kids to have a rash and prescribed us a couple of different medicines (one a liquid lotion and a medicated shampoo).

On our way home, we stopped by Babies R Us. LeLe proceeded to ask the lady behind the counter..."Are you brown?". The lady says, do what sweetie? "Are you brown? Brown like my chocolate milk?". Ladies response, "yes sweetie, I am brown like your chocolate milk." I about died. Where does she come up with this stuff?

When we came home, LeLe insisted on trying on her dance outfit....she even walked over to the neighbors to show them her ballerina shoes!! She called Bobo and Pappy and Saxon/Reaves to let them know that she was going to a "Dance recital".

I just hope that she continues to be this excited.

Sunday Blues

We stayed home today. It rained and rained and we just laid low. We actually went to Costco and then headed home for nap time. Lauren came over and watched the kids while I finished up her projects for school. The table skirts turned out precious. Gibson helped me pick out the balls to go on the bottom of the skirts. He chose to eat them though instead of throw them.

He is really getting good at sitting now and LOVES his sister. Every time that you smile at him, he smiles back. He absolutely LOVEs vegetables. He will give up his sweet fruits any night for some green beans and squash. Tonight's menu featured a harvest blend.