beautiful fall day

The past few days have just been beautiful, so when I got home from work yesterday, we decided to go play outside. Michael loved being out there. He studied the leaves blowing, listened to the birds singing and tried to crawl to the grass...

no picture weekend

It's nuts! We went to see Juice & Pa this weekend and not one picture was taken! We decided to go late Friday night. It was too cold to take Michael to the football game and Juice was needing to see the boy. So we loaded up and went. We did not take enough clothes for momma & daddy though! Holy cow! It was C*O*L*D!!! Michael got to hang out with Juice, Pa, Curt and Shelley. He loved it. It was great to spend some time with family. Sometimes, that's just what you need. We had a shrimp boil and just hung out at the house. Yesterday, Michael, Juice & I did go to Dimmitt to see Meemaw & GranBob. They hadn't seen him in a little over a month, so it was great to hang out with them too. Today, he slept through church! That's a first since he was just weeks old. We had him all bundled up with a blanket and I guess he just enjoyed the music. He never even made a sound.

Well, I can't post without some sort of picture...so here's a little Halloween preview!

checkup & shots

We got a little behind on Michael's 4 month shots, so we had to do his 6 month shots today. He did so good. We had to wake him up to go to the doctor, so he wasn't in the best of moods. He was awake the entire way to Lubbock. Even though he was extremely tired, he was in a pretty good mood. He thought the paper he was sitting on was pretty cool.


His doctor said everything looked great. She said he is definitely teething. She said he may get his top two teeth before his bottom two and that we could try teething tablets and teething toys to ease the pain.

He weighed 18 pounds and was 27 inches long. He did really good with his shots too. He cried for a little bit, but then we went outside and he was fine. He took a good nap as soon as we got in the car.

He was glad to get home, but was super clingy. We don't go back until December for his 9 month checkup. Hopefully, we can avoid all this flu and cold business going around.

Can you believe it?!?!

Michael Lance is 7 months old!

Juice got to take the birthday pictures today because the boy wasn't awake this morning when I left for work. He woke up about 5 and needed a little pre-breakfast snack and then went back to sleep. Juice had the day off today, so she came down yesterday (after not seeing him for 4 weeks!). Michael was super excited that Juice came and spent the night. He had so much fun playing with her today.

He isn't crawling still. I think he's going to go straight from sitting to standing to walking! He loves to stand up. He's been loving that for a long time now, but he's really wanting to stand and pull up. He still needs a little help though. And of course, Kirby is right up in his business.

He is officially taking his baths in the duck now. He loves bath time and hates getting out! He kicks and splashes and occasionally tries to put his face in the water, but hasn't quite figured out that you can't breathe and drink the water without getting choked.

I just think this is a precious picture...

He is rolling and squirming all over the crib during his nap time and night time. When he first starting rolling over while sleeping, it would tick him off, but now I think he kinda prefers to sleep on his tummy. He is pretty much sleeping through the night too. If he does sleep through the night, he'll sleep 10-11 hours! I KNOW!! Mommy loves this! If he does wake up, he has a midnight (or 2 or 5:00) snack and back down he goes. He'll wake up anywhere from 6:30-8:00 every morning.

We go to the doctor for his 6 month checkup and shots (we got off for his 4 month shots, so we had to wait a while for these) on Thursday, so I'll let you know how all that goes and how much he weighs, etc. I think I'm going to have to ask her about formula because I think my milk supply is getting low and pumping at school is getting not practical. I'm having students that need to work in my room during lunch, which is when I pump. Anyways, we'll ask and see what she says.

Happy 7 month birthday sweet boy. You brighten our day and put a smile on our face and in our hearts! We love you!

date with mom

Wednesday got to be a special day for Michael and momma. Anna called in sick, so therefore, I called in sick! I was already dressed and ready to go to school, but then had no where to go. I needed to run some errands in Lubbock, so Michael and I decided to head that way. He slept the whole way there. We ran some errands and then had a lunch date. I've never been to a restaurant by myself, and technically I didn't on Wednesday, but sort of. He would eat a little bit, then let me eat a little bit. So sweet!

After lunch, he let me run a few more errands before heading to Target. He was getting so sleepy. He had been awake the entire time we were there. I had to go to Target though. I decided to let him try out his sitting abilities and ride in a cart for the first time.Of course we had the seat cover on the cart! He loved it, but then the tiredness set in! He was glad it was our last stop!

He was such an angel the entire time in Lubbock. He slept the whole way home. Oh my, I could get used to being a stay at home mom! We had so much fun.