Happy 9 months Andrew!

Happy 9 months - eating refried beans!

Bubs is 9+ months! He is growing so fast and is just a bundle of energy. He didn't gain any weight this month because he never stops moving!!! He is pulling up on everything and starting to cruise along the furniture.

What a big boy!

 He is 30.75 inches long

He weighs 20lbs, 3oz.

His first word was "mama!" - it was very obvious :)

His first road trip was to Chicago and visit Forrest and Julie and his cousins there. Then we continued on to visit Katie and Rob and the kiddos in Michigan. We had an absolutely fabulous time with them! Love :)

Not sure about these leaves, mom :)

He had his first double ear infection in September - oh joy :)

He spent many hours car shopping with us and he finally settled in an a Nissan Altima!

Speaking of cars, he has been upgraded to a convertible carseat - much better for all.

I love taking a bath!

 Bubs is just a delight! He has a lot of personality and energy. He doesn't stop moving from wake-up to bedtime. He is a very happy guy, but he has his more unhappy emotions too.

He has 6 teeth, and whenever he is crabby we always hope he is "teething".

Good looking guys!

 Bubs favorite 2 people definitely are mom and dad. But close runner-ups are his grandparents.

 

Baptism 10/28/2012

We decided to Baptize Bubs, and had that done about 2 weeks ago. It was a great event and very special to have his Nash cousins and auntie/uncle all the way from Michigan! His Godparents are Ben & Ama Johnson, as well as Katie and Rob Nash. Bubs did great with the actual baptism part and we couldn't be happier. He was quite noisy the rest of the service, so that confirms are recent decision to put him in the nursery during the service.

Happy Halloween - a little puppy dog!

 For Halloween, Bubs was a dalmation puppy. He was rather adorable and warmed the hearts of trick-or-treaters young and old. He also brought a smile to Gammie and Gandpa Kunnari's hearts too.

Kids at the door kept on calling him "puppy baby". He was a good helper a grandma and grandpa's house!

Bubs is starting a new daycare in 2 days. Oh my heart. I am pretty sure he is not going to sleep well at naptime for like 1-2 weeks, but we will survive! Hopefully. Apparently when Caleb donated to Praise FM, they took his prayer request and prayed for it on the radio. So now 100,000 people have prayed for Bubs' transition to a new daycare. Ironically enough, Sara, Caleb's mom, heard the broadcast and thought moms/grammies everywhere had a tear in the corner of their eyes. It's amazing how concerned your heart can be for someone, isn't it?

6 Months Old!

Bubs is 6 months old. 

20lbs 11oz

29.9 inches long

Big chubby legs and cankles and cheeks

Rolling all over the place and sitting up by myself (although tipsy at times)

Everything stil in the mouth

I love to shout and babble really loud for long sets of time

Still nursing 6 times a day but sleeps from 10:30pm - 7am

Daycare 3x a week with the Bice's

I have met all my cousins

Ben, Ama, and Kirk moved back to the farm while....

Katie, Rob, Faith, Isaiah, Peter and Joe moved to Michigan!

I like bananas, peaches, mama's milk, oatmeal cereal!

I like to spit, A LOT!

I like bathtime finally :)

 First time on the boat with his old-fashioned life jacket!

 Can you see the teeth in there??

First tooth 6/2/2012

Second tooth 6/19/2012

First Solids - bananas!

I love to hold the spoon all by myself!

 I love to roll back to front while mommy changes my diaper!

4th of July with the Johnsons 

 Big boy shirt - I look just like my daddy!

 Getting ready to get in the lake!

 I won't sink, I won't get burned....geez mom and dad are no fun!

 Our first family swim!

 The beginning of the messy meals

Hey bright eyes!

Happy 4 Months Bubs!

Well Bubs is now, I think, 4 months :) He still goes by Bubs, bubsie, bubby bear, bubs-a-roonie, Andrew, Bubby, and Faith likes to call him "Baby Johnson". His cousins just love seeing him and they are pretty much sitting on him when they see him. Thankfully, Faith patrols the whole situation and makes sure no one at least sits on him :)

Hey - I found my feet!



He is quite the lovable guy with even more lovable cheeks! He is a very happy baby I would say.



He is really into putting everything in his mouth and now the drooling has started - yuck! Thankfully, he is doing pretty well on his developmental milestones: grasping toys, following things with his eyes, responding to sounds and voices....the only thing he is NOT enjoying is tummy time :( We try and try, but there are always tears. Mom is getting creative with tummy time though and we do it even when being held like an airplane on moms shins with Bubs in the air

He has found his feet and loves to hold them on the changing table. He did role over from his tummy to his back, but lately he has been on a strike from that. We are trying to help him remember how to do it again ;) Just today he actually started to role from his back to his tummy - cool!



Working with dad this past Tuesday - Dad was Mr. Mom that day while daycare was unavailable.

 Speaking of changing tables... that is where we spend a lot of time. Obviously, we have a big boy and lots of poops, but we have a lot of our play time on the table also. He loves to 'kick, kick, kick!" and flail his arms. We had to move the wipes container off the pad because he kept kicking it over the edge. On the changing table is where we get the most laughs, talking, playtime with overhead toys, practice sitting up, reading our memory verses, containing his flying urine (!), and wrestling to put on whatever remaining clothes he has that still fit him! He is generally wearing 6 month clothing, and if used...9 month clothing! He has a long, long torso and short chubby legs and 'cankles'. We do a lot of singing here too! He has moved past "Baa baa blacksheep" to bigger and better songs. His favorite toys are his giraffe, his puppy satin blanket thing, his rattle soft blocks, and the lights on the playmat.  His eyes stick like glue to the television if it happens to be on so we try to not have that on much! He doesn't like taking a bath yet, but he does love being wrapped in his yellow, Ducky towel.

Auntie Fidder's birthday!

Mom went back to work part-time (Tues, Thurs, Fri) the beginning of April, and I would say Bubsie is adjusting just fine. He has settled into a routine for the most part and is sleeping great. In general, his last feeding is 10:15pm and he wakes up again at 6:30-7am to start our day. We feed, dress him, and daddy drives him to daycare. One day a week I get to stay home until 10am and then I drive him. He gets extra special grammie and grandpa time on Tuesday evenings until dad gets home. Of course, things are a little hectic/intense when juggling a job, baby, house, husband, etc...and boy does Caleb get heavy! J/K....bad joke.



My first day at Daycare at Mrs. Bice's house - not sure about this :)

 All in all, I am slowly learning to do this mom thing. It is wonderful and sweet and exhausting and tiring. I can see already how God uses parenting to weed out selfishness, self-reliance, impatience, etc. What I am appreciating most about God through this process is His never-ending well of strength and peace amidst all the "newness" of everything. There are many, many verses in scripture that I can hold onto that help me remember His promises! He IS faithful indeed, and all I truly need is in Him...and daily chocolate :)



Happy Easter!

"Hmmm, which toy should I try to reach today?"

A rare moment sitting still while we read

sleeping on the boppy

6 weeks!

Bubs is really 7 weeks old today, but let's just pretend we are back at 6 weeks for the pictures' sake :)

Bubs has really come alive and alert these last few weeks. Personally I woke up too around 4 weeks old! He has been smiling for awhile and now he is smiling at his toys or his favorite songs. He smiles at dad now and he has not cried while taking a bath a few times in a row (maybe his clumsy parents are getting better at that one!). We had our longest stretch of time between feedings last night - YES! He fed at 10:15pm and woke up at 5:55am - YES!

6 Week Stats:

- 13lbs, 10 oz

- 23.5 inches

- Nicknames: Bubs, Chubs, Bubs-a-roonie, Angel, baby bear, bubbie, little man

- good pooper, already had a nice blowout up the back this week

- favorite food: milk

- working on going to sleep without rocking and patting and coddling for 45 minutes :)

- likes the songs: Ba Ba Blacksheep, Jesus Loves Me, Twinkle Twinkle, Rejoice in the Lord Always (he is working on the echo part), Head Shoulders Knees & Toes (including the actions!)pretty much anything mom sings :)

- very social and alert with others, until he is tired

- clothing size: easily 3 months, his long torso is pushing him into the 3-6 month clothing

- cutest body part: eyes, big belly, big cheeks

- not as cute part: his baby acne :(

- longest road trip: 1.25 hours to the farm

- favorite place to sleep: in someone's arms, otherwise falls asleep in the carseat as long as the seat is moving in some way, can sleep okay in the crib too!

Well, we have to get him up to feed so that's all, enjoy a few pictures!

40 Weeks!

I am still here today, big and round, at 40 weeks. As far as I can tell that's okay because Baby J is healthy and I am measuring just normal. I am still working at the clinic; they open up the schedule sort of "day-by-day" when I text my manageer at 6am. It hasn't been too bad and it's a great distraction. I really feel pretty good, but obviously I don't like to move around THAT much. We have made it through 4 Christmas events, 3 pre-Christmas birthdays, New Year's, took down the Christmas decorations (albeit earlier than I would have preferred), Caleb's birthday yesterday, and the flawed carpet in the basement was even picked up today to be re-ordered!

God has been really kind to us to grant us a wonderful Christmas season and a great time together as a couple. We have even got to get a little more done on the basement here and there. I think I just prefer to be busy and distract myself while we wait for God's timing. It is a little bit weird living in limbo, as most of you already know, and waiting for this inevitable event to occur/or at least begin. Here are a few pictures to entertain you. We have yet to take one today of Week #40, but maybe I won't even be able to get it done because you know what ;)

38 weeks

38.5 weeks - Christmas Eve- Eve at Birchwood Cafe for breakfast

39 weeks