Spring Time Fun!

Okay so it has been a awhile. Micah is officially on the move and has not stopped - crawling as fast as possible. So in honor of Micah's big accomplishment, let's have his point of view of the pictures (as dictated to Mom through his ever changing facial expressions)

"Cute Easter Photo Shoot? This grass is weird, but I am putting up with it because these eggs are cool. But out of protest, I will not put my right leg in the grass."

"Really Mom? You seriously need to stop pinteresting...this is getting to be a bit much."

"SWING! I love my new swing. Now push me!"

"To the Batcave!"

"Crackers?!?!?!"

"SSSSWWWWIIIIINNNNGGGGG!"

"This is what I think about your picture requirements. Take that passport people!"

"Hey Mom, come on in!"

"Where are we and why are you making me ride this thing? Seriously - not cool."

"Red Heads Unite! (in the shade please..)."

"Is that a.....SHARK?"

"I love PENGUINS!"

"I'm so tired, but I just need to see the penguins..."

"I love my new penguin, now let me eat his face."

"Mmmmmmm"

"Hey Mom, I found this under the couch. Can I keep it?"

"Lock the baby gates - I'm on the loose!"

"I LOVE TO SSSSSSWWWWWIIIINNNNGGGGG!"

Okay so maybe I'm not 100% accurate, but it will be years before he can correct me. So I will just enjoy my Mom Translations. Happy May!

Micah's Many Faces

So someone in our family has had a reputation of making faces in every picture taken of him...needless to say it isn't me. But as I have gone through the pictures of Micah, I am starting to think I may be the only one who doesn't make faces! Maybe we are just good at catching him making faces - or maybe he takes after his dad! You be the judge...

And I love each and every one of those faces! If you are anything like your dad...this is just the beginning.....

Time Flies When You Are Having Fun!

Hope all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Micah enjoyed his first holiday season and did it with flying colors. He even got a tooth but we didn't notice until he fussed one night and it was so unusual that I checked his mouth and saw the little guy popping up! I don't know if I was just contributing his fussiness to the holiday changes or if he just didn't fuss much with the tooth because we never even thought to check! What a good little guy.

Other new things - Micah has been eating food. And boy he is a good eater. The only thing we have found that he doesn't like is avocados. Other than that - he pretty much eats it all. I think he got that from me :-) He even eats bananas and peas - much to his dad's disliking! I guess Andrew is now outnumbered in his hatred for peas and bananas!

I originally wanted to try the Baby Led Weaning Approach to feeding Micah. I bought the book and read it all and talked with our doctor, but I just wasn't sure if it was for him/us. So we decided to do a combination approach (I am his mom - so I can do what I want! haha) So he gets puree foods as well as whole foods.When we eat our meals, he is given whole foods to suck on, gnaw on, or just play with while we eat. At first he had absolutely NO interest and did not even make an attempt to pick it up, but we kept offering it to him and about 2 weeks ago he started to take more of an interest. I am not sure if it was the teething or he just has improved on his motor ability and can get it to his mouth - but he loves gnawing on pears and apples as well as the occasional carrot. His favorite purees are pears and mangos. But for the most part - he pretty much eats it all! I like to say that he is perfect :-)

But here are some fun pictures of Micah's first foods. Being the first time mom I insisted on taking pictures of all of his first foods. So needless to say, I have a variety of messy faced Micah pictures just waiting to be shared. Enjoy!

I love cereal!

Carrots anyone?

Mmmmmmm

Hey - where's the broccoli? 

Prunes! (ya - we regretted that one later! jk)

Just gumming an apple

Sweet Potatos - another favorite

He likes to feed himself - so advanced!

More pictures - really Mom? This is a little ridiculous!

Happy 6 Month Birthday, Micah!

6 Months ago we woke up at 5:55AM to my water breaking 

Almost 9 hours later we were greeted with our beautiful son.

Look how much he has grown in 6 months!

Micah at 1 week old.

 Micah at 6 months old!

Happy 1/2 Birthday, Buddy!

Laughter is the best medicine

Micah thinks his dad is pretty darn funny :-)

Long Overdue Nursery Pictures

Okay so these are LONG overdue. We kept saying we were going to take pictures of the nursery after we____ (fill in the blank)_____. So I just took some today on my day off because the sun was shinning in the window and Micah was enjoying just hanging out. So here are some pictures! (only 6 months later...)

Here is a shot looking into the room. As you can see in this post, Andrew refinished the dresser and added the top. He also painted the night stand and created the abacus. The last thing we bought was the Alphabet Animal print and this is probably Micah's favorite thing in the room. If he is crying - we just show him his animals and we get smiles all around. We just liked how it brough together the yellow and turquiose!






Micah's Animals upclose. We found it at Gordman's.

And here is Micah's crib in the corner. Andrew created this cool mobile for him which he is now starting to love to look at. My mom made the bedding out of our inspiration fabric: Martini Mustard by Amy Butler.  

And here is Micah's 2nd favorite thing in the room- his bookshelves (and this is my favorite!) Andrew made the shelves and we filled them with books galore. We also have a few pictures of Micah in there when he was first born as well as some stuffed animals. Micah loves to look at and read books (he gets that from me!)

  


And Micah with his 3rd favorite thing - his nightlight. Who needs toys when you can have a nightlight?

October Update

So another month has come and gone and I forgot to blog. I do have an excuse - I am back at work so I have not had as much time. Also the last few weeks I spent every waking minute with my little man as I knew my maternity leave was coming to an end. So blogging was not a high priority! Sorry!


So now we will do an update in pictures. Because although I did not blog, we did take lots of pictures.

Family Trip to the Pumpkin Patch. Micah did great (despite the horribly windy day)

Next we made a fun trip to the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Garden. We went early on a Saturday morning and it was a bit chilly. But we had a great time walking around and just relaxing (I was going back to work on Monday so we made it a nice little Family Day!)

Next on the agenda was to take some Halloween pictures! I love costumes so Micah was fortunate enough to have a shopaholic mom who hit up the consignment sales on the 1/2 price days (thank you maternity leave!) and he was able to have not one - but 2 costumes. I like to think of them as investments - when we have more kids we won't need to buy more costumes!

And of course we had to do a little pumpkin carving. Micah is a pro already! Okay so we did most of it (something about too young for knives..) but he seemed to enjoy watching and the seeing the finished product!

Lastly we did do some relaxing. Micah seems to change daily so now it you be the judge to see who Micah is looking like - Mom or Dad? It seems to get more difficult to tell each day! You be the judge...