Christmas #5



Christmas #4



Christmas #3



Christmas #2

Christmas with Cody's Dad

 



Christmas #1

Finke Family Christmas

 



let's go swimmin'!

Kaden was actually more interested in Diego on his swim diaper :)

He was brave enough to go down the slide...

you can't tell by the look in his face, but he really did like it!

 



lovin' our first snow!



what do you think of this little man?

The other morning, Paxton was up early to eat and as his wide eyes gazed up at me, I knew he wasn't planning on going back to sleep. So because I needed to get in the shower and start getting ready for work, I put him back in his crib with some toys. He was very content.

As I'm in the bathroom I hear a crash....

my heart sunk, I thought --oh my gosh, he just flipped himself out of his crib, what am I going to see when I walk in there, I don't know if I can go, what should I do, I don't hear any crying, is he still moving, is he that hurt, what should I do, could he really flip himself out of his crib, no he couldn't have just flipped himself out, what the heck was that then, oh my gosh did he really just flip himself out of the crib---

ok, so I know you're thinking that's a little over the top, but honestly that's how my anxious freakish mind works these days (it's a little out of control, but we're working on it). 

I walk into his room, and there he is standing up in his crib. Thank the Lord, he's still IN his crib. But what the heck! He's standing?!? How is my baby already pulling himself up to stand??  How is this happening??

He had reached over and knocked down the lamp on the side table next to his crib.

And oh was he proud!

our gift from God

 



 

We celebrated Paxton's baptism over Thanksgiving weekend. What a beautiful day it was. We kept it small. Because my sister and her family are currently living with my parents, my mom was just slighly panicked about having people over to the house. So we just had our immediate families and grandparents. But it was nice. Of course our little man was a rock star!

 



a 6 month old?

 

Who can believe we have a 6 month old in our house already?  Not me! Where has my baby gone? Because he certainly isn't a baby anymore, by any stretch of the imagination :(

 

6 month well baby check:

Weight: 20lbs. 12oz. (91%)

Height: 28" (91%)

*still eating rice/oatmeal cereal but now eating a variety of fruit and veggie purees. cries when his bowl is empty. i usually have to dish up some more.

 

*started eating gerber puffs. he doesn't always get them to his mouth, but he sure gets excited when he does. they also occupy him just enough that i can get his dinner ready without a fit.

 

*poor sleeping habits. short naps. likes to nap in my arms. often wakes up screaming. wakes throughout the night. we're trying the cry-it-out sleep training technique but with little success.

 

*wearing size 3 diapers

 

*wearing 9 month clothes

 

*crawling EVERYWHERE! trying to baby-proof with two 2 year olds in the house is like shoveling snow when it's still snowing!

 

*just started pulling to stand.

 

*doesn't care for his jumperoo much (not like the other two did). i think he's too confined and would rather be on the go.

 

*has 2 bottom teeth and chews on everything

 

*loves taking a bath. still uses the infant tub and splashes like a wild man.

 

*loves his brother and sister and will follow them around the house.

 

 *he really loves any attention and gives the best smile when you talk to him.

 

 

Other than some difficult nights...Pac-man is the best little baby. I don't know how we got so lucky!

Love you to the moon and back little man :)

 

 

I find it interesting to compare him developmentally to the twins. He is meeting milestones FAR AHEAD of both of them. While it's fun to watch, it makes me a little very sad. He's not supposed to be doing these things already. I feel like he's growing up on me way too fast :(

 

                          (sorry, not sure why these videos are so large)
 

                      *Paxton crawling at 5 months

                         *Paxton crawling at 6 months

wrap your head around this

What do ya think?

Triplets?

 

 

You do know they were all three "conceived" at the exact same time, right?

So wouldn't that make them triplets?

 

It messes with your mind a little to think that they are all "technically" the same age, but that little Pacman was frozen for a year.

 

Crazy right?