7 months old and so cute!!

Well our little Emmett hit the 7 month mark on January 15th. Time is flying by so fast and he is just so much fun to have in our family. He is really a happy boy. The only thing we wish would change is his sleeping at night. haha It would be so nice if he would start to sleep through the night. He has started to get better and only gets up one time if we feed him right before we got to bed around 11 and he has eaten a descent amount of baby food and had drank the formula he should have for the day. Other wise he will get up twice. I am so ready to be able to sleep through the night. Oh well, some day it will happen and then I will not know what to do with myself! haha A little more about Emmett, he LOVES to be tickled! He is super ticklish and laughs so hard. Anytime I tickle him on the neck and then make the bee buzzing sound and moving my finger around he will lift his shoulder and scrunch his face to his shoulder and smile. He is ticklish just about anywhere on his body! haha I absolutely LOVE it. He is rolling everywhere these days. He finally got down both ways a couple of weeks ago and now he goes where ever he wants to and get to his toys and other things that may be on the floor. No crawling yet, he does his little mirman move all the time. He will see something he wants or get excited and instead of keeping his arms out in front of him he flings his arms back and kicks his legs as fast as he can. haha It is seriously the funniest thing to watch and it never gets old. As for gabbing he likes to say da, ga, ba, and some other sounds along with gurgling and squealing. Sometimes he says da multiple times together and Ethan gets all excited and tells us that he said "dada" haha it does sound like dada but it is never when he is looking at Daddy so it doesn't count! haha I am still trying to get him to say mama but it is not working. Emmett is not the biggest fan of baby food. He will get through about 1/4 of a container of the 1st foods baby food (which isn't much food) and then get fussy and want to get out of his chair and move on to better things. I wonder if he will be better when he gets to finger foods. Maybe he just gets bored with my shoving the spoon in his mouth when he would rather be in charge... who knows! haha He won't hold his bottle really yet. He can, and has, but he would rather play with his hands or a toy while I hold the bottle. haha Sometimes the only way to get him to drink more than 2 ounces is to let him hold a little toy and then he will keep drinking his bottle. Other wise he wants to roll around and play. Yes, it is already starting! The struggle to get my kids to eat when they want to play is a very hard task and it is starting with Emmett already!! We also have found out that Emmett is allergic to squash. Ethan and Wyatt loved squash as babies so naturally I bough a bunch of it. While Emmett was getting better from his ear infection I tried to get him to eat any kind of baby food. I finally tried squash and he did ok with it the first night. The next day he ate is really well and seemed to like it. However, after his afternoon nap that day he woke up with a red spot of his cheek. After about an hour it spread across his cheek and then an hour after that it went away. Then after his next nap it happened on the other cheek. At first Brandon thought maybe it was the almonds that he had touched and then touched Emmett's cheek. So the next day we tried squash again and it happened again. Along with the flush on his face he kept spitting up little bits here and there. He is not a big spitter upper, so I thought that was weird too. Then during naps and at night time he would whimper while he was sleeping. So I figured something was up. That with the flush on his cheeks we came to the conclusion that it was the squash. So we stopped giving him squash and it went away and didn't happen again. Then about 2 weeks later I gave him an on the go baby food that had fruit and zucchini in it. He loved it, but, the rest of the day was spent with him being clingy, whiny and spitting up little bits here and there. Finally by 9 that night after another short nap he was finally happy and giggling again. So it seems to be the squash family. Which like Brandon was saying, "there are worse things he could be allergic too." which I totally agree. He is not missing out all that much if he can't have squash! haha So between getting colds off and on all this season, an ear infection and being allergic to squash which caused tummy issues not wonder he is not a fan of baby food. haha So we are hoping that he won't be allergic to anything else and that we can get him to start eating better. Oh ya, on top of all of this going on he is teething! haha It has been a crazy at our house needless to say. Lots going on for our little man! One of his bottom teeth is through and the other bottom tooth is about to break through any day now. His top 2 front teeth are also very close to making their appearance. Hopefully after those come in he can have a break for just a little bit so that he can be more comfortable for a while. Of the baby food that he has tried his favorites seem to be pears, peaches, carrots, and sweet potatoes. He will eat green beans for a few bites and then I have to mix it with some other fruit and then he will eat a little bit more, which is the same for peas as well. He only sort of likes apples. My guess is that the apples that he is getting in the baby foods are pretty tart. He is not the biggest fan of tart foods. He makes a face and pushes his tongue between his lips as if it was really sour to him. haha He really didnt seem to like bananas, but in all reality, I wouldn't either. Those bananas look so gross. He will like bananas when he can have them in chunks instead of pureed. Oh ya, I have to mention that Emmett who is 7 months old still wants to be swaddled. haha Yes, he will not go to sleep if he is not swaddled. If you put him in bed without his arms tucked in he will grab his binkie out and throw it and roll over and then cry because he can't roll as much as he wants to. Sometimes we can get away with having one arm out. Most of the time at least for naps during the day we have to wrap him up. When he wakes up he still rolls over even with his arms still tucked in. Or he will get his arms out after he goes to sleep and roll to his side to sleep. He just wants to start in the swaddled position and then if he gets his arms out by choice than he is sometimes ok with it. haha In the middle of the night is the only time we can get away with just wrapping his torso. haha Someday he will be ready to not be swaddled but that time is not yet! haha Anyways,  the boys still think he is so funny and love to hear him jabber and they love it when I have Emmett fly after them and chase them down. haha Well, I think that is about it for our little man right now. He is just a joy to have in our family and we love him so much!! 

Enjoy the pictures! 

 I think Emmett was nervous with the boys around him. Haha He wouldn't smile at all! haha

Look at our handsome boys!! 

We sure do love our little Emmett and we are so excited to be able to keep watching him grow and show more personality! 

Ringing in the New Year (January 1-14th)

To start off the New Year we headed to the outlets to get some new shoes for Ethan since he had grown out of his other shoes. 

The boys were so excited with how Daddy did their hair. Ethan thought his hair was super cool having a little mohawk and Wyatt had his hair done like Daddy does his hair. They are such handsome boys.

Since the Temple is being built in Fort Collins the members are providing cookies for the workers each Monday. So after the holidays was when I had signed up to take 4 dozen cookies to the worker at the temple. The boys had fun helping me make the cookies. Wyatt was excited to give them to the workers. I had to tell him that we were not going to be handing them out to the workers but we were dropping them off at the temple ground and a lady would come grab them. He was pretty sad that I didn't let him help give the cookies to the lady when we went that Monday morning. I should have let him out and I could have taken a picture, but, I didn't think of that until we left. Oh well, it was still a good experience for all of us to provide a service for those working so hard on the temple construction. 

Wyatt also had his first Sunday in primary as a Sun Beam. He looked so handsome and grown up sitting in his chair with his arms folded. I was lucky enough to be able to watch how he acted in primary the first time because I was a sub for another class that Sunday. He kept looking back at me and waving. :-) 

We also started off our first Monday of the New Year by going to Texas Road House. We have not been able to take advantage of their free kids meal nights on Monday's because of basketball. Now that that is over we decided it would be fun to go. The boys love going to the "peanut place".

Emmett did pretty good sitting in his high chair next to Daddy. Look at that smile! :-)

I LOVE how Emmett is looking at his Daddy. So sweet!! Luckily I brought baby food because he was getting fussy so we broke out the food and he was a happy camper after that. 

The only picture of me and the boys and it turned out blurry! haha Oh well.... you can't have every picture in focus I guess! haha 

Emmett's first time sitting in the cart at the store. He did pretty good for the first little bit and then he kept tipping over! haha 

He looks so small, and yet he is getting so big so fast!! 

Me and the boys went out and played in the snow for a while and made a snow man! 

Well I made the snow man, but, the boys helped pack in extra snow to make our snowman more stable.

They sure do love it when I make snowmen! haha 

This is how I found the boys one morning. It is a good thing the crib is strong and my boys don't way too much! haha

Nothing better than watching a little bit of PJ Masks in the morning after Ethan goes to school. 

Wyatt liked that I put Emmett next to him. I told him to make sure he didn't fall so he wrapped him arms around him. So stinking cute!!!

My parents Christmas present to Brandon and I was late but when it finally came we were surprised for sure. We were excited for a minute... until realized it really wouldn't fit anywhere in our house. haha Brandon started measuring all of our biggest spaces and it still wouldn't give us enough space to run around and actually play it. So we had to send it back. Luckily it was damaged so it didn't cost my parents anything to get it sent back. Some day we will have a ping pong table. 

Anytime I put a beanie on Emmett in the car he ends up pulling it over his face. As soon as he pulls it over his face he becomes quiet. You would think he was asleep because of how quiet he gets. Nope, he is just hanging out with it over his face! haha Silly kid! 

Then we went over to our neighbors Cassie and Ryan's house for dinner and a movie. The kids watched Turbo and us parents played some farkle. It was a fun evening! 

What makes making a bed a whole lot more fun??

A little Emmett in the bed!! :-) I had more fun making the bed with him on it then I have before! haha 

Now this picture I just had to take. Wyatt is so funny with how he goes pee in the toilet. Ethan would sit down or stand up next to the toilet and just get on his tippy toes. Wyatt likes to get on the toilet and still be able to aim. haha He looks so cute and funny! I love it and now I finally have it documented! 

To start our Family Home Evenings for the New Year we did a lesson on "I am a Child of God". After talking about it we colored and cut out crowns for everyone. Even Brandon and I made our own crowns. At the end we watched a mormon messages on the TV about I am a Child of God and then closed. The boys really liked it. They especially liked the crowns. :-)

We are truly blessed to know that we have a Heavenly Father who loves us and that there is more to this life than what we see. I am so glad that I know we are all Children of God and that as we choose the right and follow Christ's example we can all be together forever. It is a true blessing! I love my family so much and want to be with them for eternity! 

Emmett is getting so big! I love all of these new phases with him and yet I miss the cuddly phase when he would just sleep in my arms. However, I love seeing his smiles and hearing his giggles so I will enjoy this time as well. He is so stinking cute. 

We seriously have such a cute little family and our boys are such good boys. They have their moments but who doesn't. We have been truly blessed with our boys and I am just trying to enjoy every moment with them while they are so young. They won't be young forever and I have to keep reminding myself of that fact. 

Anyways, we have had a good start to our 2016 so far! :-)

Leading up to the New Year

After the Monday after Christmas Brandon had to go back to work. So the boys and I hung out at home each day and just enjoyed not having to go to school. 

Emmett has gotten so good at sitting up by himself. He started being able to sit up for about 5 minutes after Christmas and now he can sit up for even longer. He is almost a pro. 

 So Ashely gave us marshmallow shooters for Christmas. So after Christmas we decided to go in the basement and try them out. The boy had a blast and Ethan lasted longer than Wyatt did. Wyatt ended up just eating everything that he shot. After a while he had a complete mouth full! haha

He is just such a cutie pie. Oh I also forgot to mention that the week of Christmas Emmett started to become a lot fussier. He would just start whining while he was on the ground and whine when we picked him up. He had a rough time at night and I noticed a couple of times that he would pick at his ear a little bit while he was going to sleep and he would cry. We thought he was just teething and then on Sunday he ended up getting a low fever. So I thought maybe he had an ear infection. We have never had one in our house yet so it was hard to tell. However, I kept thinking maybe he did have one because of how whiny he was being and pulling at his ear. Luckily, Emmett's well check was that Monday morning and when we went in for his 6 month check up he weighed in at 15 pounds which meant he had not gained as much as he normally does and the doctor had to clean our his ear wax in his ear because she couldn't even see into it. Once she cleaned his ear out she could see that he definitely had an ear infection. So we left and got some antibiotics for him and he was feeling better by New Years Eve. 

The boys got to help me make some strawberry jam. They were pretty excited about it. haha 

Then on New Years Eve we also went in to Daddy's office and all got our teeth cleaned. We ended up finding out that Ethan had a chipped molar. Not sure how or when it happened but he had a good chip off of it. 

That evening we had our annual banging of pots and pans and running around the house saying HAPPY NEW YEAR!! The boys always love to do it and it was Emmett's first time and I think he was a little confused! haha After sending the boys to bed Brandon and I watched some New Years Eve celebrations on T.V and then finished off the night with the newest Indiana Jones movie. It was a great end to the year. 

Bring on 2016!!