Oh Bow...

Caught Bow using the pillow.

The "click" on the camera made him open his eyes, but he didn't move his head.

Fun with G-ma

Over the weekend Jeremy's mom stopped by to play with Hunter.  He had a great nap that morning and was ready for some fun play time!  After a few minutes of being shy, Hunter warmed up and had a great time with his G-ma.

After Hunter had another great nap that afternoon, we headed to Jeremy's parents house for some cousin play time.  Hunter had a blast playing and watching his cousins.  

Cally

Wyatt working hard with his legos

Nora 

Cally and Bow

Hunter showing off his new skill

Hunter and Cally

Hunter and Cally

Best picture I could get of the three...

must taste first...

I was looking through my pictures and noticed I have a lot of pictures of Hunter with a toy in his mouth.

Hunter is Crawling!

Over the past few weeks, Hunter has been gearing up to crawl so I knew it wouldn't be long before he did. Yesterday he visited me at work and did a full set (hand, knee, hand knee) for me and my co-workers to see.  He did it again last night.  Today during my afternoon "check in" call to my mom I asked if he had done any crawling and he hadn't. "Oh well" I thought.  When I was on my way home from work, my mom told me that she was watching my son crawl across the floor!  Yea Hunter!!  


Here are some videos that Cole took of my big boy crawling!  

Hunter turns 9 months old!

Wow…another month has flown by.  This month was full of consignment sale shopping, KU basketball and a ton of milestones!  At his 9 month well baby check up his stats were:

weight: 21 lbs and 1 oz = 60th percentile

height: 29 3/8 in = 90th percentile

Head: 18.25 in = 75th percentile

The happenings of the past month:

• Throughout March, most of the KU games were passed Hunter’s bedtime but he did get to watch KU beat NC in the Elite 8.  Hunter spent the night away from us for the first time so we could watch the Final 4 game at Callahans with friends.  Hunter did pretty well, waking twice (nothing new).

 

• We raised his jumper up to the next level…he was looking like he was going to fall out of it when he leaned forward. 
• With the nice weather, Hunter has had a lot of outside time and lots of walks around the neighborhood.  He laughs at Bow when he gets a drink from the hose or a water bottle.  It’s pretty cute!
• This month he really started liking “touch and feel” books and puzzles with large knobs.
• Tried lots of new foods in his mesh feeder and then just on his tray for him to put in his mouth.  (watermelon, peaches, pears, green beans, peas, carrots, sweet potatoes) He is getting really good at getting the food in his mouth and still goes crazy over puffs and mum mums.
• On March 29, his first tooth (on bottom) popped through!  Not too much longer the next one showed up.  He didn’t seem too bothered by it but his eating did slow a little bit.
• We saw the Easter Bunny at Oak Park mall after work and Hunter did great.  He didn’t smile but he didn’t cry, so I call the success.
• Hunter knows the bedtime routine pretty well.  If it’s bath night, he will have a bath, if not just a wipe down with wipe.  Then the fussing begins while he gets lotioned and clothed.  The fussing stops while we read books.  Bow also knows the routine and likes to sit right next to us while we read books.  Hunter says night night to Bow and Dada, he nurses and falls asleep.
• On Saturday April 14, Hunter was struck with Hand Foot and Mouth Disease.  Awfulness.  It started out with a few bumps and a little rash but then got worse the next couple days.  We are thinking he caught it on Easter from Cally; it had gone around her daycare and Cally had a few spots on her a few days after Easter.  The virus really affected the way Hunter ate, nursed and slept.  The week prior to getting it, he was only waking up once during the night, but now is waking 2,3,4 times.  He would also wake up with a dirty diaper in the middle of the night.  He did that for 6 nights.  The past couple days have been a little better so hopefully he will get back to normal.  My mom and I also got Hand Foot and Mouth.

• One night when Hunter woke up, I looked at the monitor and found him sitting!  That day we dropped the crib down to the lowest setting.  He is now a champ at sitting up in his crib and whenever he is playing on the ground.

picture from the monitor 

Let me out!

• Hunter enjoys drinking from a straw.  When he was sick, we would sit on the front porch watching cars and people go by and listening to toddler radio on Pandora while taking sips of water or milk in his straw cup.
• Other new things this month are that he is waving and clapping

clap, clap, clap

Waving to Jeremy who was looking in the window

• Hunter met his Great Aunt Linda and cousin Matthew.  He will get to meet his Great Uncle Jim in June when Jim and Linda visit again.
• No crawling yet but I’m sure that will change this monthJ

Here are a few more pictures from the past month...

looking too cute in his overalls

standing like a big boy

39 weeks in...39 weeks out!

When Hunter was born, I was exactly 39 weeks....on Saturday Hunter turned 39 weeks old!  His time outside my belly has gone a lot faster than when he was cooking inside:-)  Yes, I keep track of how many weeks old he is, every Saturday morning is a birthday:-)  It helps that I have a week by week book for baby's first year.  Malinda has the book and when Hunter was four weeks old, we did the "games" that were listed for week 4 and Hunter responded...I had to get my own copy and LOVE the book.  (Your Baby's First Year Week by Week, By Glade Curtis and Judith Schuler)

I will be doing Hunter's 9 month update soon...it was a big month for Mr. H!

this is the last picture I have of myself before Hunter was born...I think I was 37 weeks

me and my little 39 week old boy:-)

Easter 2012

Another "first" holiday has come and gone for Hunter. We didn't make it to mass this year b/c I elected for Hunter to keep sleeping rather than waking him up early.  It was going to be a big day and he needed all the sleep he could get.  Once Hunter woke up we went downstairs to see what the Easter Bunny had brought for him.  He loved the green ball, eggs filled with puffs, books and toys left in his basket.  For breakfast Hunter had his first taste of hardboiled egg yolk.  He was very eager to put it in his mouth and a few seconds later gave an "icky" face but continued to eat it.  We have it on video and if I knew how to get the video off the camcorder I would post it:-)

yea eggs!

what else did I get?

not going to let go of my egg

and I still have my eggs!

We headed to the Gribbins for lunch.  Jeremy’s parents and grandparents were there and later his sister and family showed up.  Diane made a yummy dinner for us to enjoy.  Hunter had a great time talking and playing his family.  Here are pictures from our visit.

Love how all the kiddos are looking at Nora

Hunter with his cousins, Cally, Wyatt and Nora

Hunter and Jeremy

The boys watching Bow run around in the yard

and a picture without Hunter's paci...quickly followed by Hunter putting grass in his mouth:-)

kiddos with grandparents

Hunter with G-ma and Papa

Happy first Easter to Hunter

Nora chillin' while taking a bottle

Hunter and Cally

We then headed to my parents to finish off the day.  When we arrived, everyone was enjoying the nice weather outside.  We all enjoyed the rest of the day by visiting, watching the boys play and eating some more.

Wes on the run

what momma?

Donnie and Aly

Shaun and Cole 

Cole doing his annual run around the house...I think his time was 15.28 seconds about a second off of last years time:-)

Bow with his chick

Gramps said "hi" to Hunter and he waved!  Glad I got a picture of this and that others witnessed it:-)

Wes playing with the eggs on the door

Wes telling Hunter to get up and play:-)

Gramps and his grandsons