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Weight and Height: I totally didn’t even check this month!  And I’d do it now, except this post is already nearly a month overdue, so the numbers wouldn’t be very accurate.

General Observations:  Well, we have a walker!  Although he took a few steps at 8 months, he really started walking about a week before he turned 10 months old.  Before he was comfortable doing it on his own, he would take Trent’s or my finger and walk around holding on to one of our hands.  It was super sweet and we love it when he reaches up for one of our hands.

We’re still really dealing with separation anxiety and I have had trouble leaving him anywhere except for Nana and Popo’s.  He won’t stay in the church nursery and has a terrible time if I leave at all.  He also went through about a week-long period where he would scream/shriek this high pitched scream to get my attention.  That didn’t last long because it was OBNOXIOUS!!!

He is into EVERYTHING.  He loves opening up the cupboards and pulling everything out.  He even tries to climb INTO the cupboards.

Cupboards aren’t the only thing he likes to climb in.  He got a whole lot of enjoyment out of this bin too!

He gets down on his belly when he loses something or when his ball rolls under the couch or somewhere else where he can’t reach it.  He gets down and sticks his little butt in the air and reaches wherever it went.  If he can’t get it, he’ll wait there and look at me until I come and get it for him.

Another place he really likes to be is under our kitchen table.  Sometimes he goes around and around it, weaving his way from chair to chair; other times he just likes to crawl in the small spaces under the chairs and such.  It’s kind of nice when I’m sitting there trying to get some work done because I can see him through the glass.  Sometimes he makes the sweetest faces at me.  I love it so much!  Look at this cuteness!!!

He’s very sociable and waves to everyone, especially when we’re out and about.  It makes me smile to see him really brighten peoples’ days.  He also really likes looking at older kids and watching them and interacting with them.  He seems to make “friends” wherever he goes!

Health: We still have a happy, healthy boy!  We shouldn’t have to see the doctor again until we go back for his 12 month check-up!

Eating:  My, oh, my, do we have an eater!  He REALLY likes to eat and has gotten a good grasp of feeding himself.  He can feed himself now with a fork or a spoon (if we load it up) and is really pretty accurate with getting it into his mouth without making a mess.  He feeds himself with his left hand.  The one thing we needed to work on was throwing the spoon/fork when he was finished with the bite.  Part of it is that he just learned how to throw and that he LOVES to throw his ball, so of course he doesn’t know the difference between the two and why he can throw one and not the other.  But each time he would throw it, I would leave it on the floor and point to it and explain to him that now he couldn’t eat (for a little while) because he had thrown it down.  I would wait a few minutes (2-3) then get up and wash it off and we would try again.  It has worked for the most part!  There are times where he thinks about throwing it, and I simply say, “Make a good choice.  Give it to momma.” and most of the time… he does!  There are times that you can really see him considering his options though… like I REALLY want to throw it… BUT then I won’t get to eat for a while…

We’ve also started giving him some “puffs” now that he has two teeth on the top and two on the bottom.  They dissolve quickly and he really likes to eat them.  He picks them up very well (again, he’s very coordinated) and carefully puts them in his mouth.  It’s interesting though because he feeds himself with a spoon or fork with his left hand, but he favors his right hand when picking them up to eat.  The area we’ve needed to work on here is that, at the beginning, he wanted to put a bunch in his mouth at a time.  So we would just put a few out and break them into smaller pieces so that, even if he did put more than one in his mouth at a time, he would still be eating no more than the equivalent of one at a time.  Now he’s gotten  much better about pacing himself and figuring out how much he can actually eat at once.

One thing that we’ve really had to watch is that now he puts anything and EVERYTHING into his mouth.  Anything he finds on the floor tends to make it’s way into his mouth… including… the kitty food.  He’s had a few times where he’s gotten into the bag of cat food and I’ve had to swipe out one of the pieces.  The good thing is that when he picks something up off the floor, he usually holds it up to show me before it goes into his mouth so I have a few extra seconds to intervene.  Even better, if I ask him for it, he’ll usually put it in my hand (instead of in his mouth).

While nursing he’s really started to pay attention to my moles and freckles.  He delicately picks at them with his little thumb and pointer finger as if he could pick them up and take them off.  It’s pretty cute.  I also thought we had moved away from the pinching, but alas, it’s not over.  He did go back to the sweet rubbing for a while, but he still prefers to rub my skin in between his little fingers, especially where it’s most sensitive (like my neck)!

Sleeping: WELL… as I had written in my last post, we had been traveling and so Jedidiah was WAY out of his normal sleep schedule.  Then when we got back, Trent went right back to work and I also had a crazy schedule so, quite honestly… we got lazy.  We didn’t really know any better and we were both in survival mode so when he woke up in the middle of the night to nurse, I’d just bring him in bed with us and basically switch him from boob to boob every time he’d wake up.  Of course, that was not making for good sleep for ANY of us!  Anyways, my sister had called me because she was a part of a baby sleep study group and she had learned some tricks that she was going to try and she wanted to share with me too (bless her heart).  You see, I KNOW that Jedi can go at least 10 and a half hours straight without needing to nurse.  He had done it before all the craziness and out-of-routine-ness that came afterwards.  SO, after our conversation, both of us resolved to try to put our babies to sleep AWAKE (so that they would learn how to put themselves to sleep as opposed to us doing it for them) without the help of any soother (boob, bottle, blanket, pacifier…) and to let them cry it out for up to 20 minutes if they woke up in the middle of the night before it was time for them to need to eat again.  That first night, he woke up for about 20 minutes and cried, but then… went back to sleep!  Then again a little bit later, and cried for about 15… and then went back to sleep!  From that point on, it was easier and easier to get him TO sleep and to get him to STAY asleep!  Now if I go to bed at a decent time, I get great sleep!  It’s been nice to gain back some time on the night end of things for myself and for Trent.

That being said… napping hasn’t gotten much easier.  I’ve tried putting him in the crib awake, same as at night, and he cries and cries and cries.  I’ll go in there if it’s for longer than 20 minutes and (leaving him in the crib), just hug him and explain to him again that it’s time for him to rest and that when he wakes up that I will come get him and we can play again.  BUT so far it hasn’t gotten easier and he doesn’t really get GOOD sleep during nap time (unless I’m holding him or nurse him to sleep).  So I guess you can say we’re still working on that.

Diapers:  After coming back and feeling MAJORLY overwhelmed with everything that was going on, I definitely used disposable diapers.  With the exception of a few days this month, I went the easy route.  And honestly, I’m kind of glad that I did!  After we introduced the little “puffs” to him to eat, his poo got really gooey and sticky and messy!  I would NOT have enjoyed cleaning all of that out of the cloth diapers!!!

Clothes: He’s wearing 6-9 month clothes for the most part.  He can still fit into some 6 month onesies and on the other end, he can wear 9 month ones (but they are still a bit long on him).  But truthfully it depends on the individual outfit.  All clothes are made differently.  He wears a few 12 month outfits, yet fits into other 6 month ones.  It just depends.

Social:

Baylee came over for two days and I watched her while her mom had to work.  She was the flower girl in our wedding and I’ve known her since she was about Jedidiah’s age, so it’s kind of cool now that SHE is the one helping me watch him!  She helped me feed him and play with him and we did some fun things together.

We celebrated my sister-in-law Katey’s birthday with a family gathering at her house.  It is always fun to have the cousins together and hang out!

Just around the corner from us, a new pizza place opened and they had a grand opening party.  They were giving away free pizza and they had all sorts of games and music and such.  We took Jedidiah (he didn’t get any pizza) and he enjoyed watching all the kids running around.

We attended a birthday party for our neighbors.  Even though it rained, we enjoyed our time at the park and had a nice time celebrating Carter turning 3!

We got to go to the zoo with some friends and their kids.  It was TONS of fun (but still so HOT outside)!

We got to have a play date with two of the ladies that I met in birthing class.  We started a play group last year but had been on hiatus through the summer up until this point and then we got together again.  All of our kiddos are pretty much within a month of each other age-wise, so it’s cool to be able to get them together and watch them play!

We went to our buddy Declan’s 1st birthday party.  He was born a few months before Jedidiah and we hope they grow up to be good buddies.  It was a Mickey Mouse party and it was super cute!  Kathy made all sorts of decorations and had a little photo booth.  We had a great time and it really got me thinking that in a few short months, we too will have a one year old!!!

I’ve been co-hosting a salad prep “party” with my friend Abby where we invite people over and each person brings an ingredient to share with the group and we make mason jar salads to eat throughout the week!  It’s brilliant, fast, easy and fun to hang out and chat with my girlfriends while preparing healthy foods for my week!

We went to a baby shower and got to see lots of my old Friday’s crew!  For those of you who don’t know this, I worked at TGI Fridays for nearly 8 years.  I started working there in high school when I still lived in Minnesota and then ended up working at the one here for a few years as well before I started teaching full time.  Anyways, it was so much fun to see my girls and catch up while celebrating baby Raigh.

We got to attend a friend’s birthday party at Mr. Gatti’s.  This was Jedidiah’s first time at an arcade.  He LOVED the lights and the sounds.  He even rode the merry-go-round… by himself (daddy was right there to catch him if he lost his balance)!  His favorite game though was, of course, one that had to do with balls!  He LOVES balls.  This one you had to roll the ball down the ramp and try to get it into different colored slots.  He could have cared less about the slots, he was just excited when the balls kept coming!  It was so cute to watch!

Likes:  He LOVES opening and closing doors!  I have to watch him very closely to make sure that he doesn’t pinch his fingers, but he seriously could play with a door for hours!  At our house, we’ve started putting dumbbells in between the doors so that he can’t close them all the way (and pinch himself in the process).

Animals!  Any animal, but especially dogs and cats (ki-y, ki-y).  He enjoys chasing the dogs at his Nana and Popo’s house and even barks at them.  It’s so cute!

He LOVES balls and has gotten REALLY good at throwing them.  Like good aim, good release, good hand-eye coordination… just GOOD (and with both arms at that)!  He loves balls and when we wake up and go out into the living room, that’s the first thing he looks for.  I’m actually pretty surprised that he hasn’t said “ball” yet, for as often as we say it.

This little boy loves to clean!  Well, I hope so at least.  He loves the vacuum, the broom, the duster… even the toilet bowl brush (ew).  Not that he’s proficient with any of those things quite yet, but you know what they say… “Train up a child…”  Speaking of which, when he’s finished eating, he always carries his bowl and spoon/fork to the sink and we sing a little song that goes like this… “Take it to the sink and wash, wash, wash; wash, wash, wash; wash, wash, wash; we take it to the sink and wash, wash, wash; when we’re all done.” (To the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus”)  Kids are never too young to start good habits!

He really enjoys this play table that my friend Traci passed down to us.  It has a hole in the middle for a ball to go in, and then it comes out one of the four legs.  It only took a few times for Jedi to catch on to this game and he spends  quite a bit of time playing with this.  Dropping the ball in over and over and then looking to see where it came out.  It is really impressive to watch him learn so quickly!

Another toy he loves is the new walker his Nana bought him.  Here he is playing with it.  His favorite thing to do is to open the little barn door over and over again because it says, “Peek-a-boo, I see you!”

Bath time is still his favorite and he’s finally using bath toys… kind of.  We got these plastic sea animals but out of all of them, he only likes the puffer fish… because it’s just like a ball.  He throws it in the tub and then goes to get it.  He walks in the tub… he’s all over the place!

Dislikes:  For some reason Jedidiah hates having his diaper changed and being put in his car seat.

Memorable moments and firsts:

He went to the San Antonio zoo for the first time!  We had gone to the Minnesota zoo while we were up there last month, but now he’s been to our “home” zoo too!  We went with some friends and spent a lovely day there watching the animals and hanging out!

He started pointing at things.  It is so cute.  He points at EVERYTHING now!  He also says “that” as he points.  🙂

Speaking of things he says, his vocabulary is up to about 10 words now.  He can say “momma,” “da-da,” “c-t” (cat), “dog,” “ma” (more), “all done,” “get it” and “got it,” “nana” (for banana), and “that.”

Jedidiah feeds himself now.

Speaking of feeding himself, we were out to eat at IHOP after church one morning and they actually brought us crayons and a kiddie menu.  For a good while, he was happy just playing with the crayons.  He’d take two at a time and then trade one out for a different color and repeat it over and over again.  But then he figured out how to color!  He didn’t do much, but he did make his first official drawing!  Maybe I should have kept it for sentimental value, but I’m certain that there will be much more where that came from in the future!

He figured out a fun way to get his ball to come back to him.  We had this big skinny cardboard box in our living room from an easel Trent had ordered for school, and Jedidiah found out that he could roll the ball up the “ramp” and it would come right back to him!

He got his first bonk and owie.  It comes with trying to walk and falling down.  He just happened to fall right and got a little bump close to his eye.  Thankfully it wasn’t big and it didn’t last long.  Just a day or two and he was back to normal.

He started getting down correctly off the couch (feet first, sliding on his belly).

One of the gifts we got for Jedidiah last Christmas were these shoes that have his name and birthday on them.  We finally put them on him for a little photo shoot, and it’s a good thing we did, because he BARELY squeezed into them!  But we got some really cute shots of him!

He got two more teeth!  Both of the top teeth are in.  They came in within a few days of each other (much like his two bottom ones).  Now he’s got this adorable toothy grin!

Jedidiah started doing this funny Chinese “dubbing” thing with his mouth where he’d make a sound and then silently move his mouth afterwards as if he were still speaking!

One day we were at Nana’s house and he was playing with three balls and he was really trying to figure out how he could hold all three at once.  He tried to pick them all up and obviously, that wasn’t working so well.  So then, he decided, well, if I can’t get it with my hands, I’m going to try to pick it up with my mouth.  It was hilarious!  He’s so clever and resourceful!

He’s figured out how to take selfies.  Haha… I think he still needs to work on the best angles.

When we go on walks, he likes to put his feet up on his stroller.  It’s so funny.  He just looks so relaxed and laid back.  I like to think of it as “stroller swag.”

He and I took our first trip to Brackenridge Park and our second trip to the Witte Museum.  It was a random Tuesday afternoon and I knew that we NEEDED to get out of the house.  The Witte is free on Tuesday afternoons but I had forgotten what time it started.  We arrived a bit too early and so we decided to walk around and play at Brackenridge for a little while before heading back to the museum.  It was fun to watch him play on the playground.  He likes to climb up (he’s good at that), but isn’t as good at climbing back down.  He also loved the steering wheel and climbing up the slide!

What about mom?  

September is my birthday month, so we got to go out and celebrate at Buffalo Wild Wings.  It was one of the only days of the month that Trent actually got home by dinner time.  It was extra special to be able to eat dinner together, AND to go out!  We were blessed with a beautiful sunset and a lovely evening together.

Well, I had a rough bout with breastfeeding.  I guess I should be super grateful that we hadn’t had any real issues up until this point, but I started having a LOT of pain in my right breast when I was nursing.  At first I thought that maybe it was a clogged duct, but as I looked more and more into it, I decided that that wasn’t it.  Then we moved to nipple blebs, but it really wasn’t that either.  It ended up just being a clogged Montgomery gland.  It was very painful for about a week but I watched it closely for any signs of infection and eventually the pain just went away.  It hurt terribly when he would first latch, but then the pain would get less and less as he nursed.  It almost felt like it had at the beginning again where my boobs were just getting used to nursing.  So… that pretty much sucked.  But we got past it and now we’re good again.

we started going to Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) with a few friends of mine at a chuch in New Braunfels.  It is about an hour and a half long and so I was worried about Jedidiah staying in the nursery that long.  He hadn’t done it at our own church (where he knows everyone) for a shorter time, so I was praying EXTRA hard that he would make it there so that I could enjoy my time in God’s Word and learning without having him distracting me.  It took 3 times before he stayed the whole time, but we made it!  It was so nice to be able to relax and study God’s word and enjoy this time of fellowship with other women all the while knowing that he was being taken good care of in their children’s program.

Daddy also let me dress Jedidiah in a Longhorns shirt for our church series called “Quarterback.”  You see, we’re a house divided.  I’m a Longhorn fan while my husband (bless his heart) is an Aggie.  This is a HUGE rivalry that gave us trouble at the beginning of our relationship.  We both agree that it was a God thing that they went to separate conferences- it may have saved our marriage!  Anyways, here are Jedi and I in our Texas gear.

Daddy time: I absolutely love watching these two interact.  I know I’ve said that since the beginning, but as Jedidiah has gotten more and more personality, it has become even more fun.  Trent always wants to spend time with him and unfortunately, his work schedule doesn’t allow for more of it.  Here are some of my favorite daddy moments from this month.

My boys serving together at church

Outside daddy’s school

Height:  I totally forgot to measure him this month… and by now, my measurements will be completely inaccurate!  Oops!

Weight: 16.7 pounds

General Observations:  This kid is already so much fun!  He loves to smile and giggle. He’s super tactile right now- he wants to touch EVERYTHING (but not yet put everything in his mouth, which is good).  He loves feeling different textures, and particularly loves feeling things in nature (and the cat’s tail- hehe).  You can tell that he is processing these different textures.

Here he’s checking out a flower.

He also has really good hand-eye coordination and his control is pretty good.  He grips toys and holds on to them fairly well and can even keep them in his grasp when he’s shaking them.

He is babbling more and seeming to make more actual syllabic sounds rather than just noises.  I speak to him in Spanish and I’ve noticed this month that he really stares and concentrates when he hears someone else speaking it.  This is also the first month that I’ve noticed any color other than blue in his eyes.  He has some small brown specks in there but blue is still the overwhelming color.  They’re really pretty.

He is sitting up by himself this month and even starting to get into crawling position.  He doesn’t quite have it down yet, but he can get his little legs under him and sometimes get up on his arms.

Now that he’s sitting up pretty well, we’ve sat him in his high chair to play a little bit.  It gives me one more option of a place I can set him down for a minute without having to worry.  I put him in his crib a few times too, but he loves to be upright. At the beginning of the month, he wasn’t quite sturdy enough to leave that way, so I could put him in his high chair and he could sit up with a little support.

Health:  Jedidiah has still been very healthy but we had about a week’s worth of a runny nose.  It was terrible.  He wasn’t running a fever or anything, but he HATES having the suction thingie in his nose and he doesn’t like the saline spray either.  We later realized that this runny nose was simply a symptom of teething so it really wasn’t anything to worry about.  Speaking of teething, we had a REALLY rough few days where he was just super fussy.  I could (and still can) see where a bottom tooth is pressing its way to the surface, but we’re still waiting on it to finally poke through.  As soon as he started getting fussy, I ordered an Amber Teething Necklace on Amazon.  I have friends who swear by these things!  The one I ordered was about 20 bucks and is made of Baltic Amber.  Supposedly, contact with baby’s skin and body heat release a pain-relieving compound that helps combat teething pain and fussiness.  So far, I can’t complain- he seems to be back to his normal self and his tooth doesn’t seem to be bothering him.  Plus it’s kind of cute!  Anyways, I totally recommend it if anyone has an infant who is or is about to be teething.

Look at how cute the necklace looks! (And Jedidiah, of course!)

Eating:  This month I had a realization.  When he would start to get really fussy (especially when we were out and about), I thought he was hungry.  But then he would fall asleep in the car.  When he woke up, I thought he’d be STARVING, but he wasn’t fussing at all.  So basically I think I’ve been feeding him when what he really needs is a nap.  Although, in my defense, usually when I fed him he would go to sleep, so we were accomplishing the same overall goal, but I just didn’t realize what he really needed.  So… all that taught me that really he can go like 3 1/2-4 hours between feedings in the day, where I thought he could only go 2 1/2-3.  It’s giving me a break in a way, but also not.  When I was nursing him more often, I could get more relaxation time (surf Facebook, check my e-mail, watch a show).  Now that he’s stretching out further, I really have to be on point all day when he’s awake.  So I’m feeling more tired!

He’s still so sweet when he nurses.  He gently plays with my hair or my shirt or my necklace or rubs my skin so sweetly.  I really love this time we have together.

Sleeping: Jedidiah had one 7 hour stretch at night and I thought, “Yes!  This is it!  We’ve finally gotten over the hump.”  But then the teething started…  It was like a cruel joke after he’d been waking up more frequently for feedings again in the night (I think he was going through a growth spurt).  Anyways, we haven’t seen another 7 hour stretch, but the cluster feedings have stopped and he’s back to just a few feedings a night.

We know we need to move him to his crib pretty soon as he’s outgrowing the rocker he’s slept in since he was born.  He is getting too long for it and we’ve had to start strapping him in (which was never an issue before) which sometimes wakes him back up.  He can wiggle and squirm and even though I’m pretty sure he can’t actually roll out of it, he’s sure tried!  I was starting to have nightmares about him ending up upside down in it and rolling out, so I knew we needed to start transitioning him out.  We know it’s only a matter of time before he will be too long for it.

As you can see, he’s trying to flip over in his rocker.

So… in order to transition out, we started sleep training in the crib for naps… oh, boy, what an undertaking!  I decided to start with naps so that we wouldn’t be losing sleep (only sanity) when we were trying to get him used to sleeping there.  So far, it has been exhausting and we only started it at the end of this month, so hopefully it will catch on soon!  I don’t know how much more of the crying I can take! It is agonizing listening to your little one scream in distress.  We go in every 10 minutes or so just to pat him on the back or tuck him back in, but then leave again.  We’re trying to let him know that we’re there but that he’s going to have to learn to sleep in his crib by himself.  So far we’ve been successful a few times!

Success!

Diapers:  Man, we’re still pretty lazy.  I use the cloth diapers, but not nearly as much as I thought I would.  I think if we were home more during the days, we would, but we’re just out and about all the time.  He’s up to size 2 in disposable diapers, but it won’t be long before he needs size 3!

Clothes:  This boy is long!  He’s outgrown all of his 3 month sleepers and most of his footed pants.  He’s still in 3-6 month clothes for the most part but most of the 3 month outfits are getting pretty tight on him.

Social:

St. Patrick’s Day was spent doing zumba together at De Voir Fitness.  Trent was on Spring break that week so he kept the baby while I worked out and then brought him by afterwards for the festivities.  Everyone loves to see him (since they were all there for my pregnancy).

Trent’s childhood friend, Ross, took us to Six Flags for an afternoon of fun.  We had a good time walking around and watching shows (and eating).  Jedi even rode his first ride… the Carousel.  He seemed to enjoy watching all the lights and movement.

We celebrated two family birthdays this month.  Nana’s birthday was a little surprise party at my sister and brother-in-law’s house (a few weeks late, due to sickness).  Then a few weeks later, we celebrated our nephew’s birthday.  It’s always a pleasure to get the family together, especially the babies!

We went to the Windcrest Carnival with daddy one Saturday.  Jedidiah and I hung out while Trent worked a booth.  Jedidiah got lots of attention (those sunglasses!) and seemed to enjoy himself.

Likes:  He still loves books and reading with mommy and daddy.  He even “helps” us hold the book and turn the pages.

His favorite place in our whole house is my bathroom.  He loves to play  in my basket- he likes to feel the brushes and he LOVES taking out (and putting back in) this random fake flower that somehow ended up in there.  He will sit and play with it forever!  He takes it out and puts it back in…. takes it back out and puts it back in.  And when he’s fussy and nothing else will console him, sitting in front of the mirror playing in this basket is our saving grace.  Who would have thought…

He still loves to be outside.  We take him on walks nearly every day and daddy especially lets him bring home grass, sticks, leaves and branches from bushes, which he shows me proudly and plays with very intently.  He also loves being on our outside swing with mommy or daddy.

Dislikes:  This month Jedidiah began to really hate driving in the dark.  I’m not sure if he gets scared or if he’s just mad that he can’t see anything, but night drives home were VERY painful for the first part of the month.  We decided that this was no way to live, so we ended up buying a car mirror that both lights up and plays music.  The very first night we used it, it was like a miracle!  He fell asleep within minutes of being put in the car.  The second night too.  It worked so well that we went out and bought a second one for my car (even though it wasn’t necessarily in the budget).

He also hates getting out of the bath tub.  He loves playing in the water and gets mad at us when it is time to get out and start getting ready for bed.

Memorable moments and firsts:

We went to our first Spurs game as a family.  It was actually to celebrate our anniversary, but we wanted little man with us (we always want him with us).  It was a great game against the LA Clippers (which we won).  We had a great time.  We’re trying to teach Jedidiah to say “Go, Spurs, Go!” (Train up a child…).

He rolled all the way from one side to the other, and he rolled LEFT!  (Zoolander, anyone?)  He always rolls right, so it was fun to watch him roll all the way to the right and then all the way back over to the left.  This kid…

He started rubbing his eyes when he gets sleepy.

He LOVES to be upside down and it seems to be one good way to elicit giggles (or at the very least, big smiles) from our little man.

He’s got a tooth in the works.  I can see it pressing up against his gums and at the beginning of the month it was causing him a lot of pain.  He was very fussy.  But we ordered an amber teething necklace on Amazon and it has helped a LOT.  I totally recommend it for anyone who has a teething (or almost teething) infant.

Spring in Texas means annual Blue Bonnet pictures!  We are thankful for the random stranger who offered to take some family shots of us (instead of me trying to use the tripod and self-timer).  Bless her for some of these wonderful shots!

Jedidiah celebrated his first Easter!  We served at church during the Saturday night Easter service and then attended on Easter morning.  We were blessed to have our whole family with us for this special day.

We started taking swimming classes!  We are attending FREE (Yes, FREE) classes at Love to Swim and Tumble.  They offer free classes up to 6 months old, so we are definitely taking advantage of this offer (and we wish we would have known about it sooner).  During his second class he was already kicking and splashing by himself.  He’s a quick learner and it is so fun to watch him enjoying the water so much!

Jedidiah can sit by himself!  WHAT?!?  Slow down, kiddo!  He started tripod sitting about midway through this month and towards the end, he was sitting up by himself for pretty decent stretches of time.  He loves to sit outside and play with the rocks/sand/grass around him.  I am so impressed by this little boy!

His tripod sitting

What about mom?  Mommy had her first long stretch of time without baby for a wedding I went to with one of my best friends.  It was hard being away from my bubba for so long, but daddy and Nana and Popo took good care of him while I was gone.  I was glad to get back to him though!

I’m still going to a mommy group once a week.  It’s a nice outlet and I enjoy the ladies a lot. I go to the Y several times  a week and tutor.  This gets us out of the house a fair amount.  That being said, I love staying at home with Jedidiah, exhausting as it is, and wouldn’t want it any other way!

Daddy time!  Daddy got to take Jedidiah to the library during his spring break for “baby and me” time.  I know he enjoyed being the one to bring him and they got to enjoy some “boy” time.

We’ve been trying to visit daddy for lunch every week to two weeks.  His kids like to interact with Jedidiah and I know that it makes Trent’s day so much better (plus, we love to see him too!).

Trent also got a new job that we are very excited about!  He will be working closer to home and he’ll be working with some friends of mine who are very excellent educators.  We are looking forward to this new adventure for next year!

Daddy’s started taking Jedidiah for walks every day when he gets home from work.  This allows me to cook dinner and have a few minutes of silence in my day.  He straps him on and takes him all around the neighborhood.  It’s good time for both of them to spend this daddy/Jedi time together.  🙂

The two of them are so cute together and I love to watch them interact.  Look at the matching ties.  I love these guys of mine so much!