In a Pickle

BJ is crawling now! And look where it got him...stuck under the couch. Good thing Mommy was there to rescue him (after taking a picture of course).

I think he was actually trying to pull himself up but then got interested in the toys beside him. So he turned over and got stuck in a pickle :)

9 months

I can't believe BJ is 9 months old already. He's growing so big!! He's been wearing a few pieces of 12 month clothing for a while but he is now exclusively in 12 month clothes. I'm not sure of his weight or height but we'll find out at his 9 month appt next week. For now I just wanted to share some little tidbits of info about BJ:

• He loves to throw balls. It's his favorite game EVER.


• If you play with his face (either poking at his nose or giving him fishy lips for example) he'll just sit there, expressionless, and let you play. It is so stinkin' adorable that he just sits there.


• When he nurses he raises one arm in the air and plays with my face. He likes to grab my nose and lips. Sometimes he pulls my hair but he mostly concentrates on the face. I've also given him "high fives" which he has enjoyed.


• BJ likes to feel things. He runs his fingers across everything. When he goes to bed at night he'll stroke the sides of his crib till he falls asleep.


• Bj is not crawling. Yet. The desire is there but the ability is not. He gets up on his knees and rocks but just can't seem to take that first plunge forward. One day soon he will!


• He still just has two teeth. I feel like he's been teething forever. I'm expecting like 8 teeth to show up all at once.

I love being BJ's mommy.

Family Photos

A lot has happened this past summer. And I have not been a good blogger lately. To make the most of the few minutes I have I am just going to post two pictures - BJ's generation photos.




This is a photo of BJ's Great-Great Grandma (seated in center), Great Grandma (seated to right of Gr-Gr Grandma in green), Grandma (in teal to left of Gr-Gr Grandma) and the rest of the family.


This is a picture of my whole family at our annual chicken bbq. BJ's Great Grandma is seated in the front row. Of course, BJ and I are not looking. Oh well.



Hopefully I'll post pictures of our trip to Niagra Falls. We'll see. For now I need to go play with my son. He's growing up way too quickly!

Teeth!!

That's right....not tooth but teeth! On our most recent vacation BJ sprouted his first tooth. And I wouldn't have noticed if I didn't stick my finger in his mouth. He was sleeping excellent (8pm-5am straight) and was the happiest baby. The second tooth came 6 days later and it came like a lion. Sleepless nights, super-cranky during the day...I should've known! But he's all better now. Although I don't have a picture yet of BJ's new teeth here is a picture taken on the day we discovered his first tooth.

Another vacation...

Apparently this summer has been one vacation after another.

BJ took his first plane ride 2 weeks ago! We were SO nervous bringing him on the flight. The only thing that calmed me was the fact that the flight was only 1 hour long. Well...I had no reason to worry! BJ hungrily attacked his bottle during take-off...and promptly fell asleep while we were still climbing. He slept the ENTIRE way and only woke up as we were descending into Hartford, CT. And he woke up all smiles:) The other passengers just fawned over BJ once he was awake.

Our trip up to New England was to visit Brian's family. We jam packed our week with different activities:

BJ's first swim in a real pool

a visit to the butterfly conservatory (note the butterfly on Brian's knee)

exploring Yankee Candle in Deerfield, MA (pirate ships, donkeys, and royalty...who could ask for more?!)

BJ's first trip to the zoo

And bowling (whew...that's a lot of new experiences!)

Just a few more weekends of fun to go and the summer is over :(

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N (part two)

I've had this post saved for about two weeks now. I figured I should finish it before we head out for vacation #3 tomorrow :)


On July 4th we had the opportunity to see Uncle Brad, Auntie Stephanie and cousin Alex.


Look how big Alex is!!

July 5th we headed out to Bethany Beach, DE. BJ just loves his Mommom :)

BJ's first trip to the beach...and he's sportin' the mohawk because he's so cool. (Actually...it was the sunscreen in his hair that made it stay. And it wasn't very cool - it was one of those 100 degree days)

Instead of playing in the ocean, cousins Tommy and BJ played in the baby pool. It was more their speed.

Gotta get all of that sand off!

Sometimes all you need is a good nap! Thanks, Pop, for the shoulder!

Family picture. My brother and his kids were up the week before. We actually saw them on the highway headed back home when we were driving to vacation!

Cousins - Tommy, BJ, and Sam

BJ loves his Chuchee Monica :)

Relaxing in the pool.

That's it for now. BJ is 7 months today. Time sure does fly by!

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N !! (part one)

Where to start...

The first week of our two week vacation is now over. We did a lot of traveling to visit old friends - and to show off BJ:) Last Friday we drove up to NY to go to the high school graduation for the school Brian used to teach at.

We did a lot of entertaining in the car. BJ was very patient.

Brian's mom, stepdad, and sister came down from MA to stay for the weekend in NY. They haven't seen BJ in many months.

We stopped by to visit our good friends: Jeff, Gretchen, and Ellie. It was their first time meeting BJ. We sure do miss living near them!

Next we drove to Clarks Summit, PA. Baptist Bible College holds a basketball camp that Brian brings some of his student athletes to. We stayed with our friend Rachel instead of staying in the dorms. Thank you, Rachel, for opening up your home for us!!

BJ tried green beans for the first time at Rachel's house. It was priceless!!!

At BBC we were able to have a playdate with Amy and her son JJ. JJ was born 10 days before BJ. It was nice to have a playdate with a boy that was the same age as BJ. We went to Chuckee Cheese (first time for me and BJ!) because we were meeting several other ladies and kids there.

I love this picture of Brian and BJ. We were just spending family time around the pond at BBC. BJ is such a little lover!

We made sure to catch some of the basketball games. I mean, the whole reason why we were in PA was to go to Defender basketball camp. BJ loves to watch the kids run back and forth on the court.

Our last stop on this vacation was York, PA to visit one of my college friends. Faithe and I were in the same FLOCKS group (small group Bible study). She made us a delicious lunch and she entertained BJ with a toy train (BJ had never played with a train before this:) ). I miss Faithe!!

And now we are home for the day (Happy 4th of July!). Tomorrow we are headed to Bethany Beach, DE to meet up with my family for the week. Whoo-hoo!!