Axel is 6 months old.

Axel is 19 lbs 10 oz. and 27" tall. Dr says his head is in the 83% weight is in the 84% and 75% height. He's doing great. Eating cereal, and we are starting all sorts of good veggies and fruit. Dr was impressed with his ability to sit up and even "counterbalance" hehe. He's a good, happy, healthy baby.

This is Kenron and Axel at 6 months old. Isn't it nuts that they are in the same position?


And if you had any doubt that this kid is a "Cross" baby - this should cure it. This is my sister Shannon and Axel at 6 months old.

A typical day at our house...

Axel had his first cereal this week...

He ate like a champ! I couldn't believe how great he did, and how MUCH he ate.



I think we'll have a good eater this time around.

1-2-3 Imagine with Elmo and friends.

We bought tickets last minute to take Kenron to see Elmo, and Bee Bird, and Abby, and Cookie, and Burp and Eyr-ner (Burt and Earnie) etc...

He had no idea what was coming...

He just stared mezmorized - Mat at I were cracking up everytime we looked at him. He was really good and stayed in our laps the whole time.



At the end he perked up and was pointing out the characters, and then waving goodbye to everyone - So cute!
We had a great time and we're excited to take Axel someday!

Kenron's favorite..

I bought this toy over 6 months ago, and I would wager that Kenron has played with it at least once every day. I'm secretly proud of myself because it was one of those toys that I bought thinking, "you know I bet he would really love this" and I was RIGHT! My motherly instinct did not fail me that day...
With this toy he has learned: Open and Close, Up and Down, counting...
This is the reason he called ya-ya "Shut the Door" for a little while, because they played the counting cars game A LOT!

AND he can even predict the trailer for Die Hard 5...

Aren't you excited to see what else he learns now?

Axel can sit up!

He can only sit for a little bit, but he is getting so strong!
This kid is the best.

Look what I scored at the Goodwill...

I got this beauty for Ten whole dollars! The previous owner had adorned the burners with happy faces and colored on the knobs but with a little elbow grease it was as good as new. It was also missing the "sink" but one of the bowls from my cabinets was a perfect fit.

And this was screaming to find a place in our house. I cant wait to figure out where.

These were some fun finds...

We spent the rest of the day in the kitchen playing. I was completely living vicariously through Kenron. I always wanted a kitchen when I was younger and now I get to enjoy it with my kiddos.

Next time your over you'll have to try some of his baked chocolate milk and tomatos, they are to die for.

Look what Santa brought...

To those of you who gave Kenron and Axel money for christmas, this is what Santa brought them for you:

Axel and I went outside to check out what the guys were doing.

We found a super stong kid, pulling his own weight, lifting the slide...

And a daddy who wanted to make sure everything was in the right place...

and as he attached the slide, things got a little hairy and..

Kenron fell backwards off the slide. There were only a couple tears.

Then he was happy again.

Thanks for the slide everyone! We hope to enjoy this all spring and summer long!

Axel is 5 months old??!?!

I literally choked on those words last night after we took the picture.


I said "Axel you're 5, 5? 5! 5 months old?" yikes. Mat looked at me like I had been living under a rock. I think he was half afraid I was going to have a melt down or say ok I'm ready for another one!!
I recovered quickly.

Axel seems to be checking off his milestones list quickly this month.
He can now:
Push up from the floor and lift his head high
roll over from back to tummy (right side only)
AND roll back over to back (right side only)



He's been sleeping 11 hours at night still and has started taking a longer nap while Kenron takes his nap which illicits frequent thoughts of Mel Gibson yelling "FREEDOM" and the chorus from this song:

I got to sit down for 1.5 hours uninterupted for the first time in 5 months on friday. I spent it catching up on my soap -

its a glamorous life I lead.

Look what Axel can do now...

4.5 months old. 2-18-10

Kenron is 22 months old.

For some reason, its hard for me to talk about Kenron turning two in two months. So before I get there and its a huge gush/pride/cry fest I will update you on all the things Kenron has been doing lately....
He has a new facination for hats. Which is funny to me because around Christmas it was almost impossible to keep his hat on. He likes to put them on himself and he is quite good at it.
Kenron says lots and lots and lots of things. So instead of telling you all of them I'll tell you some of our favorites:
"Me-mama" - mommy
"Ah-Ard-Jew?" - Where are you?
"Bebe" - Axel
"Now-AH" - uncle Noah
"Pee-ZAH!" pizza
"uh trouble?" - mimicing me saying what's the trouble? to Axel
"Bites" - Bikes
"tinn-EE" - Candy

He has really started to say most of his words correctly. For a while he was getting his T's and C's mixed up - Toot=Cute Towboy=cowboy, it was terribly cute.

And up untill recently he has been calling the baby swing "bebe fwing" now he says swing but he says it like this:

He is size 18-24mo. and size 5.5 shoes. We think he is about 23 lbs (Axel is 17+) He still sleeps through the night 9ish to 7:30, and takes about a 2 hour nap. Kenron makes us laugh everyday. He does well if we ignore his fits and he rarely gets a spanking for doing a "no-no". He does best if we just move him away from the no-no or whatever is causing the fit. He's starting to get the concept of sharing, but its not his favorite.

He has really been enjoying helping me cook dinner for daddy. He pulls the chair upto the counter himself and can climb up alone. He knows not to touch the stove top and likes to stir and shake in any ingredients.

He is a great helper actually. He still likes to throw away diapers for us, and get the baby's paci and give it to him.
His favorite shows are:
#1 Mickey Mouse
#2 Elmo (sesame street)
#3 Curious George
#4 Thomas the tank engine

Favorite foods are:
Cookies (fig newtons, rice cakes, actual cookies)
Bread, toast, noodles,
Pizza
grapes
apple juice and chocolate milk
fish crackers

Kenron has been going to childcare with Axel when I exercise for an hour MWF and is doing wonderful. He also loves to go to church. We talk about it sunday morning and he gets so excited, and when we pull into the parking lot he exclaims CHURCH!! A couple sundays ago, Mat had gone to pick up Kenron and when they came back into the auditorium he saw me and ran across too me. I said Hey buddy did you go to class and learn about baby jesus?? and his face lit up and he said "CRACKERS!!" - gotta love snack time.

Dear Mac-a-doodle

Dear Mac-a-doodle...

I just want you to know I adore the quilt you gave me...


So much I eat it up everyday...

I love it ALMOST as much as I love you!!

your favorite 4 month old,
Axel

Axel at 4 months

Well we have a big ole' baby. (look at the difference in those legs!)

Axel measured today:
17 pounds! (90%)
25.5 inches (75%)
and his head measured in the 75th percentile.

Kenron at 4 months was 13 lbs 12oz. and 24.5 inches, and his head was in the 50th percentile.


Our Dr said he looked great! He can start having some cereal whenever I feel like it. Axel slept in his crib last night for the first time. He had been sleeping in a cradle in our room, but he was starting to get too big for it. He is still sleeping 11 hours at night (Thank you Lord) and is a VERY happy and content baby.

Kenron of course loves his brother. Axel laughs and coos at Kenron the most. They have quite to the love affair going on. Although yesterday was the first time Kenron had to get a spanking because he clocked Axel in the head with two very hard balls when I wasnt in the room. I think it was innocent, and the spanking was because he refused to say sorry. :)

Its quite an adventure with these two boys but I'm loving it. It goes by too fast. I'm trying to soak in all in as much as I can, and have my camera ready for when my memory will fail me.

Merry Christmas to ME.

Mat thought up this one all on his own. I LOVE this present. No one should love an appliance this much. Its a single cup coffee maker.

Why do I love it so much? Because it allows me to have a few minutes of "me time" each morning with very little effort. It takes me longer to toast my english muffin than to brew this coffee.As a mother of two small children I love that I can sit down, check my email, facebook, or whatever and enjoy a cup of coffee for a few minutes by myself. Coffee drinking is really more of an event than a beverage after all.

Thanks birdie, this is my favorite gift.

But this one is a close second...

I have had that huge gaudy antique mirror in the middle for a few years now, and I loved it. It really didn't go with anything of mine, but I knew someday I could make it work. Then I was reading Liz's blog and got this idea to just add MORE mirrors!

So when I was home, my brother joined my mom and I as we made our usual trip to the antique store and I was instantly inspired to make my idea a reality...

I'm pretty satisfied with this side of the bunch.

This side needs some larger mirrors, but I was too excited about it all so I put them all up and decided to call it "a work in progress". I cant wait to add more antique mirrors. These are a mix of real antiques and Hobby Lobby.

I held back a gasp when I found this set of gold maple leafs stuck in a wooden bucket on the floor. It said they were used on a sugar house to sell maple sugar. Those of you who know my love of maple leafs would have jumped up and down and squeeled with me. But since I was alone in the isle I grabbed them up and tried to keep my heart from bursting out of my chest.

This was actually the first mirror I found. It was actually quite comical because I had JUST said to my brother "I'm looking for any sort of gaudy gold framed mirrors to put on my wall" and I turned around and looked deeper into one of the booths and found it. Justin and I laughed that I should have told him sooner, or maybe say I'm looking for a million dollars?? but I digress...

The mirror in the upper left was actually a very dark brown, and I took a little gold paint and dry brushed it over the whole frame. I have to admit half way through I had a panic attack wondering if I was just painting over a priceless antique and ruined the value. It happens on Antiques roadshow all the time. But at that point I was committed so I finished the project, and I love how it turned out.

I hope all of you enjoyed your Holidays as much as we did. I'm definately enjoying the fruits of my holiday shopping. Happy New year, and I hope this year is filled with great blessing and brave spirits for what God has instore.