Sweet Jared Boy- 7mo

Jared had his 6month check up yesterday (even tho he's really 7mo)
He's 18.7 lbs and 27 1/2 in long. The dr says he's above average in height but a little below average in weight. She wants him to eat more solids. He hates baby food, so I guess we'll start this tooth-less giant on table food.
It stresses me out (for more reasons than one) because he has no teeth!
Oh well.
I decided to split up his shots so they wouldn't be so hard on him. So far he's been great. Usually after shots he's m.i.s.e.r.a.b.l.e. for about 4 days. I'm very happy with splitting them up even though his doctor isn't a big fan of doing that. That's one reason I really like his doctor- she listens to the parents! She always wants whats best for the kids and what makes the parents happy.
Jared has learned to sit up pretty well unassisted. He still likes to randomly throw himself backwards so I don't leave him unattended for long.
Jared loves to bang on everything with anything. He loves his big sister and she's a pro at making him laugh.
He's a happy little boy! I love his belly laughs. He's still got those to-die-for dimples and brings a smile to my face even when I feel at my worst.
We are so glad to have this little guy on our lives! Such a sweet spirit in our home.

Absters

Abby is going to be 8 months in 1 week. It makes my stomach hurt to see how fast she is growing. She is such a joy, though. I love all the new things she is doing (which I will tell you in my 8 month post about her in a week :). She's starting to keep us on our toes for sure!

These 3 pictures are from Abby's first swinging experience. She didn't really care to much about it, but she didn't ever cry. She was just super chill in there looking around! It was fun to meet a few friends and have my sister come down to go with us. Next time we'll choose a better park because this one was pretty crappy!
Last weekend was the first time I've been away from Abby for a night since she was about a week old (when she was in the nicu). I tried not to think about it too much, but once I met Paul to leave them for the night I just couldn't contain myself. Yeah I'm pretty much a baby when it comes to my babies! I wanted to take them both with me so bad!
This is how we find Abby every morning now. Don't be alarmed, Paul so graciously moved her bed down today after church. The first morning I walked into this, it scared me to death. I was half asleep just going to check on her and all I saw was a little girl on the verge of flipping out of her bed! eek! She still climbs up and stands, but just her head sticks over now. She is so tall!

Speaking of the Absters... She's crying. Time for mommy duty.

3 days clean

Abigail has been on Acid Reflux medicine since she was 4 days old, but as of last Friday she's been off of it. I have to admit, it isn't as bad as I thought it would be. We are seriously pushing solids for 2 of her 4 meals a day and it seems to be working. Don't get me wrong, she still spits up like a faucet, but she doesn't scream much when she does, so I guess thats a good thing. I'm going to call and see if I can get into a friend's doctor tomorrow. Hopefully they are accepting new patients, because I'm ready to move on from Abby's old doctor. I'm not sure if we will get Abby back on the acid reflux medicine or not, we'll just have to see what her new doctor says! It's really nice not having to worry about when to give her the medicine and how long we have to wait after, so I kind of hope she will continue to do well without it.

BIG NEWS!

Abby started crawling last night! It was super fun because both Paul and I were here for it. I know he misses getting to see her all the time, especially when she does new and fun things. He frequently says "You go to work" so he can stay home. :) Last night once she started crawling she didn't want to stop!

She also learned, just yesterday, how to go from the crawling to sitting position! This will surely make nap and bed time interesting. When she does get to the sitting position, she gets the BIGGEST grin on her face like "I DID IT!" She's been trying for so long to get that down!

I love seeing her little bum crawl across the floor! It just makes me smile so big. Today she kept crawling into things and trying to ram them with her head so they would get out of the way (i.e. Paul, the kitchen table...). She cracks us up. I will get a video of her crawling soon and get it up. It's just the cutest thing I've ever seen :)