Wade's Pictures

Saturday we took Wade to have his 6 month pictures taken. We went to Picture People and we were really pleased with them. They turned out so cute! Of course Wade did not want to smile for many of the pictures but he gave us a couple of cute smiles. He get so shy when the camera comes out. There prices were also so reasonable so we will be taking him back for his 9 month pictures as well. There computer is messed up but once they send me the link I will post it so everyone can view them. We also got a cute video of Wade laughing at my parents dog Riley this weekend. Riley would get his ball and chew on it and Wade thought it was the funniest thing ever. The video is kind of long because he laughed few times then stopped for awhile and started again. He must have know the camera was out. If you watch it just watch the first part then fast foward through the middle then he does it again at the end. I am going to attempt to upload it. (well for some reason it would not upload... I will try again tomorrow)The antibiotics seems to really be working because he is sleeping much better. He has started this new thing when someone else is holding him and he see's me he starts to get fussy and reach. Secretly I love it because he wants his mommy but at the same time I want him to be flexible. I know it is just a stage and it will get better soon. He is changing so much each day. I can't believe how fast he is growing up.

6 month pictures

Fire Safety week at my Aunt's daycare Enjoying a nice fall evening

Tummy time

Trying to eat the fake pumpkin!

He is getting close to sitting up

A Few First's

Wade has been doing a few new things these days... he is growing up so much. He is rolling both ways now. He had only been going from back to stomach but now he can go both ways. Everytime we lay him down for naps/bedtime when we go back in he is on his stomach. At night we always try to turn him back over but we seem to mostly find him on his stomach in the morning. His antibiotics have started to work and he is sleeping so much better. Last night we put him down at 8pm and I didn't here him until after 4am. Of course I did not sleep much because I was just waiting for him to cry. He went back to sleep and got up around 6am to eat then back to bed until 8:15am. I think we are back on our way to having our good sleeper back. Wade has also started trying to use a sippy cup and is doing ok with it. He can hold it and get it in his mouth. He mostly just bites on the nipple. He also held his bottle by himself last night. He still needs a little help but is doing so well. Tomorrow we are taking him to Picture People for his 6 month pictures. Hopefully we will cooperate and smile for us. He is just growing up too fast!

Bad Mom award!

Ok so if there was an award for not noticing something was wrong with your child I would win for this week. Wade is one of the happiest babies I have ever been around. All day he laughs, smiles and plays and he goes right to sleep for his naps and bedtime without crying. With that said the last couple of weeks he has been waking up crying and not wanting to sleep at night. I did think it was strange because he has been sleeping through the night since he was 9 weeks old but I just blamed it on teething. Once you get him up out of bed he is smiling and laughing again. There were one or two nights that he was pretty fussy and wanted to be held. Usually some tylenol would do the trick. Well after almost two weeks of this I decided to just call the doctor since it was still going on and I could not see anymore teeth coming in yet. To my surprise they wanted to see him that day. I figured she would just tell me it was probably his teeth. So yesterday Josh and I took him in to see the doctor. We saw the same doctor Ashley and I used to go see. Well sure enough something was wrong with him. His four top teeth will be making an appearance any time now and he has a double ear infection???? I was shocked. He has not been fussy and has not had a fever etc. The doctor asked me if he had had a cold and it has been a couple of weeks since he had a runny nose.... so this entire time my sweet boy has probably been hurting from the pressure when he was laying down at night. Josh and I felt so bad. From now on we will always call when he is acting different. We started antibiotics yesterday and he will be on them for 10 days. We can also give motrin now that he is 6 months old so I gave him a dose last night. He slept much better. I am not ready for him to grow up yet but it will be nice when he can tell us what is hurting. I have not forgotten about his 6 month pictures... I will post those tonight. Now I need to go by him a new toy to make up for not taking him in sooner!

Pumpkin Patch!

Today we took Wade to the pumpkin patch. We had the best time. We took some pictures, picked out Wade's pumpkin and even went on a hayride. Wade loved the hayride. Here are some of our pictures.

Wade and the scarecrow

Lounging by the pumpkins

Our family

Such a big boy

Enjoying the hayride

Wade Harrison

Here are some of my new favorites!

Ready to play soccer

Reading

Loving Charlie


Precious

6 Months Old!

It still doesn't seem right that my little boy will be 6 months old tomorrow. People told me it would fly by and it sure has. Some days I just look at him and wish he could stay this age. He is so much fun. Josh and I feel so blessed to be his parents. We just love him so much and love watching him grow and change each day. Here is what he is up to these days:

-He is wearing size 3 diapers and mostly 6-9 month clothes
-He eats three solid meals a day and is on a 4 hour schedule for nursing
-He is still our little chunky mokey.. he weighed 18lbs at 5 1/2 months
-He even has fat rolls around his wrists and ankles
-He loves his vegetables and we just tried fruit today and he seemed to like it too, he always says "MMMM" sound when eating and whines if we don't feed him fast enough
-He has just started trying to use a sippy cup with water in it but hasn't got the hang of it yet
-He has the cutest 2 bottom teeth and we feel like more are getting ready to come in
-He is napping a little better these days... one hour nap in the am and usually 1hr 30min in the afternoon, he sometimes takes a little catnap around 5pm
-He still sleeps pretty good at night but ever since he started teething he has been more restless... he usually wakes up a couple of times and whines or fake coughs (this is something new he does for attention) for a few minutes then goes back to sleep
-He loves waking up a 5am... we usually make him stay in bed until 6am then I feed him and put him back to bed until 8am
-He "talks" all the time- his new sounds are a cute squeal and "DaDa" He says DaDa all the time, he also makes lots of "boy" sounds (grunting, lion sounds etc)
-He still loves bath time
-He loves being outside and going for walks
-He has rolled over but does not do it often, just a couple of times
-He is sitting with just a little bit of help
-He has the best personality and is so much fun
-I cannot remember the last time he cried during the day, sometimes he will whine at night when he wakes up; he is so laid back and we take him everywhere
-He has finally started interacting with Charlie and loves to rub/pull his hair
-He grabs EVERYTHING! We have to really watch him now
-He is still so cuddly and loves being held, sometimes he will even wrap his arms around our necks like he is hugging us
- We thank God everyday for this precious little boy!

We will post his 6 month pictures tomorrow, we have a busy day tomorrow so I decided to blog about him a day early
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