Micah is 8 Months

Micah is 8 months old. He weighs about 18 and a half pounds. As you will see below, he is the smiley-est baby!  He is super happy these days and loves sitting up. He loves watching his brother and he enjoyed his first swimming trip last month. He is starting to lean forward more and more, but, honestly, I am in no rush to encourage crawling.  :)  

As Jonathan likes to say: "two brothers."

Brother bath. This can be quite a crazy time, but the boys like bathing together.

Micah and his good friend Emma.

Valentine treats.

Swimming at the UD Recplex.

Aunt Natalie.

Cousin Anna.

Aunt Sara.

Stay tuned for more pictures from our trip to Texas and Arkansas.  

Micah is 7 Months

Micah has become a happy and smiley little guy.  He loves observing his surroundings and is fascinated by his big brother.  He weighs about 17 pounds 6 ounces and he is already in some 12 month clothes.  He is slowly taking to solid foods (bananas seem to be his favorite).  He loves to play on the floor and he still loves his jumper.  

The first week we were home from Christmas we all had the flu.  This is where I was stationed pretty much for a week.  Thankfully J didn't get it. He was happy to watch a lot more tv then we usually allow! 

Starting solid foods.

Pawpaw came in town for a week to help us recover from the flu.  Jonathan loved having him here.  Thanks for your help Pawpaw!!

This is one of his favorite things to do these days.  He loves to stand up and to walk with help.  

Brothers.  Obviously we have to stay close when Jonathan is holding Micah.

Sitting.  My new skill!

This is where the boys often are when I am trying to get some cooking done.

See you next month.

Micah is 6 Months

Better late than never, right?  Micah turned 6 months old on January 2nd.  We flew back from our Christmas travels on the 1st, and by the 2nd, Andy and I had the flu.  Micah got it a few days later, so we had a pretty slow start to 2013. Luckily Micah's sickness was pretty mild and he remained reasonably happy.  

At 6 months Micah is 16 pounds and 26 1/2 inches.  He has changed quite drastically over the last month.  He is really active, loves playing with his toys, and loves bouncing in the Johnny Jump Up.  His favorite position is standing up, which makes Mommy quite tired from holding him all the time.  He is sitting up pretty well and usually thinks it is funny when he topples over, as long as there is a pillow to catch him.  We finally moved him out of the bassinet into the pack-'n'-play. Like his brother at this age, he isn't really interested in sleeping for very long stretches at a time, but we are patient and know he will get sleep figured out eventually.

Also like his brother, Micah is turning into a really smiley little guy.  He cut two more teeth the week we all had the flu so he now has two on top and two on bottom.  

One last bassinet pic.

We had just decorated our little Christmas tree.  Big bother was more interested in touching the ornaments then smiling for the camera.

My good friend Sara and her daughter Emma.  Emma is just a few weeks older then Micah.

"Christmas Eve" at our house.

This was on the Polar Express in Branson.  We took the train with Andy's family.  The boys both had a great time.

Cousins.

This swing was mine as a baby.

Grandma's birthday.

Grandpa. (Micah shares a middle name with Grandpa).

Micah was baby Jesus in the Nelson family Christmas play.  Here he is with Mary and Joseph.  

 More Cousins.

The famous King bed.
Everyone in my family since Aunt Vonna has slept in this bed.  Pretty cool to sleep in a bed that Grandma slept in as a baby.  

Grandma

Jonathan is currently fascinated with anything that has to do with flying.  Airplanes, airports, control towers, cockpits -- you name it.  So while we were in Amarillo Grandpa took us to the hangar to see a couple of planes that he flies.  Jonathan loved climbing all through this one.