AXTAN'S 6 MONTH PICTURES

Axtan's 6 month pictures.

 You would never know that he was a very grumpy baby that morning. 

 I think this is my favorite

or maybe this one 

 this one cracks me up, it captures his cute personality

Thank you so much Patty, I love them!

FEEDING THE FISH

 We thought it would be fun to  take the kids out to feed the fish.  It was extremely hot, but the kids loved every minute of it.

 The fish enjoyed the cheeseballs a lot more than the popcorn

FHE at the TEMPLE

 Our Bishop challenged each family in the ward to have Family Home Evening at the temple once this summer.

GRANDPA & GRANDMA ZIP

My parents with their 5 grandchildren

Paislee(4) Rylan(6) Harlee(22mo) Portlynn(21mo) Axtan(6mo)

As you can tell they are very busy children, that are not easy to photograph

SLEEPING HABITS

Paislee has never slept well from the day she was born.  In fact it is safe to say she has only slept through the night a hand full of times in 4 years.  Not only doesn't she sleep through the night but she also will stay up until 1 or 2 am and get up early in the morning.  Her internal clock has never been right.  About 3 months ago she started sleeping through the night and going to bed at a decent time.  Life was good.  Well, once she broke her arm we went back to waking up again.  This morning I woke her up earlier than usual so that we could get back onto a routine.  Tonight at 8:15pm I found her like this. 

AXTAN'S FIRST PLAY DATE

 Axtan had his first friend over today! Little Ryder came for a play date and man am I tired.  I'm sure glad I didn't have twins.  They were actually both very good boy's and the kids and I had a ton of fun playing with these two little boys. 

BIG BOY

 When I took Axtan to his 6 month checkup the doctor recommended I might want to move him to the next car seat.  I didn't realize Axtan only has a pound and a half until he can ride forward facing.  My other 2 baby's were a lot older when they hit 20 pounds so I wasn't thinking he would be ready yet.  He loves his new seat and I love not having to lug the carrier everywhere.

THE WALL

When we moved into our home, Jordan told me he did not want a lot of pictures on the walls.  He only wanted art work.  I had fun buying some church pieces to hang on the walls but this wall was our fight.  He wanted a giant picture and I wanted family photos.  Well this weekend we compromised.  We took family photos and turned them into art work.  Thanks to our wonderful photographer who gave us some fun photos we could blowup.

ANOTHER BROKEN BONE FOR PAISLEE

 I'm really not sure what to say about this.....

 She was going down the slide at Burger King head first and landed on the her elbow.  She broke her arm right above the elbow.  When I asked the doctor if I needed to be worried about her bones, he told me they are all very common brakes in kids and she just has bad luck.  I'm not sure if it is her bad luck or mine but we are dealing with it.

THE LITTLE MERMAID

 We went to see the Little Mermaid up at the Tuacahn theater.  Yet again we were not disappointed. They have the best plays up there. Paislee said Little Mermaid was her favorite, Rylan still says Tarzan was the best. 

AXTAN IS 6 MONTHS

 

 How in the world did this happen in 6 months....

AXTAN

At 6 months you are:

18 pounds 5 ounces (67%)
28 inches (88%)

Oh Axtan, I am still trying to figure out were these last 6 months have gone.  You have now eaten all of the stage 1 foods and are moving on to stage 2.  You still are not sleeping through the night and I am trying to be patient with you.  I have tried a few different things with you but the truth is you are just hungry and need that 4am feeding.  You are still taking your reflex medication and it is doing what it is supposed to. You still love to squeal, especially when someone you recognize comes in the room.  You let them know you are here and they better come say hi.  You are taking 3 naps a day but they are getting shorter.  One of your favorite things right now is to have the kids push you around in your walker.  You got your bottom 2 teeth this month.  I know more are coming because the drool is still massive and everything has to go in your mouth.  You are rolling everywhere and can get anywhere you want.  You have started to get up on your knees so I know it won't be long and you will be crawling.  (I am really not looking forward to that)  You are constantly smiling and laughing.  I love hearing you play with your brother and sister.  They love being around you so much.  I sure hope you continue with your easy going attitude.  I love you so much my little man.          

TEETH

WE HAVE ONE SON GETTING TEETH AND ONE SON LOOSING THEM

Rylan has had a loose tooth on the bottom for about a week now.  He has been so excited to have it come out, but it just wasn't ready yet.  Today we were all playing and all of a sudden he says his tooth is gone.  We start looking on the floor and luckily we found it. 

 Axtan on the other hand now has two teeth on the bottom and I'm pretty sure the top two are coming soon!

He likes to stick his tongue out at me