Photo Favorites : July 14 – July 20, 2014

Our August is looking to be slightly slower than July, fortunately.  I think someday I’ll get caught up with these weekly updates, but who knows.  I want to pop them up here even if they are late just so they are all in one place in order, though the less “events” that we have, the less pictures I feel like I need to share. I’m sure you don’t want to see EVERY picture of him eating, sleeping, and playing.

Another busy week in July.  Our sitter was on vacation still, so I stayed home for a glorious day with Jenson on Monday, Lo’s mom watched him Tues-Thurs, and my sister and nephew came to visit, so they stayed with him on Friday even though his sitter was back.  Another sister and her family came Friday night – Saturday, we had a gathering to attend at our friends’ house on Saturday night, and then our niece Sadie’s 2nd birthday party on Sunday.  He also went to the Zoo (on Tuesday) with Nana, Papaw, and Sadie, got his first tooth on Wednesday, and inched closer and closer to crawling – he “almost” gets into the position from sitting, but keeps his “safety foot” engaged so that he can easily sit back down.

Photo Favorites : July 14 – July 20, 2014

1. The best part of waking up…. The start of my glorious day off with Jenson.  We don’t “co-sleep”, but when he wakes at 6 or 630, I bring him into our bed to nurse and go back to sleep.  I’ve tried nursing him in his room and laying him back in his crib, and even if he is completely asleep, he immediately wakes and starts crying.  If I bring him in our bed, he curls up against me and goes back to sleep.  I can’t resist.  Thankful we got a king size bed shortly after he was born.
2. On our way to visit Lo at work.  He’d started a new job in May, so we went in to meet his co-workers, and then stopped to visit a friend and her newish baby on the way home.
3. Reading Puppy Woof-Woof
4. Eating Puppy Woof-Woof

5. He was cracking up at Boof, who was sitting on the couch.  I don’t even think she was doing anything, but he thought she was funny.
6. Can you tell he was about to pop his first tooth (on Wednesday, July 18)? He was gnawing away on the antenna for his “radio”. (we were not able to get a pic of the tooth, or barely a glimpse – he was secretive about it)
7. And then another toy
8. Passed out.  Again, i can’t resist letting him sleep in our bed in the morning.

9. Helping fold clean diaper laundry
10. Back to the chewing
11. Noshing on some avocado
12. I love how he’s sleeping here – with his arms and legs crossed, and his legs in the air.  He stayed like that for as long as I was looking at the camera.  He’s definitely becoming a side sleeper.

13. Lo was dropping his ball on Jenson and he LOVED it.  He was cracking up and would squint his eyes shut and then crack up.
14. Action shot of the ball drop.
15. My sister’s dog, Gemma, giving kisses.  He was fussy the next day while they were staying him during the day (because of the tooth), and my sister was calling Gemma the baby-whisperer.
16. Playing with his cousin Gannon

17. Gemma is playing with one of Boof’s (many) hedgehogs and you can tell she was like, “hey -wait, that’s mine”.
18. Grinding his gums/tooth
19. Aunt Christine and cousin Gannon
20. Boof and my niece’s stuffed dog. (okay, so I posed that)

21. Aunt Amber
22. Uncle Dave staring contest
23. Cousin Lydia
24. and Cousin Emma

25. Sleepy boy
26. Hanging (and chewing on a cold teether) with Uncle Dave
27. Emma trying to teach him to walk
28. Worn out in his seat while at our friend’s house.

29. Cracking up with Papaw
30. Sadie wasn’t sure of this whole birthday cake/candles/singing thing
31. and 32. Jenson and Nana

33. That face!
34. Still working those gums.
35. Sadie was more interested in sitting with Jenson than opening her gifts.
36. Hanging out with Daddy

37. – 42. It’s another 6-shooter for weekly photos – 41 weeks!  He really got into trying to crawl this week, but he keeps his safety foot “on” (as seen in the 4th pic).  It’s getting harder to get the shots because he want to be so mobile.  And pics with Boof are always iffy, depending on how much she feels like being bribed.  As you can see by the orange blur in the last picture, carrots were her bribe this time.