Two words...

TEETHING BISCUITS

He loves them!! Happy Friday everyone!

6-month birthday!

This post is a couple days late...but Happy Half-Birthday little Thatch! In some ways, it seems like Thatcher has been with us forever and then in some ways it seems like it was just yesterday that he was born into this world. He is such a joy in our lives, I can't imagine life without him. At 6 months I want to remember a few fun things he is doing: he is still perfecting his sitting up position; he has become quite the little screamer...just randomly, he will start squealing and screaming...it is so funny; he has started banging his toys like a true little boy (he also throws his arms and legs and bangs them on the floor while he is laying there); he LOVES his bathtime (here too always raising his legs and crashing them into the water with big splashes); he is such an independent, happy little baby always smiling and playing with his toys (he even is happy in his playpen which I was surprised about); and most recently, we found out that he LOVES rice cereal, he was like a baby bird...he would open his mouth so wide and couldn't wait for the cereal to hit his mouth...so cute.

This weekend my roommate and best friend from college, Kristi, and her husband and little boy were in Dallas and stopped by to visit on Saturday. Thatch and BW are 2 weeks apart...Thatch has a little ways to go to catch up to BW's stats! Here they are checking each other out...

Here are just a couple more recent pictures that I thought were really cute! Happy Monday everyone!

The Latest Trick...

I thought I would share what little man has learned to do the past couple of days...SIT UP! Yea! Now...he doesn't stay sitting up for very long, but he is getting really good after lots of practice. What you don't see in this picture is that seconds later, he tumbled over backwards and hit his head pretty hard on that floor and started screaming...poor baby, I couldn't catch him in time...all for Mommy's taking too many pictures :( Check out those chunky legs! (don't look too close at the shirt covered in drool)

Thatch is getting excited to start eating "real food" here in a couple of weeks...can't you tell by the excitement on his face! For now he just sits in his highchair while we eat dinner...

The past couple of weeks...in a few pictures!!

Thatcher's first playdate with friend Kyle went well. We had lots of fun with Kyle and his mom, Jessica (my friend from work). We went to Mother Goose time at the library, had lunch at Chick-fil-A, and then just hung out at our house...fun times!

Getting ready for the Easter bunny! He got this cute bunny and some great spring clothes from Nannie and Granbuddy (Jeff's parents) in the mail.

Easter Sunday he was all decked out in his overalls and posing with his bunny goodies from Grammy and Papa (my parents). We had a wonderful visit with them in Lubbock...we miss our family!

Our Snow Baby

Can anyone belive this crazy weather??!! We took Thatcher outside to experience his first snowfall. He didn't know quite what to think, but he sure looked cute out there in his snow sack or whatever you want to call what he is wearing. (who knew I would EVER put that thing on him...Texas isn't ever cold enough for THAT kind of outfit). By the way, he is rolling over like it is his job and driving his parents crazy...at night he flips over and then realizes..."I absolutely HATE sleeping on my stomach...I think I'll cry the rest of the night until they come up here and flip me over."...ahhhhhhhhh!!!!

He is going to curse me when he is older!

Our sweet angel

Funny boy...

This is typically what Jeff and I walk in and see when we getThatcher up in the mornings or after a nap...crazy baby...

Friday Update

Where to begin??!! I'll start with these first above pictures. A couple of weeks ago we went to Austin for Jeff to run his first half marathon! We were both a little nervous about it because he hadn't run in almost 2 months because of problems with one of his legs. Everything went well and he finished...we were so proud of him! The race was on Sunday, but we went up on Friday afternoon and stayed with our friends, Adam and Janelle, for 2 nights. We had a great time hanging out with them in New Braunfels seeing their beautiful house and catching up with them and their life with little Knox...so cute! On Saturday we went to San Antonio for some shopping although the weather got bad and we ended up coming home sooner than we thought. On Sunday, we got up at 4am...yes, that is 4am...to get ready, feed the baby, etc to make it to the race. We made it easier than we thought and found parking in all that madness. It worked out nicely that we parked in the parking lot of the Hyatt downtown Austin...I stayed in the hotel lobby for part of the morning waiting for time to pass until I made my way to the finish line to cheer on my hubby....having coffee, people watching, trying to feed the boy with perverts lurking (another story for another day). Anyways, it was a very enjoyable experience topped off with eating at Chuy's on the way out of town...yum!

On to my boy...he is so precious! He is doing a lot of new things lately, the above being one of them. He also usually has at least one of his feet stuffed in his mouth, it is the cutest thing you've ever seen. He pulls his socks right off and puts those tootsies in his mouth...hilarious. He also rolled over from his stomach to his back and is just days away from rolling from his back to his stomach. He is getting so big! He brings us so much joy EVERYDAY!

This one is for you, Bubba! I cut my hair last week...this is really short for me...I have never really cut a lot off my hair. I really like it...it is really easy to fix for the most part. I guess that's the skinny on what is going on in our lives...Happy Friday!