Haven't been in a picture uploading mood lately. I have taken a few here and there on my phone but not with my camera. I should get back into that I guess. Sometimes it just feels like a hassle. Uploading everything, labeling it, etc. Sometimes I get tired of posting each event we do or every place we go and I don't want blogging to be a chore. But I feel like I should blog and share a few things I'll want to remember.
Weston is pulling up on everything!! Chairs, couches, tub, baby pool, us, or pretty much anything he can get a good grip on. It's funny to me how we thought he was a little slower than Addison because he took a month and a half longer to crawl, which she was just really early, but in a matter of weeks he has caught up to her. He still only says dada and babababa. No mama yet. Nathan has been holding his fingers and kinda teaching him the beginning steps to walk...I really hope he doesn't walk before saying mama! haha Addison said mama at about 5 months I believe and within weeks said dada too. I was fine with him saying dada first because it meant a lot to Nathan but it's been months...I think it's ok now son! :) He has waved bye-bye a couple of times but not since then. He has learned to give kisses, but only if he wants to. He leaves in and puts his mouth on you when you ask for a smooch. (So cute!) And he likes to shake his head no and get you to do it. He will go back in forth several times. He got a little girl to do it who is 9. She is the daughter of some of our good friends and he seems completely smitten with her! Once she did the head shake he would do it each time he saw her throughout the day. I must say he has good taste because she is a beautiful little girl with dark red hair and blue eyes. Last night was the first night in WEEKS he has only gotten up twice. He went to bed at 8...got up at 11 and just after 1 and then slept until 7:30! Amazing for sure because it's been rough. He woke up around 6 but found a pacifier and laid back down. His top teeth are taking their sweet time to come in. I can see the white and feel the bump but they aren't poking through yet. (Probably has something to do with the sleep issues.) OH and he is taking a pacifier now! I know, right? 8 months old and just now taking one. Last night was the first time I gave them to him at night and he didn't get mad. I hope it helps him start sleeping. He likes to have one throughout the day and in the car. It's so cute to me when I hold out my palm and he grabs it and pops it in like he's been doing it all his life instead of a week.
Addison has been talking a lot about her wedding. She is going to marry her daddy, which absolutely melts my heart! At first she told me I couldn't be in the wedding I had to sit on the "couches" and watch her on stage. But then yesterday she told me I could come if I wore my pretty purple dress. Her imagination has tripled over the past few weeks. Most of the stories she tells are make believe and so creative! She hasn't talked much about missing school but she does mention some of the kids that were in her class. She has gotten really good at swimming. She still uses her float but has been jumping of the side and even a diving board that is about 2 feet high. She will jump in and put her head down and swim a couple of feet with her head in the water. I think if she got to go often enough, she would be swimming on her own in no time! Lately she is like having two different children. The vibrant little girl who talks and sings all day at home and the shy almost doesn't speak little girl in public. If kids come to our house she would rather sit on the couch than to play. Usually it takes her until almost time to leave for her to start interacting. I know some people must think I'm crazy when I say she is full of personality! She has one friend now that is 5 who she actually talks back and forth with and they play together. She has been in a scared mood lately and cries if she thinks you've gone outside without her. At night she wants to make sure we are awake until after she goes to sleep. I don't mind being a little scared but if I even step outside to help Titus and fill his bowls she panics if the door gets shut. I hope this little phase doesn't last long.
Nathan hasn't been on the road as much lately and I've loved that. He has had day trips but not over night trips in a while. The last few have gotten canceled and I can't ever say I'm disappointed. *wink* He got some really good news the other day from his boss but I don't think I'm allowed to share it. (Actually probably be a long time before I can!) But we feel like it is a big step forward and is an answer to prayers on how we will be able to afford to adopt as well as some other things! We are praying it all works out for us. Nathan needs to feel like he is heading somewhere, it isn't about always making more money but moving forward, making progress, growing. He is an achiever and when they give him goals he usually surpasses their expectations. I'm so proud of him!! It amazes me at times that he is still able to balance having so much responsibility and being so involved with our family. I pray it is always this way!
Anything new with me? Not a whole lot. Been working on my anniversary gift and mostly my differences have been introspective. Pretty much the same old Stuff. I have gone out twice in the last few weeks alone. Once with a friend to this cheese shop downtown. I had the best time! I love their cheeses and we sat and ate and drank wine and talked for two hours. I would've stayed all day but had to get back to Weston. I also went to dinner with a friend who is about to have her second baby. I'm thankful he held off so we could enjoy one last dinner before he arrives! :) OH!! AND I'M GOING TO TEXAS!!! So I guess something huge is going on with me after all...but that needs to be a separate blog...
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