Learning to be a big boy!!!

It seem like every day Ford is learning something new. He is always making me proud! He can hold a sippy cup and drink out of a sippy cup, but he can't hold and drink at the same time!!! He will get there

He's learning to play in his exersaucer!

Ok so I know that he's mine, but I think he might be the cutest little boy I ever seen!

He's learning to sit up on his own! Not quite, but he's getting close!

He's also discovered his feet and toes!!

Love, Love, LOVE

All caught up!!!

I got a little behind, but I am all caught up 7 new posts in January!!!

December in review

These are just some random shots from December that I didn't want to leave out!!!

Watching Football with Daddy!

Thanks for the cute outfit Aunt Valerie and thanks for the Uggs Bill and Sue!!!

Thanks for the cute towel Courtney!!!

My little Gerber Baby!

He likes to hang his head back and suck on the ropes of his door jumper!!! He's a funny kid!!!

The fight is over :(

For the past month and a half I have been fighting Ford to get him to nurse. He started taking a bottle when he was just over a week old with no problem, and I have been giving him a bottle at least once a day since and nursing him for all his other feedings. He was a great nurser right from the begining and I never had any problems until recently. Just over a month ago things changed. Sometimes we would nurse for a few minutes and sometimes he wouldn't do it all. I would then have to make him a bottle and then pump to keep my milk supply up.....but I wasn't willing to give up nursing him. I had planned to nurse him until he was one. Everyone just kept saying it's just phase he will get passed it, well he never did. I tried everything nursing him when he was tired, nursing in a quiet room, I even stopped eating dairy, but he had his mind made up he wanted a bottle. This is totally his personality.....stong-willed the kid knows what he wants and what he doesn't want!!! Last week he completely refused, and with a heavy heart and a lot of Mommy guilt I gave in. I could cry every time I think about it(I'm a little teary-eyed right now), but he likes taking a bottle and I am tired of fighting him. He didn't miss a beat and is happy with his bottles! I think I am sad because it feels like the first step of him growing up and not needing his Mommy anymore. I know that there will be many more phases like this, but I just didn't want it to start so soon. I can remember right after he was born and the doctor cut the umbilical cord, I felt a little sadness that we weren't connected anymore, and this feels a little like that. I am well aware that this post is for me in an effort to make myself feel less guilty, and to that the guilt I am feeling is unwarranted, but as any mom knows part of being a mom is feeling guilty. I just have to keep telling myself that I did everything I could, and in the end Ford is happy!!! Here is my sweet boy with his beloved bottle!!

........There I think I feel better already!!!!

I love to eat!!!!

Ford started solid foods this week and he loves it!!! He wasn't that into rice cereal, but once he had a taste of some fruits and vegetables he was all in! It took him a few days to figure out the spoon and how to keep the food in his mouth, but once he got that down he was coming after the spoon. I knew he would be a great eater. So far he has had peas, carrots, apple sauce and peaches. He likes all of them so far, but I am sure that will change soon! Look at this face it says it all......I love to eat!!!

He is such a ham!!!

My little Chia Pet is starting to sprout!!! I just love this little face!

The bumbo isn't going to last too much longer he has figured out how to arch his back and tries to squirm out. We will need a high chair very soon!

I am 5 months old!!!

Our sweet boy is 5 months old!!!! He is full of life and he is the light of our lives!!! He is such a happy boy and loves to smile. He is so sweet and bring some much joy to Erik and I. He gives out smiles to almost anyone and is a total ham in front of the camera. Here are some facts about Ford at 5 months.

*He is only taking bottles now (thoroughly explained in a previous post :)
*He just started solid foods and loves it
*He is still sleeping 11-12 hours a night and taking 3 naps a day
*He only takes his paci for naps and at night
*I still swaddle him for naps and at night
*He is still spitting up A LOT!!!
*He still loves baths
*He loves to watch big kids
*He is finally paying attention to Cooper, but is still unsure about him
*He is very vocal and at times very loud
*He is very strong-willed or as Erik puts it he lots of opinions (no idea where he got that)
*He never sits still always squirming
*He still loves to scream and is learning to make new sounds
*He is a tough kid and hardly ever cries

*He likes to fake cough and thinks it's funny when he sneezes
*He is starting to get the hang of sitting up on his own
*He loves to look at himself in the mirror
*He loves to look at pictures of himself and watch videos of himself

I can hardly stand it I love this little boy so much!!

This picture sums up Ford.....happy and full of life!!!!

He loves to pull on his thumb!

and he loves this lamb!

Sweet Cooper getting in on the action!

Fun Times with The Frazier Family

On our way home from San Antonio we stopped by Austin to visit the Fraziers. Courtney is my good friend from College who I moved with to San Diego. We had so a great time, and Ford loved playing with Audrey and Charlotte. Ford loved watching Audrey dance and make silly faces. She was so sweet and gentle with him. Audrey has lots of spunk and personality and is always saying something funny! One time when she was dancing for Ford she told Erik and I "Ford will have to practice really hard to learn to dance like this!". Ford of course thought she was so funny, and I think he might have his first crush!

It doesn't get much sweeter than this!

Audrey is such a friendly little girl we had only been there minutes and she sat right next to Erik and asked me to bring Ford over to her! Erik told me later that he thought Audrey was one of the cutest little girls he had ever met. I would have to agree!!! We miss you Audrey girl!

Although Audrey was way into Ford, Charlotte wasn't so sure about him. She especially didn't like it when Courtney held Ford. Charlotte is much more reserved then Audrey, but she has the sweetest little smile and the prettiest big brown eyes! After a little she warmed up to us, and would give us a little smile from across the room!

Here we are with all our kids! Kind of crazy!!!

When we took this picture Audrey was holding Ford's hand and saying "we're friends!"

On New Year's Eve it was almost 80 degrees in Austin! So we packed up all the kids and went down to Ski Shores Cafe on Lake Austin to have some lunch and enjoy the weather. We let Ford borrow some sunglasses from Audrey and Charlotte!!!

It was such a beautiful day, so beautiful that Erik and Mark went wake boarding with one of Erik's childhood friends who lives in Austin!

Thanks Frazier's we had so much fun and miss you so much!!