6 months!

Porter is 6 months old!

I wrote this post right after he turned 6 months, but wanted to wait for his 6 month checkup to get his stats to post. We didn't do his 6 month check up until yesterday because he was sick with a bad cold and then we had to wait for the next available appointment. Welcome to the pediatrician during the summer months. I am quickly learning.

At his 6 month check up: (6 months 3 weeks and 2 days)

• Weight - 16lbs 9oz - 25th percentile (We were not expecting this. He weighed 16lbs when we went to doc on March 26th. I was thinking at least 18lbs. I guess he's just more mobile now and burning up those calories. Doc said not to worry. He is right on track. I want my fat baby back : ( Yes, I do know he is still not a little guy.
• Height: 26 inches - 25th percentile
• Head: - 41.75 cm - 10th percentile (no big surprise)

6 month facts: 

• Sweet baby got his first cold/cough at 6 months and 4 days old. Ran a low fever on and off for a couple of days, but stopped just as I was about to take him in. 
• Wears 6 month, 6-9 month clothes and still some 3-6 months pajamas
• Size 2 diapers
• Started solids. Has had fresh green peas and avacado mixed with breast milk so far. Gobbled them up. 
• Takes 6 oz every 4 hours. Eating baby food once a day for now around 11am
• Still nursing or takes a pumped bottle. Has never had formula.
• Still going down between 7 and 8pm and waking between 6:30 to 7:30am, with the occasional few.
• 2 naps a day. First 2 naps range from 45 minutes to 2 hours. Has been staying awake after 3pm feeding until bed time.
• Has said baba, mama a few times when he was fussing. Has said dada once when playing.
• Isn't putting hands and fingers in his mouth as much as he used to.
• Sitting up unsupported. Still loses his balance occasionally or throws himself back when he gets tired. I have been keeping pillows around him when playing.
• Rolling from tummy to back and back to tummy. Rolls to the left and right. 
• Loves to stand. He can stand with us holding just his hands for a little while. He hasn't really figured the jumping thing out yet. I put him in the jumpy, but  he just sways and jumps maybe once every few minutes for now.
• Really likes his paci. I am regretting shoving it in his mouth so much. 
• Likes bath time again. Tries to sit up in infant tub. I am thinking we are getting close to a big boy bath.
• Smiles alot.
• Starting to not want to be on his back. He used to love being on the changing table. He would just laugh and laugh. Now he just wants to roll and wiggle.
• Wants to get into EVERYTHING. I pretty much can't do anything with him in my arms without holding his hands down.
• Still has blue/grey eyes
• Sweeeetest baby around

Monthly facebook post

Can't get enough of this touching my face 

 I had to squeeze P into a 3 month outfit for church one Sunday because it was freezing. Just a tad short but he looked just as cute as ever.

 What? my outfit is too short?

 That sweet hand

Those eyes get me every time

 Daddy and P loungin'

 He likes to sit and watch the Pais. He gets a real kick out of her these days. I mean belly laughs.

Before Porter was born, Paisley would somehow get our clothes out of our hamper and drag them to her bed when we left the house. She has now moved on from us to P. Makes me happy.

 Meme and Poppy doing their daily patty cake.

Sweet first mother's day gift from my boys. They walked in the room with Porter carrying my card. 

 Making P's food for the first time. He had a good mother's day too. His first meal was avocado. He did so good! We were going to buy the baby bullet but my sweet friend Kristen offered us hers to use. Thanks Kiki!

First bite, taking it all in. Not real sure.

I'm thinking he's liking it.

Happy camper! Of course daddy had to smear some on his face for fun.

 Mother's day brunch in Vicksburg

 Wiggle worm

End of 5 months..sitting up so big!

 Getting close to a big boy bath!

Poor sick baby : (

 It was hard to get a smile out of him for a couple of days. Bless him.

But got a few

 We made it through our first cold with no ear infection. Wooohoo!

 Silly boy

 New toy!

Porter had his 6 month session pics a couple of days after turning 6 months. I like to add something with sentimental value to each picture when I can. It just makes it more special that way.

This chair was Chris's grandparents on his Dad's side. He was so very close to them. I hate that I never got a chance to meet them before they passed. This was their chair. We had it recovered and it will forever be a part of our household.

I bought this wood plane for him before he was born. I found it at an antique store and fell in love. I have it on a shelf in his nursery for decoration and I am sure he will enjoy playing with it soon enough.

His GiGi crocheted him this blanket before he was born. We also used it in newborn pics.

My mother-in-law made Paisley this cool little vintage suitcase bed. I am in love with it and knew it would be perfect for a pic of the two of them. I have never let Pais lick anywhere near his face until these pictures. Glad I did. : )

I bought him this sweet little bunny before he was born as well. It also sits on a shelf in his nursery. It was another antique buy. I live for antique stores. Some may say it's feminine, but I love it.

Couldn't have pictures made without a professional one of this sweet girl

To end this post I wanted to brag on my little brother, Larkin.  He spent his spring break in Costa Rica. He went with a group to give free medical help to the people there in need. I always spent my spring breaks in Destin having fun. Very proud of him.

 Pretty cute if I may say so myself.

 He left for a study abroad a few weeks ago in New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. It looks like he is enjoying himself. Jealous much. : )

Our Crazy Life

Porter is 5 months old! Warning: Pic stitch overload

Yes, I realize I am very late with this and Porter will be 6 months soon, but things have been CRAZY around here.

5 month facts:

• Wears 6 month, 6-9 month clothes and still some 3-6 months pajamas
• Size 2 diapers
• Started eating every 4 hours around 4.5 months Woohooo, I have a life.
• Takes 6 oz from a pumped bottle and still nurses 15- 20 minutes.
• Still going down between 7 and 8pm and waking between 6:30 to 7:30am, with the occasional few.
• Is now down to 2-3 naps a day. His first 2 naps range from 45 minutes to 2 hours. His third nap is usually a cat nap after the 3pm feeding, if he decides to take one. 
• Squeals and laughs so much. 
• Anything he plays with goes straight to his mouth - toys, feet, etc.
• Can sit supporting himself for about a minute or so if I put him in the sitting position.
• Rolling to the left from tummy to back. Has gone to the right a few times but favors the left. 
• At about 5 months and a week he started rolling from back to tummy.
• Loves to stand
• Loves a paci these days 
• Has been weird about bath time since we moved. I don't know if it is getting used to the new environment or what. It's getting better though.
• Starting to hold his bottle
• Likes to be held. I guess I am partly to blame : )
• Wiiigggllleee worm. He is everywhere when I am holding him. Grabs my face, hair, pinches the fire out of me. 
• Tries to grab anything in site. I have jars on the changing table full of stuff. I am able to stop him from getting to them now, but I imagine I will be removing the jars soon.
• Sweeeetest baby around

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Sooooo our lives have been absolutely crazy for the past month or so. I wrote that we were moving in the last blog. Well, we are here in Jackson and settled for the most part.  We are renting until we find out exactly where we want to be in this area. We planned to move whether we sold our house or not, but we got an unexpected offer on our house! We just knew we were going to have to list it with a realtor eventually, but no siree!! We were so grateful, but weren't expecting to have a specific date to be out of the house. This put a little more pressure on us knowing that we already had a trip to Florida a few days before we had to be out. Also, after much debate, we decided to go ahead and get Porter baptized before we moved. We were going to wait until we moved to Jackson but then drive back to Hattiesburg so our Priest, Father Tommy, could baptize him. At the last minute we decided to go ahead and do it on Easter Sunday. Because it was such short notice, Porter's Godparents (my brother Larkin and my sister-n-law Abby) weren't able to be there. It was okay though because we had our close friends Stefanie and Allan stand in as their proxies. It just worked out better for us to go ahead and do it. We weren't exactly sad to leave Hattiesburg, but were and still are so sad to leave our church. We will miss Father Tommy so very much!! Hopefully we can find a home in the Jackson area that we like just as well. 

P with the Easter bunny. He was so stimulated by everything else I don't think he even noticed the big scary bunny.

All ready for his big day!

Angel face

Father Tommy blessing Porter's rosary from his Meme and Poppy and first Bible from his Uncle Larkin

Playing while we had Easter lunch at Half Shell Oyster House. So yummy! Great addition to Hattiesburg.

The week after Easter we packed as much as we could. Meme and Poppy came towards the end of the week to keep Porter while we went to Florida to celebrate the wedding of my friends Melody and Foster. We were crazy for going out of town that close to the move, but I couldn't miss it! Leaving Porter for the first time was a lot harder than I thought. I pretty much cried the whole way there. (sorry Stef and Allan) I am sure the flat tire and having to purchase a new breast pump along the way had nothing to do with it. After we got there, I finally just let it go and we had a great time. My mom did a great job of sending pics and videos the whole time.

That Saturday morning this angel was born. Layla Belle Peterson. So ready to get my hands on that tiny little thing!

my love

OT soul sistas

 With the GORGEOUS bride and our favorite, Billy, from Teenage Daddy! Such a fun night. Congrats Melody and Foster!!!!

Sunday morning we couldn't leave Santa Rosa fast enough to get home to this face.

Thank you Meme and Poppy for babysitting!!  

Daddy sure did miss his buddy.

It was a fun little, quick trip, but we knew getting back home on Sunday was go time. We were moving Tuesday and that reality quickly set in knowing we had so much more to do. On Tuesday the movers came early. Of course we underestimated and not all of our stuff fit into the moving truck. We had to go to Jackson, unload, rent a uhaul and go back. (we still have a storage unit there too, ugh!!)We didn't end up getting everything unloaded until the early a.m. Soooo stressful moving with a 4 month old. Poor baby didn't know what to think. I was so sad because we were in such a hurry that I didn't get to walk around the empty house and reminisce about all of our memories there. It was our first house and the first house we brought Porter home to. I still get pretty sad about it, but I am really sentimental and emotional like that though. Just can't help it. The weekend of the move Chris was in the wedding of his good friend Derek (Congrats to Derek and Kelli! I hate I didn't get a picture!!) and we had sweet little Avery McDonald's 2nd birthday that Sunday. Chris's Pawpaw also passed away that week. He had been sick and had no quality of life for a couple of months. It has been rough on the family, but we know he is in Heaven with the good Lord playing golf everyday. He will be missed greatly.

 Christmas 2012. We are so happy Pawpaw got to spend some time with Porter. 

Packing

 Packing was awful, but we sure did play hard to try to make the most of it! Yes, he really fell asleep playing. I wish this happened more often.

 Somebody likes his new toy. This thing has been a life saver during all of the craziness being that it just folds up like a portable chair and has the sack to carry on your back!

 happy, happy, happy

Moving day....the move rocked this sweet baby's world : (

Aloha! P with the birthday girl!! She is growing too fast. Can't believe she is going to be a big sister soon!

 This precious bebe, Emory Kidd Ainsworth, made his surprise debut on April 14th! He is a doll!! It was so nice to be able to drop in and see them now that we have moved. Porter is excited about all of his new friends. Can't you tell?

 I guess this moving thing wasn't so bad after all 

Back to Atlanta they go

Such a big boy!! 

 

Play time with Mommy

Just a rolling

 Sweetest profile

He is serious about this giraffe y'all

Chris stayed up late unpacking one night and I saw this with P's books the next morning. He ended up finding it in a box of things he had when he was little. Made my heart so full : )