Scooter

These are just some random pictures of Noah (a.k.a. Scooter) that we've taken. I can't believe he is 5 months old already! He is getting so big! He is now a whopping 17 lbs . (according to our scale at home) and he wears 9 month clothes and 12 month pajamas (because he is so tall).

He is such a stinker though because he still hardly ever rolls over. He can, he's done it a couple of times, but he would just rather not. He is so content to just lay there and kick his legs. He rolls from side to side, but hardly ever does he roll over. I think he knows that he'll end up on his stomach and he does NOT like that, so he chooses not to roll.

He LOVES to bounce in his bouncy seat though. He will sit there for a long time, just kicking his legs and bouncing up and down.

We still haven't gotten into the habbit of eating cereal yet; that is something I need to work more on. He's had it, but still doesn't know if he likes it yet. He's also had applesauce and Garrett has fed him mashed potatoes, which he really liked.

He is such a happy baby--Garrett and I have really been blessed to have 5 happy babies. He is also really ticklish--especially on the back of his neck. I love to hear him laugh when I tickle him there. Here are some photos of my little Scooter:

First time eating cereal; he was not impressed

Bouncing in his bouncy chair

I don't know if you can notice it or not, but Maggie loves to make his hair into a mohawk. So cute!

First time in his exersaucer

Loving his toes

Hanging out with dad

Look at that smile!!

Checking out the Christmas tree

Notice the spit-up on his sweater--we deal with this constantly! Yuck!

Thanksgiving, really?

This holiday season has really surprised me with how fast it came. I've pretty much been in denial that "the holidays" have been/are here since before Halloween. I really wasn't ready for summer to end and since it did, it felt like we jumped from summer to Christmas. I don't know where the time has gone and how it seemed to move so fast because my days seem really long.

So, as the holidays have come, I've just dealt with them and tried to do my best to celebrate them with excitement. But it's been hard. Which is strange, because I love each of the holidays and love doing fun crafts and parties and decorating for them. It may be because I've got a new baby and really can't get back into my old routines yet, because of all the time I spend taking care of him. Nothing seems back to normal yet and I don't feel like I have time to do anything fun other than take care of kids, do laundry and do the dishes. That's my life. So,yes; I'll just blame it all on Noah and tell myself it will be better next year. That sounds good to me.

But seriously, I didn't get out all my decorations for any of the holidays, and in fact I completely skipped decorating for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving this year kind of just was a big dinner for us. It was nice and all, but didn't really feel like Thanksgiving to me. It was just another meal. I'm sure it was because I didn't put forth the effort to enjoy it more. I just went through the motions. Have any of you ever felt like this? I keep telling myself that next year will be better; I sure hope it is because I miss really celebrating the holidays.

So, enough whining and babbling. Here are some pictures from Thanksgiving.

The kids right before we ate. I don't know if you can tell or not, but Paige and Lydia are still in their pajamas. They refused to get dressed for the day. Oh well, at least they were comfortable, right?

All seven of us. We were using my new tripod here. Nice!! The banner above the table is a decoration for Lydia's birthday party...which was going to happen after Thanksgiving.

Watching football

When Garrett went shopping for our groceries for Thanksgiving, he picked up this 1000 piece puzzle for us to work on. Wow!! We only got the border completed. It's still sitting there waiting for someone to work on it. It was fun, though.

This is the puzzle.

Eating Grandma Georgia's most delicious and award winning, Tollhouse Pie!! Now that's something to get excited about!!

And that was our Thanksgiving.