Look what this little fellow can do!

He did this all by himself! My days of "takin' it easy" (if there is such a thing!!) are about to be O.V.E.R.!!

Ooops!

8 months

Eight months old has proved to be a turning point in my little ones tiny life! He has started so many new things it's incredible! Here are the ones I can remember right now! wrestling with monkey! About to crawl!! sitting himself up while making the clicking noise with his tongue...quite talented!

• weighs 22 lbs
• wears size 4 diapers
• in a 12-18 mon or 18-24 mon...depends on the brand clothes
• can sit himself up from tummy
• rolls all over the place
• has learned to click his tongue
• still loves to be in his monkey bouncer
• is just about to crawl...gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth
• scoots backwards while on tummy
• starting to try and pull up on things
• what a little explorer
• gets up on feet and hands for a few seconds then drops
• still has two bottom teeth
• still loves to blow bubbles
• gets up at least once a night to eat and goes back to sleep
• has such a little attitude and is very impatient most times
• will sit and play for hours
• can be pretty mellow though most times
• loves his big brother so much
• says "mama" and "dada" while fussing but still doesn't know what he's saying
• grunts or squeels loudly to get our attention
• loves to wrestle with Daddy and brother
• has had 4 hair cuts
• when he throws fits he stiffens his whole body and sticks his arms and legs straight out and grunts really loud and his face turns bright red...little toot!
• started crawling everywhere at 8.5 mon
• claps hands at 8.5 mon
• clicks fingernail on bottom teeth at 8.5 mon

some of the fun things we did this summer

We are having such a great summer! We have stayed very busy (and my cleaning duties have gone a little out the window since) but have been having a blast! As we wrap up the summer (cause school starts in three weeks!!!) I thought I would put up some pictures to remind me of some of the fun things we did!

Sprinkler fun with friends

(Sterling is wearing a shirt because he was sunburned from the day before hangin out poolside)

Playin' in the dirt

Playing "American Idol" in the backyard with friends

the judges (how cute is that!)

Judson hanging out inside with his friend (believe it or not these two are 8 months apart!) while the big kids play outside

Hanging out pool side with friends

Jenn trying to teach Sterling to float Judson and Avery hanging out watching everyone in the pool

This is the face of the biggest water baby I have ever seen...he LOVES the water!!

Going to our friend Brad and Maria's to their annual Pope Dock party!

Brad and his friend's hilarious costume for the best costume while ramping into the lake on the bikes...too funny! Sterling and Daddy enjoying the cool lake while the rest of us roasted outside! Boy it was a hot day!

Judson enjoyed sitting on the boat putting everything in his mouth.

This is where Sterling decided to sleep for a good three weeks

...on the floor, in his fort he made

Judson is getting really good at pulling things out of drawers and off shelves...time to baby proof! You can find us a lot at this pool!! Thanks Suz for letting us come swim all the time! Kyah and Judson waiting to get in the pool

Sterling and his best friend Lexi (our next door neighbor) have started their little business of shoulder massages! Too cute! Here are Grandma and Grams getting theirs! Play dates with friends

Sterling and Josh having fun at the park

Sterling and Ethan maxin and relaxin

I have spent most my summer with these gorgeous ladies! I am so grateful for all my friends...God has put us all together at just the right time and I just love them all to death! You can also catch us at this pool hangin out with these lovely ladies!

Sterling and KB

Kyah and J-dog...she was just about to give his feet some lovin when I took this picture! SOOO precious!

We took the in laws boat out (thanks again Keith and Becky!) last weekend and had an absolute BLAST! We all were sunburned but it was worth it! A day with no kids and fun to be had is always a good thing!

And this is how most days end on our way home...I'm not even kidding!

Hope everyone has been enjoying their summer and can enjoy the last few weeks!

Crazy Bands, really?

Ok, I had only heard of this phenomenon called crazy bands, but Sterling had never said anything about it and I had never seen any kids with them (or at least hadn't paid attention to the massive amounts of rubber bands on some kids arms!). So when Sterling came home from playing at the neighbor girl's house with this I was completely astonished!!!

Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees something other than a man playing a guitar!?! Apparently it came in a set with musical instruments and she didn't want these...wonder why! haha Do your kids love crazy bands?

July 4th weekend

We had the best July 4th weekend! We went to visit my family and had the best time!

Saturday we met up with my friend Jill at the zoo! We ended up leaving Judson with my step mom (thanks again G-mom!!) and were able to enjoy our time with ONE kid again!! We felt kind of like we were forgetting something but it was kind of nice to just keep up with one again!

Sweet Emerson!

Sterling's favorite thing to see was the penguins!

They had an inside walk through exhibit that was FREEZING but one of the neatest things to go through!!

Someone was getting tired and grouchy...he wanted to take a picture in front of the giraffes but I said no since there was no shade...this is what I got! Little toot!!

It was a hot day, but not as hot as it should have been for July, thank goodness for that! So to beat the heat we ended up with snow cones...yum-o!! And of course the cooling station with a misting fan!

Wishing I was this little guy right about then...snoozin in the sun!

This was Sterling's other favorite thing to see...Zaboomafoo! (It's a show on one of his channels)

This little guy was really friendly...he kept putting his hand up to ours when we would touch the glass.

LOVE this!!!! This little boy is attached at his Daddy's hip...I think he literally would be if he could!

This boa constrictor was ginormous!!

Yet another place I wish I was right about then! This poor thing was 38 yrs old and she was pregnant!! I don't blame her for being right where she was! Sterling was falling asleep towards the end of our visit! Heath got a good workout, that's fo-sho!

So, he got a little nap in on our way back to my dad's and then it was time for some more fun! My uncle and aunt came over for a BBQ and Sterling enjoyed playing with the cousins!

G-mom grillin us some ribs!

While the kids played horseshoes!

Sarah, Sterling, Katie and Judson...my only 1st cousins! Katie was the flower girl in our wedding when she was Sterling's age right now. Wow, time flies!

Rick (my uncle), Denise (my step mom), my dad, and Teri (my aunt) Judson had such a big day that he fell asleep on my shoulder while we were all standing there talking!

Happy 4th!!

Enjoying my step-sis's pool! Jamie (step sis) and me

Sterling and Gavin playing hockey

Gmom having fun bouncing in the jump house with the boys! Judson and Colby- just 4 months to the day apart!

The grand kids minus Noah...we missed you guys!! We left a spot open for Noah in the middle! :)

And we ended the day in the hot tub watching all the neighborhood fireworks...perfect!!!Hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend!