August 2013

We started out our busy August with a weekend down in Port A, which turned out to be our last one of the summer!  PaPa took us in his boat across the channel over to our very own private beach and it was AWESOME!  The water was shallow for a long way and there were no big waves, sandy car, or sea weed to deal with.  We are so looking forward to bringing the kids back here in the future!

PaPa didn't catch any fish (surprise, surprise, haha!) but he did catch a shark, yikes!!!!!

We celebrated "Christmas in July" in August with the Barron family out on river in Seguin.  I wish I had more pics with more family from this weekend, Sterling and Brayden both got plenty of snuggles from all of Brian's Aunt's, Uncle's, Cousin's, and Grandparents.

At the dam with his best friend PaPa!

Brayden loves cousin Kyle and wanted to do everything he did!

Great PaPa Barron

I love this picture!  Look at the expressions on Mamer and Brayden, haha!!!  

Nash came to visit for a couple of days which is always entertaining!

Brayden and Sterling's cousin's came to visit and Brayden had SO much fun!  He loves them so much and it was great having them come stay!  

Brayden and Sterling took their FIRST bath together!  SO fun and so much easier!!!

Grandpa came and stayed...

Grandpa cleaned up ALOT of spit-up!  

We took Brayden to the dinosaur exhibit at the Witte and it was actually really, really cool!  They have ipads there that the kids can use to make the dinosaurs move and make noise.

picnic lunch at the museum!

Brayden had his first swimming lesson, he'll go once a week from now until December.  He did great his first time, a little hesitant but great.  The second lesson that he had this week is a whole different story!!!

He was in a total trance watching the other kids swim before he got started

Brayden had a lot of fun with his favorite girlfriend Dylan :)

TROUBLE!

Train ride at morgans wonderland.  Look at those faces, they are just taking it all in!

I can't wait till these two can really start playing together!  Right now Sterling just tries to get Brayden's toys and he quickly swipes them from her hand with a "no Ster-wing"!!!

And I'll leave you with some of my favorite pics of my boyfriend from this month.  He is so hilarious and because of Brayden there is definitely never a dull moment at our house!

Backyard bathtub...

Strategically placed plate?!  This guy is in the nude about 90% of the time when we are at home!

What's that mess?  Kale chips!!!  He loves them but they seriously make the biggest mess!!!

We had such a great summer!  Looking forward to a busy and hopefully cooler Fall :)

Little S is 6 months old!

So hard to believe our sweet Sterling is 6 months old, half way from being a year old!!!  This girl has got to be the sweetest baby who ever lived and we absolutely adore her!  

Sterling was BUSY this month!!  Here is some of what she was up to:

We gave Sterling her first solids this month, some rice cereal, and she has also had bananas.  She doesn't really appear to love or hate it, she does eat well though. 

We started putting her in her walker this month and she likes it but only for short periods of time.  Then Brayden wants "Brayden's turn" and gets in this thing and runs around the house!  

Sweet girl is still getting kitchen sink baths!  We usually have to wake her up around 8:00 pm from her evening nap, then its a quick bath and her last bottle of the day.  She is usually in bed for the night around 8:45.  She is such a good sleeper now and we usually don't hear a peep from her until the morning.  I usually feed her first bottle between 8-8:30 in the morning.  I can not even explain how wonderful it is for us all to be getting a full night's sleep, I missed it so so much!!!  

We had Sterling's 4 month well visit at 5 1/2 months (oops!) and this girl would not sit still to get weighed!!!

I am still pumping and Sterling is no longer nursing.  I pump five times a day and Sterling takes five bottles a day.  We are having to give her some formula at night so that she has a nice full bottle before bed but I will continue to pump as long as my milk supply will let me!

Here she is after she fell asleep taking her bottle, SO SWEET

Sterling had a couple more firsts this month:

First ride in the grocery cart seat!

First swim!  She kicked her little legs the whole time!!!

AND....Girlfriend is officially crawling!  Just after she turned five months old she started scooting around a little and has gradually moved on to all out crawling!  Now you never know where you may find her or which one of Brayden's toys she will have in her mouth!  All she wants to do is get down on the floor and practice her crawling and it is so stinkin cute because she is so tiny!  One problem is that she is a little too young to be crawling and not quite smart enough yet... she is always running into things, bumping her head, and falling flat on her face, poor thing!  She is almost sitting up by herself but still tumples over and hits her little head often.  She will sometimes kind of sit up on one of her legs in between crawling.

On the Go:

Can you tell that Sterling is ALWAYS smiling?  She is seriously the happiest baby and very rarely gets upset and cries.  She is such an easy baby and lately has been a great sleeper, eater, and in a great routine.

And a few more of my favorites from the month:

She loves her Sophie Giraffe

Poor 2nd child, gotta get a nap in whenever she can!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this sweet baby girl :)