48 Weeks

Nixon is 48 weeks! He's such a ham, but he can be so ornery! He has the best wrinkled nose, big mouth smile, and I just love his slobbery kisses! I'm sure he must be teething because he is drooling like a St. Bernard!

He also hit 11 months!

Here are his unofficial 11 month stats:

Weight: 20 lbs

What is he doing at 11 months?

-Pulling up on everything and started to stand on his own for a few seconds at a time

-Walks well with a walker

-Ate with a spoon (by himself) for the first time and it was a success

-He's stopped putting everything directly in his mouth.. finally!

-He loves being in the stroller and going on walks

-He has a scream that should probably break glass

-He LOVES playing peek-a-boo. He'll pull something over his face, pull it back down, screech and flash his two teeth grin. It'll make anyone's day!

Myrtle Beach part 2

The second day we were there, the weather was beautiful so we took full advantage of it and spent our day outside in the sun, both at the beach and in the pools!

Nixon was so interested in the sand. Surprisingly, the sand only went in his mouth a few times, although, most of it got in while he was trying to get it out.

 Emmett had a blast running all over the beach! It was almost impossible to get a picture of him! Luckily, we got a couple, but he couldn't be stopped.

The sky was such a gorgeous blue, and with the stark white building, I just couldn't resist! It looked so regal! This was definitely the most beautiful of all of the days.

Myrtle Beach part 1

We had the opportunity to take a weekend trip down to Myrtle Beach with Ethan's sister and brother-in-law Jessica and Eric, as well as their little guy Emmett. Eric's family have a timeshare and needed to use up some points. They offered it to Jessica and Eric, which they then extended to us to come.

Jessica and I packed up the kids in the car on Wednesday and drove down, and the guys would drive down Friday after work/school. We got in around 3:00pm and got all of our stuff in the room. Our view was incredible, which made sitting on the balcony even sweeter!

The two little boys also enjoyed the view!

Because their dads weren't there, we decided to let them know they were missed!

The weather wasn't perfect, but it was nice enough to walk the beach for a couple miles and the boys had a great time. We walked down to the pier and I was able to get this shot. I kind of want to blow in up and put it in our future house. It most likely won't happen, but if I ever get the itch, I have the picture now!

Nixon didn't do great in the car on the drive down, but he sure crashed on the walk. Little did we know this would would be a trend for the weekend (he had a bit of a rough time). 

47 Weeks

Nixon is cruising! It's amazing how fast he went from army crawling, to crawling, to speed crawling! I swear, if he knows I'm going to take him away from something he's wanting, he bolts! This also poses a problem because of how fast he can crawl upstairs now. The other day I had him in the den downstairs and I went upstairs to grab something real quick. By the time I was coming back down, there he was at the top of the stairs beaming with pride! Luckily, he comes back down almost as well as he goes up. 

(This was a different time)

He has been feeding himself a lot more these days and he loves it! He loves to squish it between his fingers and then shove it all in his mouth. His hands are also little traps for all sorts of things: Chex, Cheerios, paper, twigs/leaves (as shown in his weekly picture this week). Sometimes it'll be 30 minutes after we've been somewhere, but there in his little tight grip is his little treasure. If only we could find a money farm to go to!!!