nine months old. yikes!

e is nine months old.

yikes!

he is getting so big so fast. 

he used to lay down and play on the crinkly doctor paper, not anymore he was wiggling and trying to escape.

he looks like a giant in the baby scale! i wanted to cry a little bit because the scale used to look so big compared to him.

the doctor said he looks great and is growing along the curve.

he weighed in at 20lbs 10oz and is 28.5 inches tall he's my giant baby. 

these days easton is:

* crawling like a champ

* more curious than curious george

* loving food and has a well rounded variety of fruits and veggies he loves, current fav is the pumpkin banana combo

* pulling up on everything, couch, chair, coffee table, walls, baby gate, baskets {he is so close to walking}

* sticking his tongue out and blowing spit everywhere

* a dancing fool, anything with a beat gets his hips movin' and groovin'

* sort of waving good bye, its irresistibly cute

* attempting to mimic sounds and mouth movements, you  have to maintain his attention first

* S C R E A M I N G during diaper changes and when changing his clothes.

* still not sleeping through the night, but the doctor has assured me that its gonna get better and that not all babies sleep through the night.

we are working on getting on a little bit of a schedule, we have a morning nap usually after breakfast and are working on nailing down that afternoon nap. e is such joy and brightens every room he is in, you just can't help but smile at his silly faces and dancing moves.

.hospital.hospital.hospital.

wow it  has been a cray {'cray' is what the cool kids are saying for crazy these days} week. one of my goals this year was a weekly blog update along with more organization. well life happens and i missed the first week of the year.

this week started out normal enough, it was the week that we were going to get on schedule and finally recover from the holidays and new year, and then mom went to the ER and was admitted into the hospital and will have been there for a week tomorrow. thankfully it was nothing major or life threatening, just very painful for mom and super stressful for all of us. hopefully she will be home tomorrow afternoon. despite all of this, we have been so blessed with love, support, and prayers. it has been a v e r y l o n g week. 

after 5 days of being cooped up mom finally felt up to going on a little stroll, we took her down to the 'healing garden' it was pretty overcast and a little chilly, but so nice to be outdoors.

one of those windows is moms room

we are so thankful that mom is healing well and will be home soon.

heres to next week being the week we get back on track!

Christmas eve

Christmas Eve

as with christmas eve tradition we spent the evening at nana and papa's. naturally we had garcia's and it was so yummy! we had a white elephant gift exchange, the hot item this year was an actual in-in-out burger, yuck!

family.

auntie.

wiggle worm.

i think this was a sneeze.cry.laugh situation.

ALL the cousins, such a rarity, glad we get together at least once a year...

dad time.

the kids with the kid.

Ward Christmas partaay

we had a lovely christmas party. i wish i would have taken more pictures, it was beautifully decorated. the program was very uplifting, it was the perfect way to kick off the christmas season. and of course santa was there. easton did pretty well until he realized he was with a bearded stranger, but we got a couple good shots. 

It began to look a lot like Christmas

we put off getting a christmas tree until auntie got home, then we decided to go on the first full day she was home. well as life happens we ended up going to a GCU women's basketball game to watch milee coach and after we were done the tree lot was closed. well we made the best of the situation  and eyeballed a good tree through the fence and us girls went the next day to get it. we of course took easton with us for his first tree picking experience. 

he is kinda giving kisses, they are open mouthed and he usually just ends up banging his mouth on your cheek. its cute though and we count it as a kiss.

easton was helping pick the tree

just a glimpse of our christmas decor, those stars are my FAVORITE and i am so so bummed i didn't buy more. 

after tree shopping he was exhausted and fell asleep instantly. i love his sleeping face.

Such a busy boy

oh easton! he is so much fun, i love watching him discover his surroundings. on this particular night i was trying to get dinner made and he was determined to be in the kitchen too. so i took the glass containers out and let him go to town with the plastics, mostly lids, but just as fun. he also is a magnet to the dishwasher, he loves to pull him self up and bang on the dishes.

Auntie comes home!

after four long months, auntie has returned from spain! just in time for christmas too.

we {me.jer.e.mom.dad.nana.aunt debbie.becca.sam.thomas} all piled in cars and met her at the gate. auntie had the experience of a lifetime {read about it here} and we are so thankful for the opportunity she was given BUT we are even more thankful she is home safe and sound. 

for a late night dinner we went to oreganos, yum!