Blue Eyed Boy

Chet - 6 Months

Here's our little man.  Chet is more alert, aware, curious, and active these days.  His legs are always kicking.  He does a funny hand flap at the wrist.  He loves to observe his siblings.  Has started waking up too early the past few weeks--it started in the 6's and has worked its way to the 5's.  I'm doing everything I can to tweak his schedule and help him (and myself) sleep in a little more.

He can roll over both ways now, although he mostly goes from back to front.  He still sleeps in our bedroom because I don't want to take Ty out of his crib.  Ty still naps and sleeps great so I have been unwilling to mess with that.  Chet coos and "talks" for the first 20 minutes when he wakes up.  It is pretty cute to listen to even if it is super early.  Then he starts fussing for food.

All the kids love play with him, but Janie does the most.  She always wants to hold him, roll on the floor with him, feed him a puff (and eat one herself), feed him food, feed him a bottle.  She has a real live baby doll.

He still has a clogged tear duct in his left eye.  He loves taking a bath.  He is a trooper to be constantly woken up from naps to get into a freezing car to take or pick up someone from somewhere.

Snow Days

After Christmas break Blake went back to school on Monday and Tuesday.  The rest of the week was cancelled because the temperature was so low.  Eric went to visit his brother Kurt in Nevada from Thursday to Monday (my Christmas present to him).  Due to bad weather, his flight was delayed which made him miss his connecting flight.  He spent the night at the Las Vegas airport and arrived in Reno early Friday morning.  He had a great time and I'm glad he got to spend time with Kurt and his family.  They chose to get together that weekend so they could watch four football games together.  Boy heaven.

The kids and I didn't leave the house for four days straight.  At first we didn't want to leave.  Then Blake and I tried shoveling the driveway on day three but the snow kept coming down that there was no point.  On Saturday a friend came over with a four wheeler and plowed it for us.  It was a long week but at times surprisingly fun.  We rationed our milk.  We got creative and had a few dance parties.  We did have friends over so I guess that helped us feel connected to the outside world.  Gotta love Michigan!

Sweet Thing

 

 

 

 

Janie continues to love to bake and she even got her own Betty Crocker junior cookbook for Christmas.  We made a double batch of chocolate chip cookies to cope with the freezing winter weather.  When she was eating the dough her face seemed to look older to me.  I took a bunch of pictures of course.  She will be five next month.  Love my cooking pal.

Playing Restaurant

 

 

 

Perfect activity for Blake and Janie--playing restaurant.  Janie was in charge of the kitchen, food preparation, and serving.  Blake made the menu, took the orders, and handled the money (with his cash register).  Eric and I dined and made small talk over a "brgr" and "soap."  It was pretty adorable.

Happy New Year!