Busy Busy!!

So John and I have been incredibly busy.  School has started and that also means that John’s football season has started.  Many of our days are consisting of getting up around 5:30 in the morning and not getting home until at least 5 or 6.  Then neither on of us have a the energy to cook dinner so we either order take out or go get something to eat.  Which means we are usually not home to 7 or 8.

Zane is doing so well.  He had a hard time transitioning in the beginning, but things are getting a lot better. He loves to go to Mrs. April’s house.  He smiles when he sees her in the mornings.  It is very sweet.  We also get very big smiles when John and I are finally at home with him at night.  He loves for it to be just the family.

We have a few new tricks.  Zane loves to roll from his back to his front.  He is so proud of himself when he does it.  I have been trying so hard at night to keep him on his back and I finally gave up this week.  I went into his bedroom when he was fussing the other night.  He rolled to his stomach and I rolled his back.  We did this 4 times and I finally gave into him.  He has started sitting up for a little longer.  He can kind of sit in a highchair but does not like to for long period of times.  He is starting to like to play peek-a-boo.  And he has now upgraded from cereal to oatmeal.  He likes it so much better.  So here are some pictures of my precious little boy!

We made a trip to Houston a few weeks ago for Labor day.  We had a blast getting to see family.

Here is Dane, Aidan, and Zane playing together.

Dane loves his cousin!

These are all of GG’s (John’s grandmother) great grandsons.  She does not have any great granddaughters, but there is one more boy coming in a few months.

Zane loves hugs!

I am so proud of myself for rolling over.  I am ready to crawl now!

“Smell my feet!”

We also got a short visit in with Jared, Jana, and Zeke over Labor day.

Zane is not too sure about the highchair yet.  He will only stay in it for a few minutes.

And finally…

My big boy is already over 5 months old.  This was taken on his 5 month birthday.

We are planning to take Zane to the park soon since it is starting to cool down.  Be watching for his first trip to the swings!

Also on another note, keep John’s sister Mandy and her family in your prayers.  They live in Spring which is on the north side of Houston.  They had a tree fall on their house and their car during the storm.  It is going to be a long process getting it all cleaned up.  Thankfully though with all the family we have in Houston, everyone was safe and unharmed.  Thank you for your prayers.

Our Crazy Lives

I know I haven’t posted in a while. Most of you know this is a crazy part of the year for our family. Of course things have gotten even more complicated with Zane this year. John has started his busy football season. He has been out of town a lot. And I have started back at school now. The kids will start on Monday. If you think about it Monday morning say a little prayer for all of the teachers out there.

Other than being busy, we are all doing really well. Zane has learned a few new tricks and also has had a few doctor appointments. Let’s start with the tricks. Zane can now sit up by himself. Not for a long period of time, but he can do it. He is so proud of himself. Here is a picture of him sitting up after a bath.

He has also been trying really hard to roll over from his back to his tummy. The other morning he woke up at 4:30 to play. John left him in bed because he was happy. He finally went back to sleep. This is how we found him a few hours later.

He also went to April’s house for the first time this week. This is our babysitter. She is one of our good friends and she keeps 2 of our other friends’ kids. Zane is going to have so much fun!! Here he is at his first day.

This is Zane’s first souvineer that John brought back to him from Kentucky.

He has also started to really enjoy his cereal.

Now to the doctor appointments. We have decided that we think Zane has reflux. For those of you who have kids with this, you know it is miserable. Zane has been very fussy. Monday John took him in and we got some medicine. Things have gotten better, but I don’t think it is completely gone. We might end up calling the doctor back, but we will give it a few more days.

We also went to the Cardiologist this week. Zane loved all of the new toys that got attached to him.

Good news… The heart murmur is an innocent murmur and we do not even need a follow up appointment for it.

So there is our last couple of weeks! I hope you enjoyed!

I’m a Big Boy Now!!

We had our 4 month doctor’s visit today. Zane did very well. He answered all of the doctor’s questions. The doctor actually asked us if he was cooing yet and Zane talked back to her. It was very funny. Zane is a growing boy. He now weighs 15lbs 6 oz and is 25 1/2 inches long. He is still somewhere around the 50th percentile for both weight and height, but his head circumference is catching up to his cousins. He is in the 70-90th percentile.

The exciting news we were given today was that Zane gets to start Rice Cereal. He will start it once a day and then slowly move to 3 times a day. He was not too sure about the experience. Of course we caught it on camera.

Zane saying, “I am not so sure about what is coming at me right now.”

“Oh, Yuck!”

“That’s not milk.”

“Well, maybe it’s not so bad.”

We did not make much of a mess.

So overall, Zane did not really like his first try of cereal. We will try again tomorrow night. Soon he will love it!

On another note…
The doctor heard a slight heart murmur today when listening to Zane’s heart. She is going to send us to a Cardiologist just to make sure that everything is okay. I am not too worried about it. I have had a heart murmur since I was a child too and it is nothing at all. But send up a prayer that I am right. We will have an appointment with the Cardiologist on August 19th. Thanks for your prayers!

We had more fun this last week including a weekend at Memaw and Pawpaw’s house, meeting Aunt Maranda for the first time, and don’t forget Nash was finally let free.  Zane got to meet his new best friend Nash.  I will post more pictures later this week or the beginning of next.

Fun Summertimes!

This week was a fun week. We started our week with a fun birthday dinner for John and Andy at Bill and Sally’s house. Sally got to feed Zane while there rest of us were enjoying dinner. Thanks Momo!

Then we had a double date with our friends Ben and Leah. Zane and Casen had a lot of fun. It will be fun to see Casen and Zane grow up together. Casen is a little over 3 months older than Zane. Look at all of our boys.

This weekend we went to visit with Jessica and Chris. They live in Oklahoma City. We did a lot of sitting around the house just visiting. Friday afternoon we did have a fun time watching a children’s musical. Jessica and Chris got a new cat. It is gorgeous. Bently, the cat, found the toilet when we were there. They had to give him a bath.

Zane loves Sundays. He loves to get up and see lots of people. He does a really good job of staying quiet when he was supposed to. He also enjoys to see his friends Sunday morning and at Small Group Sunday night.

Zane feel asleep during class. John thought it was funny that he woke up and he was laying so still I thought he was still asleep.

This is Alyson, Dakota, and Zane. Dakota was picking on everyone.

Now Zane thinks his friend is so funny .

Now for two silly pictures.  This is Zane crying over his first boo boo.  He was swinging his hand around and hit my finger nail.  It was the saddest face ever.  He just looked at me like why did you do that. Look at those big tears.

This is Zane trying to figure out what his feet are and sitting like a bg boy.