6 MONTHS OLD BABY ISRAEL

Someone is six months old. Not sure how that happened so fast. It seems like the more babies I have, the faster they all grow up. I wish I could just push pause and or at least slow motion. Being as I can't, I will just sit and soak up every second on their lives.

6 Month Stats

Weight: 18 lbs. 9 oz. (75%)

Height: 28 1/2 inches (Off the charts!)

Head: 17 1/2 inches (90%)

Israel started solids right before he turned six month and he loves them now. At first he wasn't so sure what to think. 

 As you can see here.

The boys love that he is eating food. They are always asking what I'm feeding him and Gouverneur likes to try a bite or two or whatever the baby is having. I love watching the boys with baby Israel. 

Israel is now sitting in a highchair some. This was on his actual six month birthday. (taken with my phone.)

Israel is at such a fun stage. He is laughing and giggling all the time. He loves the exersaucer. He make us all so happy. He loves watching his brothers. He has gone back to sleeping 8-12 hours at night. He loves to roll over on his stomach but can't get back onto his back. He grabs everything in site. He is such an angel baby and we just love him.

Someone got a haircut...

...And he looks so bigtime. It's hard to believe that Gouverneur really had those curls, but he did. He went from a baby to a big boy in just a few minutes. Breaks my heart, but it was time.

ALMOST 17 MONTHS

This little guy is just a week shy of 17 months. It's hard to believe that he is going to be a big brother. He is still such a baby in so many ways. With all the boys being so close, he will still be a baby for a long time. But as Sterling Henry tagged him, he will be the "old baby". Old meaning older, not old news in anyway. We love this little guy and can't wait to see him be a big brother and do the darling things that his older brother have done.

He just started using a fork and plate this last week. He has been trying for a while but I've been holding onto being the one to feed him. I finally gave in and the boy is beyond thrilled.

He's also cutting 8 teeth at once and being a trooper about it. This little boy melts our hearts everyday. He LOVES to snuggle and LOVES his daddy. We love you Gouverneur!

Baby Boy Fillmore #4

This darling little boy will be arriving October 29th and we couldn't be more thrilled. We got to see him again today.

He waved this time!

This pregnancy has been so completely different that I thought for sure it was a girl. But after a rough two weeks and two ultrasounds, we were thrilled and relieved to see a healthy little boy in there.

The boys are all thrilled. Sterling Henry has come up with lots of names. His current favorites are Jet, Tractor, and Mac. He has also thrown out Water, Ducky, Pancake, and Light. It's fun to see him so excited. He calls the baby the "New" baby. Gouverneur is now called the "Old" baby.

We do love our boys and look forward to meeting this little guy!

Pictures of the boys.

These are the three pictures I got taken and framed for dad's birthday. They are now hanging in his office. Tabitha did a fabulous job. I am thrilled with all the pictures she took of the boys!




This last picture of Dellin is almost more than I can handle. He looks so old and grown up here. It makes me want to cry. This shoot was his 2-year photo shoot and he is just darling!

I want to have a nice 2-year old picture of the kids all in the same sort of pose. Here is Sterling and Dellin's pictures.



They look so official and I think it will be fun to have one of all our kids at this age.

10 Months.

Look who's 10 months old and thinks he's bigtime?!? Gouverneur is such a cutie these days. He is the snuggliest, most darling baby. I really don't think I've had a baby that can compete with the amount of hugs he loves to give. He has 6 teeth and 2 more popping through. He's cruising like a champ. He is happy and smiley and melts our hearts every day.

We love you Gouv!

MY OWN PAUL BUNYAN

Whenever Sterling does anything, he does it big. The bigger the better, the more the merrier, you get the point right?!? You'd think I would know this about him by now. The other day he told me he wanted to get some firewood for our fireplace for the winter. I had visualized a couple of these guys.

Little did I know he was thinking more along these lines. A dump truck was used to transport this pile.

My husband seriously rocks! I think we are set for the winter. And probably the next ten winters!

BIG BOY BED

We moved Little Man into a big boy bed and it is sort of breaking my heart. He is growing up so fast and I can't make it stop.

First night. I was gone so dad documented it for me. (He is the best!)

He picked out Cars sheets. I plan on making a cute quilt but will probably just buy one.
He loves his bed and only falls out once a night. Good thing we are leaving it on the floor for now!

Someone is a big boy.

Someone is officially a big boy and proud of it! We have been talking up potty training for the last 2 months. We bought big boy underwear one week before the big day and he carried them around non-stop.

He turned three on Sunday and we started Monday.

We had lots of potty treats. Sterling got three every time, and Dellin and I each got one. This was a group effort.

We spent lots of time around the house all week so unfortunately we watched more shows than normal. I never got tired of this view from behind. What a big boy!
We only had two minor accidents, but I think he is there... Fingers crossed! He really is such a big boy and such a good older brother. We sure love our Little Man!

BABY ORANGES

Little Man loves baby oranges (clementines). He could eat 10 a day if I let him. He has now learned to peel them on his own and does a great job. He even bites into it to get it started. Today when he finished, he raised his arms like this and yelled, "I made it!".

I am in love.

"I wanna watch a show!"

This last weekend was huge for a lot of reasons. Sterling Henry still sleeps in a crib, which I love and hope he will FOREVER! He has never attempted to climb out. On Saturday however, we put him to bed only to see him reappear 45 minutes later. He not only climbed out of his crib, but now can open doors... GREAT! He sat down on the couch and announced, "I wanna watch a show!" You betcha! He had this smile on his face that was priceless.
He still has been going down at nights and still naps but it is a bit alarming to know that he can get out. I knew this day would come. I had just hoped that is would be when he was 7 or 8.

We also got together with good friends who were in town for the weekend. The Wheatleys and the Hatches.

Boy shot.

Girl shot. (I don't feel like a giant around my girlfriends, but whenever I see a picture of us, I realize that I sort of am...)
Great weekend minus the the crib issue.

LOTS OF MONKEY BUSINESS AROUND HERE

Our boys are growing up so fast. They both have so much energy and keep us on our toes. Dellin is all over the place now that he is crawling. He still smiles from ear to ear all day long.
Just look at that face.

He loves to crawl over to the weights and move them around. The crazy thing is that they are really heavy and hard to move. He is our little muscle man!

Here is some video of Dellin crawling. The end part is a normal day for little Dellin. Sterling Henry LOVES to jump him and to sit on him.

Sterling Henry is such a sweet little boy even though he definitely has a wild side. He got these new monkey pajamas and he is OBSESSED! He pretty much wants to wear them every night and loves to say "monkeys" when he has them on.
We love our wild boys!

COOL COOL CARS

Sterling Henry is 100% boy. He loves anything with wheels. Lately, he has been into his cars and calls them his "cool cool cars". It's pretty awesome.

He loves to line them up on the table. I snapped a picture today before he knocked them all off.

Posing next to the "cool cool cars".
We couldn't be prouder of our Little Man. He really is so much fun. He talks all the time, and surprisingly has a strong personality.

Dellin is the cutest thing around town. We love our little cub. He smiles non-stop.

He has started to push himself up into the crawling position. This is the best picture that I could get. He knows he's big time just look at that face.There is nothing that I would rather be doing than staying home with these two sweet boys.

4 REASONS WHY WE LOVE DECEMBER

FIRST. Little man gets to wear his "Christmas clothes" each week to church. This outfit was much needed considering that we couldn't button his other church pants.



SECOND. Coats and hats are a must lately with the chilly weather we have been having. I love putting hats on Sterling Henry even though he is always trying to rip them off. Luckily this one buttons under his chin.

THIRD. Holiday PJ's. Last year I waited for him to wear these on Christmas eve but this year we are going to enjoy them all month long. (Too many pictures today.)


FOURTH. Our baby boy is FINALLY walking. It all started today when I was over at a friend's house and he just started walking all over the place. He pretty much thinks he is big time now and so do we. We are so proud of our little man.

With this many exciting things already happening in December, I can't wait to see what else we have to look forward too!

H2O

We store a lot of water under our bed just in case the big one hits. I had to move it all the other day to clean under there and it ended up in these laundry baskets for a few days. Who knew that two laundry baskets full of bottled water could equal hours of entertainment for our little man???

He especially likes moving them back and forth.




We are thinking about getting him a weight set for Christmas since he loves moving and pushing really heavy things!

PS. Only 8 weeks till our new little cub arrives. We are really excited!

STRONGEST BABY COMPETITION

Our little man LOVES to push stuff around.

He started with this.




Moved on to this. (He works best with sweet mexi-music in the background.)



And his most recent! (He really puts his back into it.)


He would be happy to help you with any of your rearranging needs. He works for practically nothing and never complains!

OUR FUN LITTLE MAN

Here are some pictures of our little man from this last week. Although he has not been feeling well and had one major meltdown/tantrum, I look at these pictures and barely even remember it!

What is it with kids and boxes? We have only ever bought Sterling Henry a couple of toys because the boy is happier with boxes and shoes.


Sterling Henry has not been napping very well in the afternoon, but from this picture below you can see that he is clearly exhausted. He was in this chair for maybe two minutes before I looked over and saw this adorable bobbing head.


Dads are more fun than moms for lots of reasons. Case in point, a little diet rootbeer in the bottle. Why??? "Because he wanted it!"


Sterling Henry is not walking yet and is not really interested in doing so. We borrowed this walking toy from his pal Reese and he has been walking around like a madman behind it all day long!

Our little man turns one this next week and I can barely even handle it. Where did this last year go???

HOW CAN I FREEZE TIME???

Sterling Henry is at the cutest stage right now. He is so much fun. He has this adorable smile on his face all day long and we LOVE it! We go on walks all the time and I love to watch how people react to him because he is such a happy little baby. He can get a reaction out of just about anyone!

He loves to stand and cruise on furniture. One of his favorite things to hold onto is the toilet seat. This door is usually closed for that very reason!
I can't imagine anyplace I would rather be than home with this little man all day!

EASY TO ENTERTAIN

I was telling Sterling the other day that I think Sterling Henry needs new toys because he seems bored with his. After a few days, I realized that he is completely entertained by the things we have. He has even found new uses for things we use everyday.

My favorite is his new chew toy. Three new teeth in one week has been tough. But with the help of these pink sandals, he cut the teeth pretty quick. Sort of gross but he really likes it.


This is his new smile when we get out the camera. We CLEARLY take a lot of pictures of this kid! (But with that cute face, how can we not?)


We put him down for a nap yesterday and heard him laughing, we walked in to find him standing like this.
We decided it was time to lower his crib. He still can stand up but hopefully he won't fall out!

THE CRAWLER

Sterling Henry has figured out how to "crawl." He gets around all over the place and is starting to get into EVERYTHING! I honestly have to say that I actually like him getting into things. I know there might hit a point where I don't but for now... I LOVE IT!

Here he is in action...