9 months old!!

Watson had his 9 month check up last Friday.  He is a healthy little boy weighing in at 21 lb 12 oz and measuring 29.5 inches.  He is still at the 75 %ile for both weight and height for his age!  We are completely done with baby food.  He eats all table food...and lots of it.  He feeds himself and won't let anyone else try to feed him- very independent already!  He is taking a cup for all his milk during the day (except when he nurses) and is still getting a bottle at night before bed.  He has started crawling and has even pulled to standing on his own once.  We are getting lots of vocals from him- he talks all of the time just like his mommy!  We are going to need to babyproof asap because he gets into everything!!!!!  Gloria is keeping him at our house this week and said she ran into the kitchen to get his lunch ready and he was being uncharacteristically quiet so she peeped in on him.  He was in daddy's candy bucket and had chocolate running out of his mouth!!!!  Happy as he could be!  That will find another place this weekend when we babyproof!  He loves looking at dogs and climbs all over Tucker.  Thankfully Tucker allows it.  I think they are going to be good friends b/c Watson loves throwing the ball for Tucker.  We are really enjoying the nice weather outside and looking forward to being outside with watson this spring and summer!  Here are some new pictures over the past month.

Watson gets Baptized!

We had a great weekend last weekend for Watson's baptism.  Our family came into town and we enjoyed the nice weather outside by going to Piedmont Park with Jason's family and my brother joined us as well.  There was a litter of 10 wk old yellow lab pups that Watson got to play with.  It was the cutest thing ever watching them play with each other.  I wanted to bring one home but Jason refused his only son of this opportunity to grow up with a new pup ;).  We already have 2 that get on my nerves with a baby, so that is a good thing that he kept me grounded!

Watson did so good at his baptism- smiling at the congregation and preacher.  He loved opening all of the presents at lunch afterwards. 

I have been giving him finger foods for about 2 weeks and he has already gotten to the point that he pretty much refuses most baby foods.  He does pretty well with the finger foods but isn't quite good enough with his pincer grasp, so he has a little bit of trouble but it works!

His new "skill" is throwing.  He throws everything!  He's been playing with balls and trying to throw them but now he's gotten pretty good at it.  He's got a strong arm and things can go a ways!  He likes watching it get thrown but then fusses until we go get it because he can't get it yet.

Watson 7-8 months old

New pictures of Watson over the past month are below.  He is getting to be such a little boy and he is starting to show his opinion!  He wants to stand up all of the time now and is scooting around but not crawling yet.  He LOVES yogurt and has even tried refusing his meals in hopes of his yogurt...but dietitian mom isn't falling for that!!  I am working on table foods with him now but he is just playing with them and the dogs are enjoying this process.  He is more and more into the dogs and Tucker has been great with him.  He is also becoming more and more vocal and is holding his arms out for us to pick up and starting to wave (although I don't think he realizes what he's doing quite yet!).  He is getting baptized February 20th so we will have family up and pictures from that in the near future.

Merry Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas everyone!!  Watson's first Christmas was a great success and so much fun!    Dad and Pat came to do an early Christmas last weekend and we had such a great visit with them.  Today, Watson's present to us was to snuggle in bed and go back to sleep until 10 am after he got his 7 am feed!!  This is usually when he is up for the day!  So Jason and I were well rested!  We got up and started getting ready for our company to arrive when it started pouring SNOW!  And it snowed all day...still is snowing!!  We had 14 dear family members over to our house for dinner, which went fabulously.  It was yummy and fun to visit with everyone.  Watson really enjoyed all of the presents and was in such a good mood all day.  I hope all of you had a wonderful day as well.  Here are our pictures from this Christmas!  Enjoy!

Watson is 6 months old today!!!  He weighed 17 lb 14 oz at his 6 mo dr apt on Monday and did really well with all of his shots.  He is a healthy little boy!  He is sitting up on his own and reaching for EVERYTHING now.  He really likes the remote control and my cell phone.  He LOVES to eat solids and is doing great with it.  We put him in a booster chair to eat solids and he loves getting in it.  He is more and more alert and interested in everything going on around him.  We took him to Lenox Mall this past weekend and he just looked around at all the people and things the entire time.  Jason and I decorated for Christmas last weekend as well, including putting up our tree.  Watson was in awe of it when he woke up- he just stares at the lights and tries to touch the tree and ornaments.  He is such a happy baby- really only cries when he needs something...mainly food!  We are looking forward to having everyone at our house for Christmas this year.  Jason and I continue to fall more and more in love with this little boy- he just melts our hearts!!!

Watson 4-5 months

Time is going by so fast!  Watson is doing great but changing every day.  We started solids 2 weeks ago and he has done really well so far.  I am making some of my own baby food and my neighbor is giving us some of her baby food, Yummy Spoonfuls (http://www.yummyspoonfuls.com/).  The only thing so far that he really doesn't seem to care for is avocado- he spits it out and even threw up over the side of his chair today when I kept trying to give it to him!  He is really vocal now, which is so funny to listen to him.  He blows bubbles and makes all kinds of funny noises.  We took him to his 1st Ga Tech game yesterday and he did so good!  He enjoyed watching all of the people, the game and the pom poms shaking!  He weighed in at 18 lbs on Friday at the pediatrician's office.  The picture below is a link to the latest pictures- just click on the picture!

4-5 months (november)

3-4 months

Well, time is flying by!  I went back to work September 7.  It is going really well.  It is nice to get out and feel like myself again!  I am working 3 days a week, so it is a nice balance.  Our little guy is growing so fast and is getting cuter and cuter by the day!  He is so talkative now- I wish I knew what he was saying!  He has his 4 month pediatrician visit on Monday and I think he is going to weigh in around 16 lbs!  He has to get shots so I am dreading that for him.  Jason and I went to Columbus for Brannon and Taylor's wedding last weekend.  It was our first time away from Watson for a weekend.  We had a blast but were excited to see him on Sunday when we got back.  We also celebrated our 5 yr anniversary this weekend!  Hard to believe it has already been 5 years!!  We got back from St Simons Island, Ga today.  Were there for the past week with Jason's family.  It was a great, relaxing week.  Our weather was awesome and Watson did really good being away and even for the 5 hour drive to and from!  We are planning to take him to a pumpkin patch next weekend.  We are going to the Ole Miss/Auburn game Halloween weekend so I am excited he will get to meet some of my besties from college!  I have some new pics from the past month below! You can click on the slideshow and it will take you to the album where pics can be seen bigger!