There's a New Sheriff in Town

Major is 6 Months Old!

Major at 6 months...he is finally sleeping through the night and will take a nap or two during the day, this makes for a much happier mommy!  He can sit up by himself (somewhat) and gets everywhere he needs to go by either rolling, or "crawling" on his back.  (See picture below.)  He arches his head backwards, aims himself, and uses his legs to scoot himself backwards on his back to where ever he wants to go.  He is doing a lot of cooing and "talking".  He loves the computer cord, TV cord, and basically whatever cord he can get his hands on.  He loves to laugh at his brothers and his daddy and can't get enough of playing with them.  He gives kisses by opening his mouth really wide and planting a big, slobbery one on the mouth of some family member.  As long as he gets to eat and sleep, then he is a very happy baby! :)

Here is his official 6 month photo.  We will be going to have a professional one done tomorrow or this weekend.  At the doctor today, he was 18 pounds (55th percentile) and 28 inches long (92nd percentile).  We've never had a child in the 50th percentile, we're going to have to get this kid eating!  I think that the weight might be a little off because he hadn't eaten in about 12 hours when they weighed him (I woke him up from his nightly slumber to go to the doctor), so I'm sure he weighs a little more than that.  But still, more solid foods, here we come!

How Brady Eats Pizza...

Ever since Brady could first eat pizza, he has always eaten it upside down.  It is so cute to watch.  He inspects his pizza, takes off any toppings that could fall off, then turns it upside down and eats it.  This was taken at our last family game night on January 6th.  So funny.

Christmas Morning

Finally, after much anticipation, Christmas arrived!  And not a moment too soon, I don't think little Brady could stand it anymore.  Santa was very good to us this year!  The pictures are all messed up once again, so please disregard the random order of the photos!

Sweet Major.  I love this little shirt from Aunt Sara.  It says, "For Santa, Not Daddy" speaking of the cookies and milk.  Sorry Santa, I believe Daddy ate a lot of your cookies.

 Sweet Brady helping Major open his presents.  (These first few pictures were taken later on Christmas Day when we went to Gran Betty and Big Daddy's house to open gifts from them.)

 An Astros shirt and cap for Brady. 

Eli showing Big Daddy his favorite present of Christmas...a Leapster from Santa!  (It is a video game system for kids 4 to 9 years of age.  He would play it all the time if we let him!)

 Eli with his own Astros shirt and hat.

Major doing what Major did this Christmas...eat his presents.

This picture is from earlier in the morning when Daddy found his big Santa gift in Major's closet...a 42 inch flat screen TV!!

Major with his Santa gifts.

Back to Big Daddy and Gran Betty's house...Santa leaves presents for the boys there under the little tree in the kitchen.  Here the boys are discovering what Santa left for them.

Daddy and Major

Now we are back to our house for Christmas morning and Mama opening her gifts.  Her big gift was an eReader (books on a hand held electronic device).  It is awesome!  And so much easier than carrying big books everywhere!

Both boys got light sabers...here is to the first of many battles.

This present is the one that Brady says is his favorite...a large T-Rex named Boris from Dinosaur Train.

Our tree before opening presents.

The boys ready to dig into what Santa left for them!

Daddy got a 4 pound bag of his favorite candy, Mike 'n' Ikes.  Look how heavy it is!

Discovering what was in their stockings...

Eli with his favorite toy...a Leapster!  Santa also gave him 2 games in addition to the 1 it came with, so he has plenty to play!

My two super heroes.

Eli loves to draw pictures and write stories...he got an art set with over 100 items to write/draw with!  We already have several new pictures on our fridge.

Christmas is so special with little ones.  We really had a wonderful time opening presents just the 5 of us on Christmas morning.  I made crescent rolls (Daddy's favorite) and we just enjoyed the morning together.  The boys played and played with their toys and kept thanking Santa for all their wonderful gifts.  Sometimes I wish they could stay like this forever.

Today I took down all of the Christmas decorations, which is always a sad day for me because I love Christmas so much and the house always looks so sad after it is all put away.  But what really touched my heart is that Brady started to cry as I took down the decorations.  "Does Christmas have to be over?"  He asked.  Yes, little one, I'm afraid so.  But, Brady said, the bright side is that we get to have Christmas again next year and get out all our decorations again.  That sweet boy always knows how to make me smile. :)

Christmas Eve

We definitely had a very blessed Christmas this year.  It is such a magical time with little boys.  They have been asking about Santa every night for quite a while, and the time is finally here!  There were presents from aunts and uncles on Christmas Eve, and Santa gifts on Christmas morning!  Major has been on a kick where he doesn't go to bed until about 4 am, so waking up at 7 for Santa was a little early for me, but we still had a good time.  As usual, the picture uploader is going crazy, so the order of the pictures is a little off.  But here we go on the Christmas Eve present opening bonanza!

All 3 boys got a pillow pet from Aunt Sara and Uncle Alex.  A pillow pet can be flat and be a pillow, or be folded in half and it is a stuffed animal.  The boys have been sleeping with theirs every night since Christmas Eve.  Eli has been asking for one for a long time!

Brady got several more pieces to his Dinosaur Train.  He loves it!

Major basically just ate his wrapping paper.  But I'm sure he appreciates the gifts!  This red onsie is one that we were given when Eli was a baby.  It is fun to see the outfits go through all 3 boys!

Here are the boys in front of the picture and cookies they made for Santa.  It was their gift to him.  And Christmas morning they found that Santa had taken their present and left a thank you note!

Brady playing with his new Dinosaur Train station.

Eli got Star Wars legos from mom and dad.  Here he is trying to put together some of the ships.

This family photo was actually the first one taken of the night.  Our church has a candlelight service on Christmas Eve that we attend every year.  The boys love it because they get to light a candle and hold it up. :)  After this service, it is home to open presents!

Decorating cookies for Santa

Brady and his pillow pet.

3 boys ready for bed and Santa to come!