Slow Down

Seriously how did 6 months already go by?! This little light of our life is going to be a year before we know it, even though it feels like he was just born 3 months ago.  Robbie is our sweet amazing little boy and we can not be more blessed to have him as a part of our little family.

 

 

 Is this face not the sweetest you've ever seen!

 

 

Robbie is still my snugly baby, I'll be sad when he stops (but hopefully he never will )

 

He is eating baby foods really good now. We have only introduced rice cereal, applesauce, and green beans, but he can now open his mouth and eat big amounts without having it all come out of his mouth, he likes his little sippy cup (shown in picture) but still working on figuring it all out.  Can you believe he is trying to crawl.  He gets on all fours and rocks back and forth and shoots himself forward...ahh I was hoping he wouldn't start crawling until around 8 months, but looks like we are going to have an early crawler on our hands again, at least he didn't start at 5 months like his sister.  He is also getting pretty good at sitting on his own without support.  Really time needs to slow down because I am not ready for this boy to be doing all of these things.

 

These two still are best of buds and love each other so much.  So grateful that they get along so well and love to play together.  Makes life much easier and brings so much joy to my heart.

 

Robbie's Stats...

 

- Weighs 13lbs 11oz... 1 percentile

 

- 15th percentile in height

 

- 5th percentile in head circumference

 

He may be tiny, but he is healthy and active and that is what matters the most!

 

* on a side note... I am putting this on here for later when he is older he can read and either be extremely embarrassed, or really proud cuz we all know how boys are, but I would notice other little boys....um pee pee's and noticed that Robbies is not so little, well I asked the doctor today and she said that his is in fact "big" lol and that "dad should be proud" haha oh my I just died laughing so yes he is in fact a little man already! (don't judge that I'm actually posting this I am quite embarrassed)



"big" girl

The day has finally come where my little girl has started preschool.  I remember thinking when she was just a little baby how weird it would be when she is in school and even though this is not kindergarten it is still school and It is still crazy to me how much time has gone by.  I am super excited to see how she grows developmentally throughout the year. Lately it has become apparent to Rob and I that she is a big girl now just by the way she talks and expresses herself.

This is a very exciting time for us all and we are so proud of our little girl or "big" girl as Makayla would have us say.

Summer Fun!

Just a warning there are a ton of pics...

We had my family reunion and Rob's family reunion back to back so we were able to spend almost 2 weeks in Cali and it was crazy fun. We went to Sea World, lounged on the beach, played at the park, went swimming, played games and ate a lots.  It was a very needed trip and so much fun!

 Makayla and her cousins Tavian and Marek

at the end of the night she got so cold at Sea World so her aunt Lacey zipped her in her jacket to keep her warm

4 generations of studs



Robbie's first time at the beach (he doesn't look too happy) but he loved it.



playing with Grandma Miller



the kids and Lacey spending lots of quality time together

Lacey stayed the night with us a couple of times in SD and we had to get a pic of her and I snuggled up in bed wearing our fun retainers lol

the girls playing in the sand. They all played so great together

the Miller clan minus Katie, Derek and their kids



sporting uncle Nicks motorcycle helmet

this was water from the aftermath of a big rainstorm we had in AZ, she took all her clothes off and loved every second of it. I must be a pretty awesome mom to let her swim in that filth, she had way too much fun I didn't want to ruin a good time

 this was hilarious, Makayla was playing in the water, the next thing we knew she plopped down in the sand face first and didn't move for around 3 min, she almost fell asleep it was so funny!

found Robbie trying to eat m&m's

Love our fun summer vacations.

Robbie's 5 months!

I'm sure I say it every month and I bet I'll say it with every kid, but seriously time really goes by fast! My baby is 5 months old already!! How did this happen?!

Robbie weighs in at a whopping 12lbs 4oz lol okay so maybe that's not whopping hehe.  He is actually officially not even on the charts for weight anymore, he is below so the doc gave me instructions to try to feed him a bottle of either formula or breast milk along with nursing as much as I can, and because I have lots of my milk stored in the freezer I have been giving him a bottle of breast milk in between our nursing feedings and at bedtime after I feed him I give him a bottle of formula. He would never cry after a feeding and was always happy and content afterwards, so I know he wasn't still hungry, but this boy has always loved to eat a lot so these extra feedings are definitely not too much for him =)

other than still being the best baby alive and sleeping amazing for me, he is starting to do fun and new things. 

- Grab at toys and pacifier and bring them to his mouth

- play with his feet

- roll over from back to front and vise versa

- still scooting around but not crawling yet

- Giggle (oh how I LOVE that)

He loves...

- His Sofie giraffe

- Diaper changes, no joke the second we start wiping him he starts giggling and smiling like crazy, it is hilarious I don't think I've ever seen a baby get so happy over a diaper change

- Mommy shaking his booty. lol He gets so happy when I lay him on his back and start shaking his butt =)

- Tickles

- His sister. They love each other sooo much and he is always happy when she is playing with him

Each day Rob and I tell each other how awesome of a baby Robbie is, we can not say it enough of how lucky we are to be his parents (and Makayla's of course).  He is super chill and easy going and happy and we are falling in love with him more and more every day.

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July.  It was raining off and on and we went swimming in the rain, took naps and finally went to see big fireworks.  Usually we don't go out because it is too hot and we just do little fireworks in our street, but this year the weather was amazing so we went out and we are so glad we did it was great.

 Our little stud muffin getting so big

this is how we roll! I am always carrying Robbie in this sling and I love it people are always telling me to get a picture of us so we finally got one =)

Makayla and her piercing blue eyes

this picture of Robbie captures him perfectly. He is always just smiling like that all day. and Makayla is so funny she is in a stage of crossing her legs like a lady hehe

Hope you all had a great 4th! We sure did!

4 month check up

This little stud turned 4 months! He will be a year before we know it. It is crazy how small he is, he weighs 11lbs 15oz and is in the 1 percentile of weight. We thought Makayla was small, well she was small but he is even smaller than she was at her 4 months aren't boys supposed to be bigger? =) He is tiny but adorable!

Robbie had his first official blown out haircut the other day.  His hair was getting so long and out of control, I thought for sure he was going to lose most of it, but nope it kept strong and got long hehe. He is sleeping 12 hours a night which to me is a-ma-zing!!!! He sure knows how to treat his mommy good.  It is very clear that he is a total mommy's boy, he can sense when I'm not around and likes to give Rob a hard time when I leave for a couple hours to go to the gym at night or hang out with friends, but when I'm around he is an angel and it is very easy to calm him down. 

He is starting to laugh a lot

He reaches for his toys

He sucks on his index and middle fingers to soothe himself
He has been teething for almost a month now, but luckily he is still happy and mellow just slobbering and chomping down on his fingers.

Did I mention he is scooting around on his belly?! Ugh yeah he is extremely strong and is getting close to crawling, I wouldn't be surprised if he started crawling in a month like his big sister did it is crazy and I don't want him to one bit! Not that early I need one kid to just sit with me for a while!

Serious LOVE

There is some serious love going on in our home these days! Robbie is becoming a little baby instead of an infant and we are all infatuated. Watching my two children interact and love each other so much makes my heart so happy.  They love each other so much, Robbie just stares at Makayla all day and Makayla is constantly talking to him to make him laugh.

 Sunday snuggle time with his daddy!

We love our lazy mornings where we spend lots of time in bed (ha I like how I'm completely out, but not my kids.  I didn't even know Rob took this picture hehe)

Sleeping babies are the best! We found Makayla curled up in a ball asleep



So much love around here!!