Good News!

I found out on Tuesday that we are going to get to meet with a representative from the school where Gibson will be attending pre-school once he ages out of the Sooner Start program at 3 years old. We are going to get to talk about what steps we need to take to get him acclimated to the school, which will include a visit to see the school and meet the teachers. We are so excited about this!!
Gerod and I couldn't be happier at the progress Gibson is making in his speech therapy, and we cant wait to see the improvement that will be made by him starting behavior therapy (his first session will be at the end of this month).
Gibson had his 6 month evaluation on Tuesday where we went over how much progress the speech therapy has made up to this point. Six months ago he was MAYBE saying 10 words, and now he is probably saying somewhere around 75 and he attempts to say new words on a daily basis. We couldn't be more proud of little man!

Cant leave Chad out... he is still not officially crawling, he is just doing his army crawl which is a pretty speedy crawl if I do say so myself. He can stand up and hold onto the furniture pretty good as well. We are sure he will be walking before Gibson did, but I guess you just never know.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Wednesday... only two more days till the weekend!

"I dont wanna grow up"

Apparently Gibson doesn't understand that he is just too big for the jumper. I caught him climbing into Chad's jumper the other day, and he went to town in that thing. If he weighed much more I am quite sure he would have broken the thing. Since then he thinks it is so much fun to climb in all by himself... however once he is in, he cant get out on his own. My silly boy just doesn't want to grow up!

Spaghetti Night

We have really been working on letting Gibson feed himself... much to my dislike of him getting so messy, but that's what baths are for right?

Gibson has been giving us these hilarious faces lately. We have been talking about feelings a lot recently and on this particular night Gibson was making Gerod and I roll with laughter. Gibson kept saying "I Sad" while making a pouty face and trying his best not to smile, then he would CRACK up in laughter! He did this a few more times and by that point Gerod and I were dying. It was one of the funniest dinners we have had in a long time. Look at that face...

Chad is 8 months old...

For the first time I couldn't get Chad to give me his big CHEESY smile that I always get... this guy was all over the place! These are the best two pictures I could get out of him.

So our BUG is 8 months old already! I cant believe it! Time is truly flying by!

At 8 months Chad is:

• Doing his Army Crawl all over the place, he has amazing upper body strength
• Can hang as if he were on a chin bar for quite a while (this is truly an amazing site, I will have to get it on video)
• Sitting up all by himself without toppling over
• Eating finger foods like cheerios, puffs and yogurt melts
• Eating 3-4 jars of baby food AND four 7oz bottles per day *this kid can seriously put it away*
• Sleeping through the night, for the most part ;)
• Looking up to his big brother
• Loving bath time
• Wearing 12-18mo clothing

Chad is getting bigger every day and learning new things all the time. I hope to report a true crawler by 9 months. He seems to be doing things a lot earlier than Gibson did, and I think his size has a lot to do with it.

Mommy and Daddy love you Chad, we cant believe how big you are getting!!

Mommy & Gibson go to Sesame Street Live!

Gibson and I had a "Mommy & Son Date" Sunday afternoon. We went to see Sesame Street Live, which was a big first for us since Gibson hasn't even gone to a movie at the theater yet.

We had a ton of fun!

Here we are during the show... obviously Gibson didn't want to look at the camera, he was too into his sucker and the show. When Big Bird first came onto the stage.
Big Bird and Friends...

Munchin' on some cheerios during the show. He almost ate the whole cheerio container, and it was full when we first got there!

Ernie on the S.S. Rubber Ducky... I used to love Ernie so this was my favorite!

Elmo... He was definitely the most popular!!

During the Intermission I let Gibson jump around on the chair... he had a blast!

The African masks in the black light was probably Gibson's favorite thing. He just stared at the stage in awe. It was pretty cool looking, no wonder he was in pure amazement!

Bert imagined he was deep sea diving with a friendly Octopus, this was also in black light and was pretty cool.

Me with Carter and Gibson (Carter and his mom joined us for the day, the boys are only 2 weeks apart in age)

Sucker time... I think he was trying to say "Elmo" here

Elmo's World!!

The Entire Cast at the end of the Show!

We had a blast! We are going to have to go on more Mommy & Gibson dates. It was nice to focus on just one of my little boys and make his day. I cant wait to take him on another new adventure. Gerod and I are both SUPER excited about June 18th when Toy Story 3 comes out... we plan on both taking him and having a sitter watch Chad. Hopefully he will do well!

Around the house...

We just recently repainted the entire living room, dining room, kitchen and entry and after I finished I decided to redecorate a few things.

Here are some of the things I/we have been working on:

In the living room I have redone the mantel to include some black and white pics of us and the boys. I have two frames I still need to get pictures for so disregard those. :) Another set of pictures all in a huge frame we found in Lubbock at Kirklands. I love it! We have tons of pictures of the boys to show off now.

The pictures that were over our mantel are now in the dining room. I think they give it a more dramatic feel and make the space a bit more defined.

Another project was printing off huge letters off the computer all in different fonts and put them all in 5x7 frames. I love how this very inexpensive project turned out!

We also replaced all the blinds in the kitchen and living room with the nice ones you see in the background of the picture above. Thank goodness no more aluminum blinds that have been bent by Gibson!! So happy about that.

Chad's room hasn't changed but I have added a few things since I posted pictures the last time.
The rug is new... and how amazing does it match? I couldn't believe it myself when I found it, in of all places Walmart.com (only $40!!).

The picture of the monkey is not new, I painted it a while back. I don't know if I ever posted a picture of it though.

I couldn't leave Gibson out... I did these new wall hangings that spell out his name just this week. It was a fun project that brings some color to the walls.

Gibson's new bedding, the other side has cars and trucks all over it. I cant believe he is getting so big! Seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital.

SpLiSh SpLaSh I WaS TaKiN' A BaTh!

I love bath time with the boys! They love splashing and playing in the water.

Tonight was the first time we bathed Chad without him being in his baby bath. He has been sitting up so well on his own we thought it was worth a try. He did really well but Daddy had to catch him more than once when he lost his balance. Daddy stuck right by the side of the tub the whole time to make sure Chad wouldn't fall over.

Bath Time Boys!!!