Pierson Family Twin Tales

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Bluebonnets on Easter and Ben is 8 months!

This stupid blogger is about to give me a heart attack, it's making me so mad. I've spent so many late nights trying to upload pictures and it wasn't working, which is the reason I haven't posted in forever. Now I thought I had it working, but it's not uploading half of my pictures. ANYWAY! Time to play catch up!

Easter Sunday, we had an opportunity before church to take a few shots in the pretty bluebonnets (a MUST every spring if you live in Texas).. These crack me up because Ben looks like such a rolly pollie in the middle!

A few shots at the house on Easter before we left.

Over at Mom's on Easter

Always smiling!

Now let's get to the sweet 8 month pics of my big boy!

Ben is still sleeping like a champ, eating like a growing boy (8 oz. bottles already), and he's starting to try and get around by himself (Uh-Oh)! When Nate and Lilly aren't smothering him, he really wants to be on the move, chasing them around. He gets so mad when Brian or I walk out of the room for a second. You can tell he wants to follow us and see what we're doing! He's trying to crawl, but then just ends up sitting back up. Any day now! He got his first two teeth on the bottom, but no more yet. He loves most foods except peas and green beans. He's eating puffs now and LOVES those (such a life saver to stuff a few of those in his mouth when he gets fussy). We've been making more trips to the park with friends since the weather has been nicer, and Ben loves to get out of the stroller and sit on a blanket. He also sat in a highchair at Chick-Fil-A for the first time this month! Yay to not having to bring that stupid carrier everywhere anymore (he's just about too big for that too). Lots of firsts for this big guy!!

GO RANGERS!

Chatting at a park with an older woman ;)

Soooo big!

That's my childhood blanky on his head :)

I was proud of my non-crafty self for getting these painted and up in Ben's room!

Sometimes an evening walk in the stroller is the only way to get any peace. Maybe he was fussy because of his new teeth? He loves stroller and car rides!

Trying to crawl..

Love this of Nate and Lilly before their spring show at school. They did so good, and they look so grown up!!

Monday, March 31, 2014

My big 7 month old

Ok, our baby is growing way too fast!! LITERALLY! Ben was seven months old on March 16. At his check up at 6 and a half months old, he was 20.11 pounds and 27.25 inches long. In the 90th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for height. Ben is WAY bigger than Nate and Lilly were at this age.

He's becoming more independent, spending more time on the floor playing with toys (of course usually with big brother and sister in his face). He isn't crawling but he figured out how to move a little way by hopping up and down on his bottom, scooting forward little by little.

The BEST thing I have to report this month is that Ben is SLEEPING for 12 straight hours at night AND sometimes he even takes long naps for me during the day! Somehow, no matter what, he is still pretty fussy in the evenings, though. It's a challenge to hold him over until 7pm for his last bottle and bed time. He seems like he's ready for bed around 5! What's really nice is that Nate and Lilly have actually been sleeping later too, sometimes I even get to get up, shower, have my coffee and watch a few minutes of the news before anyone in the house is awake. Talk about heavenly bliss. Sigh. I'll enjoy it while it lasts!! Pretty soon Ben will be teething and in a few more months, I'll have to be waking everyone up early to get ready for kindergarten :(. Boo!

In the mean time, look at these pictures of my sweet baby boy playing on the floor! If you don't want to smooch his cheeks right off, I don't believe you!!