Casen's 6 month Update

Where has the time gone? I blinked and my baby turned 6 months! 6 months is kind of a big deal! It's the age where babies are no longer tiny. They sit up, roll over, start eating solids, and bits of their personality starts to appear. It's a milestone age, one that is so fun to document.


 I can't wait to get Casen's 6 month pictures taken in the next week or two.  He is getting so big and I has changed so much since he was a tiny newborn. So for now all that will be on the blog are some pictures I've taken.

Casen is so smiley! He smiles all day long and it's pretty much the sweetest thing you've ever seen! He is starting to laugh a lot and loves watching Lydia run around the house. He loves company and whines whenever I leave the room. Daddy is second favorite to Mommy still. Casen smiles and giggles when Brian comes home from work and picks him up. It's so sweet.

So, did I mention that Casen is now 21.5 lbs! Yeah, he is a big boy. The the first reaction I usually get from people is, "Wow look at that chunk!" He is wearing 12-18 month clothes, and I feel like I'm constantly buying him new pajamas. But having a cuddly, cubby baby is the best! I just love his cubby thighs, and big belly!

He still isn't too impressed with solids. I've tried cereal, but he hates it. I decided to try vegetables and that seems to be working a little better. He still doesn't love it, but today he ate almost a tablespoon of baby food, so I'm hoping he starts liking it.

He was sleeping awesome for like a week. He even slept for 8 hours one night. Then I don't know what happened. This past week he has been sleeping terrible!! He is never up screaming, and I've never once walked the halls, but he wants to eat constantly, and be held! I'm crossing my fingers that tonight will be better.

He rolls over from back to front and front to back, sits on his own, staring solids, and grabs everything he can! He loves toys and growls the whole time he is playing with something. He is just getting so big and I'm kinda sad about it! With Lydia I was excited for each stage, but with him it's just going by way fast and I want to savor every minute!

Lydia of course wanted her picture taken too. I can say that I have a whole new respect for photographers. This was seriously the best picture I could get. Lydia would not look at me and smile, and she wiggled all over! I don't have the patience for photography so kudos to all of you who do!

Here's another one :)

Another failed attempt....

Another one.....

And my favorite one :)

Well, we love our Casen boy so much! He is the Best Baby Ever! I don't know what we ever did without this sweet little guy. 

I'll be updating the blog again shortly with his official 6 month pictures once me and Kami have a spare minute to get them done. :)

Casen's 5 Month Update....

So my cute boy is tipping the scales at 20lbs these days! He is as chubby and happy as ever. He wears 9 month clothing, and even 9 month sizes are starting to get too tight. He grows out of everything so fast I have such a hard time keeping up with him! He thighs are seriously, so big that I put him in some 18 month pants and just roll up the bottoms!

So big milestones have been happening this month. Casen is now sitting up by himself! And we've started solids! However, Casen is not impressed with solid food at all. He makes faces, arches his back, and refuses to open his mouth for the spoon. I thought my chubster would be all over baby food! But, this guy couldn't dislike it more. Maybe by the time we get to six months he'll like it.

First time eating solids. Daddy helped :)

He is starting to roll over more from his back to his belly, but he his pretty slow. Hahaha, it takes a few minutes, but he can do it!


He no longer really fits in the bumbo. Which is fine, he doesn't like the bumbo seat for too long, but he'll stand in the exersaucer forever! He loves that thing. Just one other thing my babies have differed with; Lydia loved the bumbo as a baby, it was her favorite thing, and she didn't care for the exersaucer as much.

Here is a picture of Casen not fitting in his Easter outfit. I thought it was so funny, but I was kinda bummed about it too. I bought it in a 9 month size at target and I was sure it was going to fit him, but his thighs are just too chubby!

So on Easter the Easter Bunny brought Lydia a Trike. It is one that grows with the kids, and you can actually put a 9month old on it. There is a seat with straps and a tray. It also has a shade canopy. We thought it would be fun to put Casen in it when Lydia outgrows it.  So, Casen woke up earlier than Lydia on Easter, so it was only fair that he got to ride the bike first.

We sure love our little man. He is the best baby. I can already tell when he becomes a toddler I'm going to bawl my eyes out because he's been such a fun baby. I'm going to keep this boy little as long as I can!

Casen's 4 month Update...

So my sweet, cuddly, smiley boy's 4 moth stats are this: 18 lbs 4 oz and is 27.8 inches long. He is in the 97% for weight and 99.82 in height.

He rolls over now, but not often. He usually gets about half way over from his back to his belly and then gives up; ha ha. I think it's just too much work for my little, chubby guy.

Look at that cute chubby boy! I took these pictures so I can remember those cute chubby thighs. :)

He loves the water! We took the kids swimming for our niece's birthday and Casen just loved it! It was so cute, he just lounged back in his little raft thing and kicked, grinned, and looked around. He was in the water for hours and didn't fuss once! It was so much fun!

He loves bath time, and still wants to be held all day long. He is super snugly, and actually sleeps best snuggled up to me or Brian.

Speaking of Brian, Casen loves his Daddy. Lydia has always been a Mama's girl, and when she was a baby often times only me or my Mom were the only ones who could really console her when she was upset. But Casen is just as happy to have Brian pick him up when he is sad as me. Sure, when he's hungry of course he wants me, but when he is tired he'll snuggle up to Brian and go right to sleep. Brian just loves it.

He is getting pretty good at belly laughs now and still Lydia is one who can really get him laughing.

I love these cute siblings! Lydia just likes to lounge in her swimsuit, even though it's the middle of March. :)

As far as sleeping goes, once this past month he broke his record and slept for 5 hours straight, but for the most part he is still up every 3 hours eating!! I'm ready to start solids, but sadly I don't think Casen is :). I hope that soon he'll start to go longer between feedings, or start liking solids so I can get some sleep!

Even though he is up a lot at night, we still love our chubster. He is never up at night crying, so I really can't complain much. He is always smiling and happy to see me in the middle of the night, and even though I'm exhausted and frustrated when I hear him fussing through the baby monitor, as soon as I see him smile up at me I smile back feeling like my heart will burst with love for this sweet baby. Then I think, it's OK he won't be my baby forever, I'll enjoy these nighttime cuddles when it's just me and my baby.