Leytoncising

This is how we burn off our peas and pears 'round here.

No animal is so inexhaustible as an excited infant. ~ Amy Leslie

Little Slugger

Here are the latest pics that my saint of a friend, Kristen, took of Leyton (she has taken all of his professional pics). She came over to help me watch L while Jeremy was out of town. When the Knight clan gave us this Braves outfit- I naturally envisioned a photoshoot. This was Jeremy's father's day suprise. 

Here are a few, er, more than a few favorites:

If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.

Tris Speaker

Date # 3: Love is in the Air

Leyton's sweet little girlfriend, Maddie, came over to play yesterday evening. She is such a precious baby and smiles and laughs at everything, she especially thought Leyton was funny. Here are a few highlights from their date- they wasted no time getting up close and personal.

lovebirds

the new ad for Baby Abercrombie

"girl, you sure got a purty mouth"

His hiney looks comfy...

...and it IS comfy

Any good date consists of going to the pool

A little video. Obviously us moms were more entertained than the babies were.

"Funny how having babies can quickly turn dinner party conversations from talk of the latest movies to talk of the latest poopy diapers"

-Anonymous

Happy First Father's Day!!

Here are a few reasons Leyton is the luckiest kid ever, and I the luckiest gal:

• Jeremy does "baby duty" every other night so I can get some quality zzz's.

• He loves Friday's aka "Daddy Day" when I work and he stays at home with Leyton.

• He can make Leyton laugh like no one else can- not even me.

• He has changed the most rank diapers. ever.

• He cleans the kitchen while I play with L.

• When he left for a week for a work trip- he cried.

• Whenever he dresses L- he finds whatever baseball related outfit fits him at the time. He would dress him in his Atlanta Braves outfit every day if he could.

• He took Leyton to Lowes the other day to "introduce him to big boy toys"

• He has taken spit up down the shirt, between his toes, in his eye, and his mouth has been missed only by a narrow margin.

• When I felt cooped up during my maternity leave- he forced me to get out of the house so I could have some alone time.

• When Leyton was about 2 months old, he called in sick so he could watch Leyton while I napped.

• He loves, loves, loves that little boy more than anything and tells him so all the time- and I fully believe Leyton understands every word.

Happy First Father's Day, Jeremy!

He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

~Clarence Budington Kelland

Teething Bling

I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of my newest piece of jewelry. That's right- it is a teething necklace. Who thought of this? Genius. I had recently accepted the fact that my necklaces would stay buried in my jewelry box until Leyton was old enough to understand that it is socially unacceptable to try and eat them. Now he can chew away.  It is non-toxic, lead, phthalate, BPA and PVC-free- oh, and it is cute. 

Get yours here: http://www.smartmomjewelry.com/

“Adam and Eve had many advantages but the principal one was, that they escaped teething”

-Mark Twain

6 Months Old!

Half a year. sigh. Little man is growing and changing at a rapid pace. He is turning me into a mushy, gushy mom who cries at the thought of him growing up. Of course, the future excites me as well. Here are a few things he has been up to:

Eating real food

Sweet potatoes, carrots, and applesauce are at the top of his list of favs. He has seemed to like everything we have given him so far. Although last night I was giving him peas and he spit them back in my face.  When I gave him carrots, though he gobbled them down ferociously. When feeding him, he usually opens his mouth so big you can see down his throat and makes "mmm" noises the whole time. 

Holding his own bottle

When sitting in his high chair, Leyton always reaches for his bottle. He hasn't quite figured out that you have to tip it back for anything to come out though. But when I went to pick him up from Kelly's last week, he was just sitting there feeding himself his bottle. Who knew?

Sleeping!

Would you just look at those sweet cheeks and lips? Anyway, back to the subject at hand- we have all been sleeping better this past month. I am happy to announce that L has slept through the night 3 times! And most nights he is only up once. Leaps and bounds from where we were. I feel human again. He has also been putting himself to sleep a good bit. He usually always does this for Kelly, but not for us (little turkey). BUT I put him down wide awake for a nap the other day and he gabbed for about 10 minutes, whined for 30 seconds and he was asleep. He did it again for me the other night before bed. He was chit chatting up a storm in his crib and playing wih his toes and rolling around ....then...silence. No crying. I went to go check on him, and he was fast asleep. What a difference a month makes. 

Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Can you tell my 6 month photo session was quite a fiasco? Even something as simple as changing a diaper is an ordeal. Before I can even get his diaper off, his little pink butt is already up in the air. I think he has covered every carpeted square inch of our house. He has gotten pretty quick with it too. I think he is so relieved to realize he does not have to be a stationary being. 

Being a sweet, happy boy

He is such a happy, bubbly little boy. He is always wanting to be on the go, so getting sugar from him is hard to come by these days. He is so much fun and seeing him grin when he wakes up in the morning is my favorite part of every day.

Grown doesn't mean anything to a mother. A baby is a baby. They get bigger, older, but grown? What's that suppose to mean? In my heart it doesn't mean a thing. 

~Toni Morrison, Beloved, 1987

sweet boy...

I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

a certified mess...

Leyton's main method of transportation as of late has been rolling from place to place. The other day when I was working from home (I work from home on Monday afternoons and Wednesday mornings) Leyton was playing on the floor with some of his toys and I was probably looking at my computer for about 30-60 seconds and when I looked up he had rolled about 4 feet, picked up his pajamas on the way and was working his way into his diaper wipes. All while looking innocent and precious. Naturally, I had to take a picture. We are in for it when he starts crawling.

Babies are always more trouble than you thought - and more wonderful.

-- Charles Osgood

Funny Story...

At least I find it humorous.