6 months old

Eli is already 6 months old. Time continues to fly and next thing I know I'll be planning a 1 yr old birthday party!!!! Eli is just a fun baby and we are enjoying this stage with him. He's sleeping great at night and eating great too. He's a very easy baby. Not sure if he's easy because we've done it before or because Kevin really was a high maintenance baby!!!

Don't judge for the lack of pictures! Being a single mom 5 days a week is hard work. We joke that I'm a single mom with 2 incomes! The 2 incomes part is nice but I'd rather have Ben home every night and could use the help. But we manage just fine and I do the best I can. We are blessed with great jobs so I am not complaining at all.

And I know this is Eli's 6 month post but I have to talk about Kevin's new expressions:

1). Oh bummer or oh coconuts!
2). Sorry mommy, too late (used when I ask him to stop doing something)
3). I'm just teasing you mommy
4). It's ok mommy I just changed my mind (he's been asked to tell us this instead of throwing a fit but it's used at the funniest times!)
5). Mommy stop talking. You talk too much (he hears this a lot so has started saying it to me)

Recently he started whining in the car "mommy, Eli is looking at me!". Oh my! I'm not ready for that yet. He also tells us when he gets spanked that we shouldn't hit and we should be nice to our friends. He's such a mess! I just love that little boy. I love both my boys. Can't
imagine life any different!

Sitting up!

Yes I know I have promised pictures in almost every post....and here I go again making a post with no pictures. I have a ton of pictures to post and show off how big Eli is getting and some new pictures of Kevin but logging into my laptop, plugging in the camera and downloading then uploading pictures is SO much work!!! So I do promise pictures soon - and maybe I'll have the time and energy this week!

But for an update: Eli is now sitting up by himself. He can sit up unassisted for a long time but can get excited and lean backwards and then tip over! He continues to eat great and is loving his homemade baby food. I didn't think I'd enjoy making his food but I actually did! I think I did better this time than I did with Kevin. His favorite food is sweet potatoes and bananas. He'll eat anything I give him though. He's taking 4 7-8 ounce bottles a day. Still giving 1/2 breast milk 1/2 formula. I still have about 8 bags of frozen milk (each bag has 40oz of milk) left....so maybe another month or so before he goes straight formula. I'll have to change it up soon to 6oz formula 2oz breast milk so he can get used to it.

The 4 of us enjoyed the morning eating breakfast at ihop. Then Kevin and I spent the afternoon at the splash park and eating snow cones! Perfect 4th of July! We'll all be asleep before the fireworks start and as much as Kevin loves fireworks he has no idea what happens on July 4th! Kind of happy about that. Think next year will be different. Was thinking today at the pool that this time next year Eli will be 18 months and I'll have both boys at the pool! Wow!

So I promise again....pictures coming soon!