Half a year Wesley

Time sure does fly when you're having fun! Our six month man is seriously a blast. He is always talking up a storm. We cannot get enough of the noises he has been figuring out!

 He still loves his paci...whether it's the clip or the actual pacifier. Mmmm...

He is rolling, rolling, rolling....but just from his back to his belly. But we don't mind too much, because this is the view we get to enjoy:

 It has been kinda funny because for about a week or so we were having to get up 2-3 times a night just to flip him over to go back to sleep! We have a pancake for a baby. Speaking of sleep, this boy has got it figured out! We put him to bed every night around 8-8:30 and he is out until 7-8 the next morning. Ok, I do have to confess that we still wake him up every night when we go to bed and give him a bottle. It can be annoying and I know it's not the best habit, but it has surely worked for us, and we are all sleeping like babes around here!

The doc kept telling us to wait until 6 months to start solids, but at just over 5 months, on July 5, we couldn't hold him off any longer and spoon fed that boy some rice cereal.

Do you like it?

???

 Yeah,

 I think he likes it.

 As you can see, he is not suffering when it comes to calories.

We love this heavy, handsome kid.

And he weighs in at a whopping 20 lbs!

Yes, he is definitely worth the aching arm.

 He is simply irresistible.

Cheers to a lot more half years!

Hood Comes to town

So I know Hailey's last name is now Jones, but I don't think I will ever be able to kick the habit of calling her Hailey Hood. Some things just aren't meant to change. :) Hailey now works for JetBlue, so she flew out a few days early for a trip to see her brother and sister in law. I was so excited that she would be able to stay the night and we packed in some fun stuff while she was here.

Thad wasn't brave enough to get a picture with Clover yet, so we snapped one of us! 

Valencia's was a must.

She loved it and I'm sure Nic and her will return one day just because of this. 

Her and I headed into the city for a girls afternoon.

We wanted to do a session, but ended up doing initiatory work.

It was awesome. 

Lunch in Central Park was so fun!

I couldn't not take her to my favorite dessert spot.

I sure love me some Pinkberry. 

And luckily we stumbled upon this little gem at 58th street and 7th Ave.

We followed it all the way down to Times Square! 

There were so many vendors and it was so fun to see all the people and funny things for sale.

A stroll through Bryant Park 

And back to CT it was! 

It is always such a blast to have visitors and this was no exception.

My boys had fun with a new face around and we hope she's not a stranger!

America's Birthday

The Fourth of July is always a fun holiday, and this year was no exception, despite having our basement flood the night before, a few hours before we had a huge group of people come over to get ice cream and head to Calf Pasture Beach for fireworks.

There were 12 adults and 8 kids that met at our house, enjoyed some Sweet Ashley's and made the 1.2 mile trek down to the beach for some good ol' fashioned summer entertainment.

 Our family just making memories.

(Not my best shot, but that's what you get after three hours of hauling stuff out of the basement)

 The Jensens

 The Farrs minus Sophie...

Because she was too busy hanging out with the Monsens!

We love the Farr girls and are so happy they like us. 

 This baby was an absolute angel. The show didn't even start until an hour after his bedtime and you would never know it.

He is a gem. 

He definitely was pooped for the walk home, but he and Clara slept pretty sound.

We headed to the Farr's and the Jensen's on the evening of July 4th (after an uneventful day spent at home cleaning up after our flood) to enjoy a simple evening of backyard fun with friends.

Hanna being the fun mom again! Perfect book about America for the holiday.

We taught Thad that the 4th was America's birthday. Every time we talked about America, we would end it with "'Merica!"

This is Thad saying that. 

Perfect.

Before we knew it, it was time for sparklers before we put the kiddos to bed.

This boy loved watching.

I loved snapping pictures of all his awesome faces.

 We remembered before it got too dark to take a group picture.

Seriously, what a great group of people to be making memories with.

Happy Birthday, America!