The Pumpkin Patch

We went to a different pumpkin patch this year and we LOVED it!! (Which is why you are about to see 574 pictures!) It had been warm around the time we went, but on this particular day it was FREEZING and the wind was blowing like crazy. So we bundled up the baby…

and then came the corn maze!

We like to do fun holiday adventures with our cousins, of course!

After we all survived the corn maze, it was time for a group cousin picture! With six kids, we consider having them all in the same shot a success!

Up next, my little fam jam.

Then, we found a really big slide made out of a culvert that Noah was dying to ride.

And Brad went down with Cason!

They also had big jumpy houses, which are always a hit with Noah! We caught him mid-air!

Then we headed to the corn tubs. Cason was not a fan, but Noah LOVED it!

Thennnnn, the piles and piles of hay bales! Noah was a little apprehensive at first, but after Daddy climbed to the top with him, he gained his confidence.

Baby bro and I stayed safely on the ground!

These two cousins LURVE each other. Hard!

We had a little time to kill before heading out on the hay ride to get our pumpkins, so petting zoo time!

Then we headed out to pick our pumpkins!

After all of that fun, we were ALL worn out. So we let Noah get his face painted like a ninja turtle and then headed to the house!

Both kids were asleep by the time we hit the interstate!

Cason’s first haircut!

I am sooooo behind with blogging, friends! And because my sister keeps hounding me that I will regret it down the road, I am attempting to catch up. Back in SEPTEMBER, Cason got his first haircut! He’s had a couple more since then actually.

Here are a few ‘before’ shots of him.

He was so excited that he got to sit up in the airplane car. He thought he was super cool!

During…

He stayed pretty still throughout his haircut. I was surprised!

And AFTER!

Brad’s mom came to help and offer moral support! Haha

Look at that big boy haircut! Noah came with us and got his hair cut, too, but the place has a little play area for the kids and Noah was too busy to join us for pictures!

Little Man also got his first sucker for doing such a great job!

Coming up next…..The Pumpkin Patch!

Cason–Nine months!

Soooo Cason turned nine months old on SEPTEMBER 5th and here is it at the end of the month and I’m just now getting around to posting this! FAIL.

-We finally moved up to size 4 Pampers Swaddlers! He is getting so big!

-He can still wear some 9 month clothes but we are transitioning over to 12 month

-At his 9 month check up, he weighed 21 lb 6 oz.

-Little Bit still doesn’t have any teeth.

-He’s started to become a bit pickier with the food he likes. He eats a wide variety of foods but sometimes he will refuse what I give him. And it’s not always the same thing. Some days he will eat carrots and some days he won’t….that kind of thing. But his favorite food right now would probably be The Pioneer Woman’s Bowtie Lasagna. I’m pretty sure he could eat the whole bowl! He also really likes those baby cheese puff looking things, but they are veggie flavored, yogurt, applesauce, rice and beans, baked sweet potato, or basically anything that I’m eating!

-He’s a pro at crawling these days. Now he has learned to pull up on furniture and cruise! And just a few days ago, he stood on his own for a few seconds without holding on to anything!

-Sleep is (dare I say) awesome these days! We give Cason a bottle whenever he acts tired, usually between 6:30-7:30pm. When he is done, he falls asleep and we lay him in his bed. He rolls over and doesn’t make a peep. And will sleep until 5:30am when I wake him to get ready for school. On weekends, he will usually wake up around 5:30am as well, but sometimes will sleep until 6:30am. I think if we got some black-out shades for his windows, he would sleep longer. He’s like a rooster. As soon as he sees a speck of daylight, it’s time to get up!

-Cason has been a Daddy’s boy his whole life….until this month! He will follow me around in the mornings when I’m trying to get everyone ready for school/work and will pull up on my legs and just smile! Or want me to pick him up. He LOVES when I get on the floor and let him crawl all over me and chew on my shirt! That’s his favorite.

-He will play independently, but most of the time he still likes to know you are in the room with him. If you try to get up and sneak away, he will cry. He LOVES wrestling around with Noah and ANYTHING Noah does gets a big belly laugh.

-We are working on words right now. He will say da-da (talking to his Daddy, talking to me, or just making the sound) and bye-bye (sometimes). I am trying my BEST to get him to say ma-ma. He will concentrate SO hard on watching my mouth as I say ma-ma-ma-ma and then he will smile SO BIG and say DA-DA! And will be so proud of himself! I love that little stinker!

-Tomorrow, Cason is getting his very first haircut! I’m so excited! If I don’t keep it brushed over, it hangs down in his eyes and he has some curl starting to come in on the side so we need a trim! He is going to look like a big boy after his haircut and that makes me sad, though!

Cason, we love you so much! You are such a happy baby and I am enjoying this stage with you a lot! You are starting to be able to play more with your brother and I just love watching you two together (when he’s not trying to drag you across the room by your leg…). I never could have imagined having two boys, but now I wouldn’t have it any other way!

Cason-Eight months!

This month was BY FAR the hardest to take pictures! That boy does.not.sit.still. Like at all. Ever. He has changed so much in the past month!

-Rocking size 3 Pampers Swaddlers

-Wears mostly 9 month clothing

-I’m excited to find out how much he weighs at his doctor’s appointment next month! My boy loves to eat!

PS-there is a weird spot on my camera lens in case you are wondering

-He has decided that he doesn’t really want baby food anymore. Please pass the real stuff. The only problem with that is little bro has ZERO teeth! Ha! His favorite right now is a freshly baked sweet potato. He also enjoys rice and beans from the mexican restaurant, or pretty much whatever Mommy is eating. He is still eating a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast and a few 5-7 ounce bottles throughout the day.

-Have you noticed his new trick? That little tongue is out about 75% of his awake time. Not only has he mastered sitting up, but this month he also has mastered getting into a seated position from lying down AND CRAWLING! It took him about 2-3 days to figure out the whole crawling thing, but once he got it, he was ON THE MOVE!

-Sleep is going ok. Lately, he’s been getting up once a night for a bottle. By the grace of God, my husband always takes the night shift so I can sleep. God bless that man. Cason has also been napping for longer stretches. This past weekend he took 3 hour afternoon naps and it took us a sweet forever to get him to bed both nights, so we are working on that!

-C is a TOTAL Daddy’s boy. 100%. Probably because of their nightly rendezvous. At least I’m Noah’s favorite!

-It takes every bit of strength and patience I have to dress that boy in the mornings. I’m talking about laying him on the floor, holding him down with my legs and trying to pull a onesie over his head as fast as humanly possible. He will.not.be.still. Flip this way, then the other way, kick kick kick his legs, turn this way, roll over, flail his chunky arms, kick me in the leg, crawl away. It’s exhausting. And I usually end up sweating.

-We moved him up to a big boy convertible carseat. He was just too heavy to lug around in his pumpkin seat and since Brad drops them off at school and I pick them up, we had to carry it in and out of school every day. We already had two convertible carseats that Noah used, so C got promoted!

-Ok this is gross but I want documentation for when I’m old and want to reminisce. Cason has more earwax than anybody I’ve ever met. Not that I go around checking people’s earwax. After every bath, I q-tip the outside of his ear and yall would not believe.

-C LOVES Noah so much! He follows him around and just laughs at every thing Noah does.

-He is still saying da-da and that’s it. I’m working on him though!

We love you sweet baby C!

Noah’s first stitches

Last Tuesday, I got a call from Noah’s preschool that he was playing under a table and it somehow collapsed on him…and that it was bad. I rushed to school to find this….

He was surprisingly not screaming his head off, as I would have been if it happened to me! He didn’t even act like it was hurting at all unless you touched around it. His pediatrician’s office was closed for lunch so we headed to the local MedCenter. Thankfully my friend works there and was able to give him the stitches.

EIGHT OF THEM!

Getting the numbing shots was AWFUL. Imagine Noah screaming, crying, while three of us hold him down and him saying “Mommy I just want you to hold me!!!” Rip my heart out. :(

The stitches had to stay in for five days and we got them out yesterday! Once he got the stitches in, he did great with it. He never complained about it hurting at all! I am so proud of him for being so brave!

And today he started pre-k!

You can see his scabs on his head. I’ve been rubbing Mederma on it like crazy!

Cason started his new class today, too!

They love each other so much and I LOVE THEM!