Exploration Place with my Girlfriends

Last weekend we met my girlfriends, Ella and Jordyn at the Exploration Place. There was a special traveling exhibit with Mr. Potato Head there. We took Halie with us and she got to hang out with Jordyn's sister, Paityn.



We were all trying to touch each other.




While us babies played, Halie and Paityn explored a castle. I can't wait till we are big enough to go up there!




They have this neat tube that you drop a toy down and it goes all the way to the bottom.




The Queens, Paityn and Halie!



After we played by the castle, we moved on to the Mr. Potato Head exhibit.

First, Halie spun around in this tube.



Then she went "scuba diving."



She went to space with Mr. Potato Head.



Me and my girls had fun playing with this light up wall.




Jordyn is getting really good at walking while holding on to stuff. I'm jealous!



We all had fun with this circle toy.



Mommy loved my shirt today.



My favorite thing at the Exploration Place was the big mirror. I sat by it and stared at myself forever. I'm so handsome!




It was so fun!



I gave myself lots of kisses!




I realized I could see Mommy in the mirror to and I was so excited!



When Mommy finally pried me away from the mirror we went and saw Halie and Paityn go in this yellow tube. It was windy inside like a tornado!



Then Mom took me outside to see the Arkansas River.



The last thing we did was meet Mr. Potato Head.

My Cousin, Halie

My cousin, Halie, has been staying the night on Saturday nights so she can come to church with us on Sunday. It's so much fun to have her here. She has a baby brother who is a little older than me, so she really knows what us babies like to do!

She was entertaining me while Mom was fixing up my gross baby food. Mommy keeps hoping that she'll find a food that I'll eat without gagging. I know what she can give me, ice cream!

Standing up!

On January 15th, when I was 6 and half months old, Mommy showed me how to stand up in my crib. I figured out afterwards that if she sat me close to the rails, I could grab on and pull myself up!




After I just figured it out, Mommy and Daddy moved my matress down lower so I can't do it anymore. They are so mean! I do try to stand up everywhere that I can grab something now. I try to stand up on my changing table and in the bathtub and that really makes Mom crazy!

I don't like baby food!

After the family went home, it was just me, Mom, and Dad again. We like to hang out on the bed in the morning.



That night, Mom strapped me into the high chair. I knew something fishy was going on, because usually she feeds me my cereal in my bebe pod seat.



Then she got out this yucky orange stuff and put it in a bowl. I heard her telling Daddy that it was squash. Daddy fed me that night. I wasn't too happy with them.






Do Mommy and Daddy eat squash? I don't think so! I let them know how I felt about the squash by throwing it all up after a few bites. I do NOT like baby food at all.

New Year's Eve

For New Year's Eve, Aunt Teeter and her family and Big Daddy and Wita came to Kansas. Of course my Nanny Tourney came over too!



We opened more presents with everyone. My cousin Zacchaeus wore his Santa suit. He likes the remote controls just as much as I do. We are going to have so much fun together when we get older.



All the grownups did a White Elephant gift exchange. They got funny stuff!



Here's my Aunt Teeter with Zacchaeus. Poor Zacc, he ended up being sick and throwing up that weekend.



After us kids went to bed, the adults had a big party.



The family all made tamales together.





Happy New Year!

6 Months Old

Dear Antonio,

You are 6 months old! I can't believe how big you are getting. Here are some things about you right now...

-You hate baby food. When I try to feed you baby food, you gag and throw up.
-You sit up perfectly and rarely fall over.
-You almost always sleep on your stomach. Just like Mama!
-You lay down and go to sleep with very little crying at bedtime. Tonight you didn't cry at all!
-You are still learning to sleep through the night. You always wake up at least once. Sometimes you wake up 4 or 5 times. I don't like those nights!
-You start getting ready for bed at 7:45. We feed you cereal and baby food (at least we try to!). Then you take a bath and change into your pajamas. I nurse you and sing to you in your nursery. You are in bed by 8:30 at the latest.
-You get up around 8:00 in the morning.
-When you are eating you make funny noises like you're frantically trying to get all the milk you can.
-You have recently started screaming for entertainment. You think you are really funny.
-You love your exersaucer and will play in it for much longer periods of time now.
-You suck on your lips and make funny faces.
-You have a way of smiling where your mouth stretches so wide and your Grandma just loves it!
-I think you have finally learned how to really hug me. Everyday after I get home, Daddy hands you to me and I hug you and say, give Mama a hug and you squeeze me tight. I love it!
-You are thinking about crawling. When you and Daddy have tummy time, you seem so determined to move, but you can't figure it out. Daddy tries to show you by crawling in front of you. He has me prop you up on your hands and knees. We hope you learn soon!
-You have yucky cradle cap and I have to put baby oil in your hair and brush it out with a toothbrush so you don't look flaky. Poor guy!
-You are so handsome. Everywhere we go people tell us what a beautiful baby you are. A lady at Barnes & Noble went crazy over you and kept exclaiming how perfectly handsome you are. I have to agree!
-You sit in the shopping cart in your floppy seat. You love looking all around!
-Tonight you pulled yourself up to standing while on our bed. I was laying down and you were sitting. You grabbed my stomach and leaned forward and pushed yourself up. You fell after about 20 seconds, but it was very exciting! You also tried to start pulling yourself up to stand on your changing table, but I stopped you. That's dangerous son!
-You love to laugh and Daddy and I try hard to get you laughing. You get hiccups everytime you laugh. You always have.
-You are the most amazing little person. I never knew how much I would love you! You are my heart!

Love,

Mommy

6 Month Portraits

Mommy and Daddy took me back to JC Penney's to get my 6 month portraits done. This time I wore my Texas Longhorn clothes that I got for Christmas. Hook 'em Horns!








I wore Daddy's hat in some of the pictures. The first time Mama put it on me, I fell over. She made me off balance! Daddy's hat is so big!





I was busy sucking on my bottom lip and couldn't be bothered to smile in my pictures.



I really like to play with my feet.



We brought my Bevo toy.



Mama went ahead and bought cards with me on it that said National Champions because we just knew that Texas was going to win the National Championship the next day. Then Colt McCoy got hurt. Mama is so disappointed about the cards. She is going to cut the bottom off and still send them.