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.

Merry Christmas!

On Christmas Day we were supposed to go to my Big Daddy and Abuelita's. They live 4 hours away in Frederick, Oklahoma. Mommy and Daddy were thinking the snowstorm was too bad and we weren't going to go.

This is what the snowdrifts looked like outside of our house.

Daddy checked the weather on his phone and decided that we were going to go. Mommy had to rush around to get packed so we could hit the road.

Before we left, Grandma came by to bring our stockings that Santa had left at her house.

Then it was time to go. On the way to Frederick, Mommy counted over 150 cars, 10 semis, and 1 snowplow that were stuck in the snow. She prayed a lot and we made it safely to Big Daddy and Wita's.

We hung out for awhile waiting for my Aunt Teeter, Uncle X, and my cousins, Zain and Zacchaeus to arrive.

While we waited, Mommy took pictures of me in front of Wita's tree. Mommy loves taking pictures of me in front of Christmas trees!

Mommy just loved my little Christmas slippers. She bought them for me last year when I was still in her tummy.

Me and Daddy with our stocking hats.

I borrowed Daddy's hat.

Daddy flew me around like an airplane.

Then he made me the baby gun. He does this all the time and I think it's so funny! Click the video to watch it.

Finally Aunt Teeter got there with her family. It took them over 8 hours to make a 3 hours trip. The roads were really ice on the way to Wita's from Texas. After they arrived, we got to open presents.

Zain with his present from us.

We gave Zacchaues a ball.

Zain got a fishing pole from Big Daddy.

Zain in Uncle X's snuggie.

My Cool Dude outfit from my stocking.

The rest of the weekend we just hung out around the house. One night after I went to bed, Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Ro, Aunt Teeter, and Uncle X played an epic game of Monopoly. They had a rematch the next day.

The last night we were there, Wita taught Mommy how to make enchiladas. I hope Mommy learns how to make them really good by the time I'm able to eat real food. I'm half mexican and I'm going to need some good homemade Mexican food!

She also learned how to make homemade pico de gallo.

Early the next morning it was time to go. Bye Big Daddy and Wita! See you soon!

I fell asleep on the way home with my ring in my hand.

Poor Daddy he always has to drive while Mommy and I sit in the back and play.