Family beach trip 2015

Mom won a silent auction for a week at a beach house in Fort Morgan. The house was HUGE and so close to the beach, it was great! Baron did a lot of sleeping under the tent. He would fall asleep almost immediately after we got to the beach. Between the sound of the waves and the wind, he didn't stand a chance. Before the end of the week, he did start having a little fun in the sand. 

Taylor had fun from day one! Dancing on the beach, building lots of sandcastles, and even laying out a little bit! :)

We also had some fun at the pool! 

Trying to be just like Mommy!

We also had fun taking traditional pictures on the beach, going out to eat a couple of nights and going to The Track! Taylor played mini golf, rode the Wild Woody track with Daddy and then even drove her own go cart on the kiddie track!

Just a cute picture! 

Baron - Months 7 - 9

During months 7-9, Baron started crawling, pulling up, cruising and even most recently standing on his own! I can't believe he is growing so fast! I think he'll be walking well before he turns 1.

Dressed up for St. Patrick's Day! And, Spring had finally sprung!

Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!

Baron's first Baron's game!

Many people start their babies on cereal at 4 months or so, but I wait until 6 months and start with regular food. I also make the baby food because it's so easy! Baron's first food was avocado. He didn't love it, but he didn't hate it either. He did get a stomach bug and ended up throwing it up a few days later. After that, I didn't give him avocado for a while, but now he loves it! His favorites are bananas and sweet potatoes. He's had all sorts of fruits and veggies and we're starting on meats, beans and grains now. I have so many pictures of Taylor eating food, with it all over her face, but so few of him. I guess that's what happens with subsequent children!

In April, we finally got down to visit Nannie and Papa and went out on the boat. Baron fell asleep pretty quickly and Taylor had fun being the captain!

I love this picture! It's the wallpaper on my phone!

He slept swaddled on his back until he flipped over in his swaddle. I couldn't stop him from sleeping on his belly after that. 

Just before turning 9 months old, Baron got tubes. They were much needed, but I was so apprehensive. He ended up getting them at Children's Hospital, which is where Leah died. I knew I was going to be nervous about the procedure, but I was not prepared for the emotions of just being back in that hospital. From the time we parked and walked in, I was in tears. He did fabulous and he has finally started sleeping through the night! I don't even want to type that for fear of jinxing it!

Cute baby didn't know what was about to happen!

Below are the month by month pictures. He's not growing as much now, he's really slimmed up a lot! 

7 months old! His face is sunburned in this picture because Adam forgot to put sunscreen on him when they went to watch the Blue Angels in Tuscaloosa.

Sister always loves to get in on the pictures!

Other fun things we did during things months:

Adam and I participated in the Insane Inflatable 5K. It was really fun! But HARD!

We registered Taylor for Kindergarten. She's going to be a McAdory Yellow Jacket! 

And, Taylor graduated preschool. Such a hard time for Mommy!!

We also went to the beach, which you can read about here. 

Baron - Months 4 - 6

Our little boy is getting so big! During these three months, we celebrated Baron's first Christmas and New Year, I went back to work, and he started daycare. Taylor loved having him at school with her and she would get to go visit him often. I'm finally trying to catch up and I'm writing this when he's 9 months old, so I'm having trouble remembering what all happened during these months. I don't think it was much though. The next three months are when all the changes happened!

This is how he spent the Polar Express!

Sweet kids dressed in Alabama PJs. I think this was before the Sugar Bowl.

4 months old and growing so much!

I'm pretty sure he was watching me wrap presents.

We also had 6 months pictures taken by our fabulous photographer. Below are some of my favs! 

Baron - Months 1 - 3

During Baron's first three months, we just enjoyed having a baby around the house again. I was pretty proud of myself for not being as anxious as I expected. I was pretty paranoid about handwashing, which is typical for a first time mom, but most are over that with the later children. Not me! Because GBS lives in the gut, I would wipe my hands off with a wipe before picking him up, then carry him to the bathroom and lay him on the counter (I stood in front of him) while I washed my hands with Thieves Hand Soap (awesome stuff!). I think that was the only thing I was a little bit crazy about. I really made it the first two months with very few tears compared to the two months after Taylor was born, but once the holidays got here, I was a mess! I could've washed his hair with my tears.

Below are some pics while we were still in the hospital. Because of the scare with him, we ended up staying the full 96 hours recommended for a c-section. 

Big sister loves him so much! 

Ready for his first Game Day!! Roll Tide!

I brought several gowns for the hospital, but since we stayed longer and had a little boy (pees everywhere!), we ran out of clothes before I expected to and didn't have one for him to wear home from the hospital. I also wanted Taylor to come up and us take pictures before leaving, but the nurse discharged us faster than expected and Mom and Hilary didn't make it back up to the hospital with Taylor in time. I wanted everything to be perfect and nothing worked out! I was so emotional and nothing working the way I planned was just making it worse! 

It was such a relief to be leaving with a healthy baby, but so hard at the same time. The last time I left a hospital, I didn't have a baby in my arms. 

Headed home from the hospital!

Sister spent a lot of time wanting to hold Brother everyday when she got home from school. She's been such a great big sister! 

We also had our fantabulous photographer come to our house and do newborn pictures. They turned out beautifully! Below are just a few of the amazing photos! 

I'm taking his picture in this chair every month. He has grown so much from these pictures! 

October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, so we visited Leah's grave at the cemetery. It was Baron's first time out there. Taylor loves visiting Leah's grave. She'll get out of the car and run towards it yelling "Leah"!!

 

 Baron also went to the beach for the first time for Adam's Ironman.

See how much he grew from 1 month old to 2 months old!!

He had so much fun during month 3! I started back working, but my boss let me work from home until January, so I got to spend a lot of extra time with this little man! He learned to enjoy this play gym, so I could get some work done! 

Alabama Homecoming Parade

Growing so big and strong!

We celebrated Sister's 5th birthday, Frozen style!

Baron slept through some of the party.

3 months old and so big!