Will's first Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year in Cheyenne. We drove over Thursday morning and spent the day with Michael's Dad, Mom, and Sister. Will had a fun time soaking in all the attention. Joshua did too!

We had a wonderful spread of food. Sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, turkey, rolls, and pies. Yum. Joshua actually ate most of the meal and really enjoyed the sweet potatoes. Who wouldn't?

Will got his first tooth on Thanksgiving!! It was very exciting. I was playing 'Peek-a-boo' with him on the ground and discovered the tooth.


First tooth. His left front tooth, it is very tiny but it's there.




What a cutie!


Joshua doesn't like getting his picture taken so this was the best one I got.


Turkey name cards Joshua made.


Sitting up




Michael and Will

6 months old already!

I cannot believe Will turned 6 months old on the 5th! We went to his 6 month check up on the 11th. Here are his stats: Head 45 1/2 85th percentile Weight: 15 lb 15 oz 20th percentile (I thought he was over 16 pounds the last time, but he was weighed on a different scale then. Length: 26 1/2 50th percentile.

Will can now roll over both ways he just rolled over from his back to his tummy on his 6 month birthday and hasn't done it since. He rolls over instantly from his tummy to his back. He loves playing with toys, looking around, and when the TV is on and he is turned away from it he cranks his head around so he can. He talks a lot saying 'dadada' mostly, although he doesn't know who dada is he loves to say those sounds. The other day Will was saying dada and Joshua said 'Mommy, Will wants daddy'. Will is loving baby food, sweet potato, squash, applesauce, pears, bananas, peas (not a big fan of these but he will eat them when they are mixed with a fruit), and prunes. I try to give him mostly rice cereal (with breast milk) then add a little fruit for flavor. He isn't a big nurser and hasn't really ever been. He nurses every 4 hours for about 5 to 10 mins and it is usually a struggle to get him there. So yesterday I gave him some expressed milk in a bottle and he didn't suck on it just chewed it. I'm just concerned about him dropping on the curve in weight. I pray he does better soon.

Will has dry patches of skin all over so now we have to lather him up good every day. And he had a rash on his genitals with, Praise the Lord!! is going away. We have to plow dry it every time we change him and then put some good lotion on it after that.

Well Here are some pictures of Will at 6 months.









Joshua at 6 months old

My Etsy Shop!!!

I am so excited I finally have a shop. You can view it here at http://www.lettersbylee.etsy.com. Please take a look! If you don't find something you want I do take special orders on my special request page. Please tell a lot of people about my shop so I can start getting customers!

Here are some pictures of what I am selling in my shop at the moment.

My boys

Pictures of my boys last week!

I don't know why some of the pictures are sideways. I flipped them in mypictures but they are still not turning around here. Oh well.












Joshua not wanting to get his picture taken.

Second trip to the dentist

Monday we drove to Cheyenne so Joshua could go to the Children dentistry there. He didn't enjoy going too much last time but I really talked it up this time and he was very excited to go. He asked me all last week when he would be able to go to the dentist and then on Monday he didn't want to go to his Grammy's house until he had been to the dentist. I am glad he was excited and had a great trip. He let the hygienist clean his teeth and he even let the doctor check him too. The last time we went Joshua screamed when he had to get his teeth checked by the doctor. I am so thankful our insurance covers the entire visit, Joshua loves the clinic and as long as we live there I plan on going back.

Sorry the pictures are in reverse order. I can never get it straight!


This picture is of Joshua getting his prize at the end of the visit for being such a good boy. He got two tokens for one prize, this was right up his alley because he LOVES turning quarters to get prizes. On the opposite wall is a big bulletin board for names of kids who are cavity free. At the end of the month his name goes in a drawing. For what I don't know, and yes he was cavity free!!!

My little cook.

Last week I decided to open a shop selling the little things I love to make. Joshua has been asking me what I am making and who they are for. He was starting to feel left out so I decided to give him his cookies and apron that I made him for Christmas. Here are some pictures of him enjoying his early gift. The other pictures are some of the sugar cookie sets I'll be selling in my shop soon.

My little pumpkin

He is almost able to sit up on his own with just pillows behind him. He still wants to fall to the sides and font and back.





Pictures taken on October 15th.