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Kaenaan ^^^^^^^^^

Ryder ^^^^^^^^

6 Month Update

Kaenaan is 6 MONTHS OLD! ! O-M-G, that's 1/2 way to 1! ! The time sure is flying by.

At 6 months Kaenaan is weighing in at 17 lbs 12 oz and 27 inches. He fell from the 90th % to the 50th % since his 4 month check up. We were battling a nasty cold so the Dr is thinking that's why his weight didn't increase so much. We're working on fattening him up!

Kaenaan is such a happy lil guy. He LOVES playing with his toys and always wants to have something in his hands to play with and chew on.

He is such a good sleeper, and has been since we brought him home from the hospital. His normal routine: Wakes up around 7-8 in the morning. Takes a small morning nap, about 30-45 mins. At 1 he goes down for his big nap and that will last from 2-3 hours. Yay, Ryder also naps this time too, can anyone say "Mommy time!" After nap time we play, eat dinner, take baths and then bedtime is usually at 6:30. He's been a little off schedule the past couple days, but my little sleeper is getting back on track. He'll usually wake up 1-2 times thru the night to nurse, but he goes right back to sleep after nursing.....Thank goodness.

He's a good eater too and is just starting to get the hang of his little sippy cup.

He's now eating 3 meals a day and nursing every 3 hours.

All of his baby food is Made By Mommy. So far we have tried pears, apples, squash, carrots, bananas, avocados, sweet potatoes, potatoes with broccoli and cauliflower, peaches, apples with chicken, and potatoes with peas and chicken. His favorites so far are apple peach mix, sweet potatoes and squash. His least favorite is.......potatoes with broccoli and cauliflower, surprise, surprise!

I recently found out that if I'm holding him and eating and apple or strawberries, I might as well forget about it. He cries, opens his mouth and grabs for the goods. This is his cute face after sucking on a strawberry.

4 Months

Our little Kaney boy is 4 months old. He is a happy boy and such a sweet little cutie pie. We love him so much. He is smiling, laughing and cooing like crazy. There are some big things going on around here these days.

Kaenaan had his 4 month Dr visit and is weighing in at 15 lbs 14 oz and 25 1/4 in.

Kaenaan's favorite toy so far has been his little mini Sophie Giraffe. He likes holding giraffie in his hands and loves chewing on it.

We tried rice cereal for the first time on Friday, January 20. Of course most of it ended up on the bib, but we are working on it.

Kaenaan ROLLED over for the first time on Saturday, January 21. I was doing dishes and he was playing on his mat. I had my eye on him and he just rolled right over from his back to his belly. I grabbed my camera and snapped this pic of him. He just looks so proud of himself, like he knows he just did something really cool!

He's also been spending some time in his jumperoo. His little feet are just barely touching the floor!

Christmas 2011

Christmas this year was soooo much fun. Ryder was into everything about it the holiday....Santa, elves, reindeer, polar express, christmas lights and decorations, ornaments and decorating the tree, and most of all PRESENTS!

Christmas morning was spent with our family of 4. We woke Ryder up by jingling bells down the hallway. We told him Santa had just left. He was so excited to see all the presents Santa had left for him. A bike, some big trucks, a race car track, and lots of cool things in his stocking including some new underwear. He thought it was so silly that Santa left underwear in his stocking!

After our

3 Month / 3 Year Appointment

Ryder and Kaenaan had their Dr visits and I am so thankful that both of my boys are happy and healthy! !

Ryder is weighing in at 33.4 lbs and 36 3/4 inches. His stats look great, although the Dr did says that he is a bit short for his age. Which is fine, Daddy is not super tall either.

Our BIG BOY Kaenaan is weighing in at 14 lbs 11 oz and 24 1/4 inches. He is on the top 95th percentile for weight! ! ! The Dr just says that I must have good milk.

Polar Expres

GIBBS FAMILY




Excited for the train ride to start!




Cookie time




Getting our bells from Santa




My boys!




Passed out on the way home

Christmas Party with Friends

These lil kiddos are all so sweet! We have all been friends since the kids were just babies and now they are all going on 3! ! ! It's so neat to see them all growing up, it's just happening way too fast.

We dressed them up in their Christmas best jammies and let them party! ! They painted ornaments, decorated cookies, ate pizza, had a gift exchange and of course played!

Trying to get a pic of all the kiddos.

All the mommies with our babies. Two of us with baby #2 and the other 3 are expecting!

My sweet boys

Ryder's Special Day

For Ryder's actual birthday we had a nice family day out. We let him plan the whole afternoon. He chose to go to the Phoenix Children's Museum, that is most definetly one of his favorite places. His favorite activity at the museum is definetly the tricycles. Lucky for us it was a slow day so he pretty much had the track to himself. On the way out Daddy let him pick out a prize from the gift shop. He loves any and all types of trucks so he chose a cool firetruck. We ended the afternoon with a Happy Meal and chocolate milk.

Gassing up the motorcycle and going for a ride with Daddy!


Painting the Rocket Ship in the art room.

Ryder's Birthday Bash

Ryder had his big 3 year birthday bash on November 26. He had such a good time celebrating with all of his best buddies. We had the party out at our community park, the weather was perfect and the kids all had a blast. The crowd pleaser was the bounce house that daddy got for the party. The kids were going crazy in there! Ryder was definetly spoiled he got a cool tricycle from nana and papa, a vtech laptop and cowboy boots from grandma, lots of learning toys, lots of fun toys, a skateboard and some clothes and jammies.

His BIG gift from Daddy was a QUAD. Daddy got him a Polaris Predator 50! !


He is one lucky lil guy.

Check out my boys rockin' their matching outfits for the party, even their little converse match.






Blowing out his candles like a pro.




Cake Pop! Made by Mommy!



I had to get in the bounce house and jump with my lil birthday boy! !



I love this pic of him with his skateboard.