Jamal is 5 Months Old!!

Wow, 5 months sounds so old!! ha! Before I know it, I'll be planning your 1rst Birthday. I wish time would slow down just a little bit! So at 5 months old, what have you been up to?

You are still a great sleeper. You did wake up one night but mean old mommy made you cry it out and you fell right back to sleep.

I don't know how much you weigh but I would guess 17 lbs.
You are eating about 2 jars of stage 1 baby food a day. (1 veggie and 1 fruit)
Still drink 6 ounce bottles
You've tried apple juice
Wearing a size 3 diaper
Wearing clothes size 3-6 months and 6-9 months
You love playing with your feet and I think it's the cutest thing ever
You also stick your tongue out all the time and it always puts a huge smile on my face
You love your playmat now and reaching to touch all the toys
We still haven't seen you roll but mommy and daddy practice with you by putting a blanket on the floor and we roll you around..ha! You think it's fun :)
You always touch our faces
And you can now hold your own bottle 75% of the time.
You can also scoot your body around while laying on your back by using your legs

wee bit of me wednesday..

I figured I would do wee bit of me from Leigh Ashley's blog since I haven't had anything to blog about in a while.

{one} how tall are you?
i'm 5'6"

{two} besides bills, what do you spend most of your money on?
food! we go through so much food in this house especially because I live with 4 boys!

{three} what are your three favorite websites?
facebook, blogger, and now my online classes website..i actually love doing my homework, it gives me something to do.

{four} what brand of tennis shoes do you prefer?
i'm from Florida so i'm used to flip flops or boots for winter. i don't really like tennis shoes.

{five} what food can you absolutely not stand to eat?
hmm......i could eat anything except oysters!

{six} How many pairs of jeans do you own?
4 pairs, my boys have more jeans than i do!

{seven} if you could have any job, what would it be?
homocide detective!!

{eight} have you ever ridden in an ambulance?
yes, after a car accident when i was a kid for hitting my head on the window

{nine} how many pillows do you sleep with?
i sleep with 2 pillows to begin with, then i push them away and use none while i sleep on my stomach..ha!

{ten} on a scale of 1-5, how organized are you?
3. i'm a little disorganized after moving so much. i still have 5 boxes packed from the move to Oklahoma in closets. i don't plan on unpacking them until we move (again) into our new house.

I'm almost 5 months old!

Have a great day!!

We got the house!!!!

We just got the call this morning from our realtor. The sellers gave us a counter offer so we counter offered back and they accepted! So this is our new home! It's a 3 bedroom 2 bath house. It has a fenced in backyard, fireplace, stainless steel appliances (minus the fridge), security system, storage shed, brand new everything including windows. It's a corner lot so we have a nice big yard. I can't wait to buy the boys a playground for the back yard!! It's a 5 minute drive to the base and close to all shopping. There is an Elementary school right down the street. I'm hoping it will be AJ's school this August. We close on the house March 1 and get to move out of this crappy Apartment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry about the quality of the pictures, they were on pictures from the realtor website.

House and Park

We put an offer on a house yesterday! We should find out soon if they accept our offer. I'm super anxious and am just waiting for my phone to ring in hopes of it being our realtor. I'll keep everyone posted!

Today we drove by the house just to look at it and check out the neighborhood better. We found a park close by to take the kids too. We have never been to this park before and we just loved it. I think it will be our go to park from now on.

iPhone pics

My Chunky Munky

Jamal has gotten so big. On his growth chart, his growth curve almost went up in a straight line instead of a curve! He eats his baby food so well but he only has 1 jar a day (stage 1) with cereal mixed in it. He really doesn't look as big in person though. These are pictures from bath time. He just had the cutest little face so I had to run and get my camera. He is so much more active now. He is grabbing everything including the washcloth while I'm trying to bathe him. It looks like he was trying to clean himself..ha!

More Snow!!

It stopped snowing yesterday and picked back up this morning..and now it's sticking! I took the boys out to play in the snow. AJ was sticking his tongue out trying to eat it and Ronde was picking up dirty snow off the ground to eat. I had to tell him to stop.ha! Jamal is been sleeping every time it snows. I want to take him out at least on time for a picture of his first time seeing snow. Hopefully I will have a picture of him to come!

It's snowing!

It is snowing today! It's not sticking yet but it was fun to take the boys outside to see it. They have never seen snow before. It was cute to see little snowflakes all through out AJ's curly hair. It's so cold, my hands have never been so dry! I'm taking the next couple days to relax because my first class starts on Tuesday. It's hard not to think about what my homework is going to consist of but I'm trying not to worry about it just yet.

I wish I could stay outside in the snow all day. It's so pretty. My camera didn't pick up much of the snow..



and another funny conversation..

Ronde: I peed like a man! (he means standing up)
Me: Good job!
Ronde: Mommy, there's pee on the floor...and on my foot.

He sure did pee like a man..ha!

Jamal's stats and a funny conversations

At 4 months old 6 days ...

Weight 16 lbs 13 oz
Height 26 inches

You are in the 75th percentile for height and the 90th percentile for weight. Just more of you to love :)

This is just the cutest picture of Ronde!

Ronde: "Don't talk to me..I'm sleeping like a man"



Me: Are you done?
AJ: Yes, woman!
Me: What?! You don't call me woman! You call me mommy.
AJ: Why? You don't like being a woman?

AJ says the funniest things!

My best friends!!

Drool

In every picture I take of Jamal, he is drooling. I think it's cute though. I traded bumbo's with one of my friends. She has a daughter so we thought she would like a purple bumbo and that Jamal would like a green one.




Jamal brightens my day!! I really feel like my family is now complete. He makes the cutest coo's and smiles SO big every morning when I get him out of his crib. I can't even explain how happy I am to have all boys!

Hello 2011 !!

This is going to be a great year! AJ will be starting Pre K in August, we'll be buying our first house, I'm starting college, and will be celebrating Jamal's first birthday and all the milestones that come along with that.

I had to change all my on campus classes to online classes because the daycare situation wasn't coming together as I had hoped for. I'm a little relieved though, I was nervous about going back to school and being around so many new people. I also like the fact that I won't have to wake up so early to get the kids and Andre where they needed to be before my classes started. I love the idea of not putting my sweet little Jamal in daycare just yet. So I think this works out better for everyone.

Here are some pictures from the last couple days. I've been sitting Jamal in his bumbo right next to his playmat so he can reach the toys. The boys always love playing with him.

Love those little toes!
I was hoping to catch a better picture of Ronde..he was feeding his superman sausage at breakfast. It was so funny!

How innocent my boys seem playing with their little brother..
..they piled ornaments and toys on Jamal so he would have something to play with..ha!
I asked AJ if he wanted to do my dishes for me as a joke but he said "Yes!" So I let him wash all the silverware (excluding knives of coarse) and plastic cups. He was so proud of himself and did a wonderful job!
He was on his tippy toes...