7 MONTHS!!!

Well, another month has flown by. It was a busy one for us! We went to Texas for Happy Convention, went to the zoo, and went camping. Convention was great. The whole family was there except for Dale. One of these days he will be able to make it! It was great to see everyone. Even Shanda and Marcus made it with their new little one, Creed. August is doing great. He is sitting up great now and rolls all over the place. He is starting to pull his knees up under him, probably not long before he starts to crawl. Still no teeth even though I think that he is trying to get some. He has started to wave bye-bye! He is doing great at eating solid food now. His favorite is prunes and sweet potatoes and yogurt. We are still having so much fun with him. The Miller girls and their kids with Grandma and Grandpa Miller

The Miller girls and their kids with Grandma Byrd

The Miller families with Grandma Byrd

The Miller families with Grandma and Grandpa Miller

August and Great Grandma Byrd

Jill and Skye

August getting tickled by Paw-Paw

Playing in Freva's camper during convention.....getting some much needed air conditioning

August and Skye playing before conventionChana, Jill and Kassi

Chana and Wynn's kids - Joli and Wyatt playing on the golf cart at convention

What's in there?????Grandma Joy with Hayden and August at the zoo

Jacinda and Hayden and August Daddy and August! August was sooo trilled with the zoo that he fell asleep!Yikes! The gorilla is posing for a pictureMommy Daddy and August

August showing off his new hat that grandma bought his at the zooBath time!!!!August woke up one morning and I just had to laugh! He must have had a crazy night for his hair to look like this!About to go on a 4 wheeler ride with DaddyLook at me fly!August discovered that he can tip the toy box over and get EVERYTHING out! I think that he likes to play with the bin more than the toys!

Daddy playing August a song before he goes to bed!

August is 6 months old!

Happy 1/2 birthday August! Half a year has gone by with our little sweetie! I have to say that it has been the best, most exciting, adventurous 6 months ever! August is growing and developing so fast it is just amazing. I took him for his 6 month check up and everything is looking great except for his weight. He is a little too skinny and not putting on weight like he should. (He's not taking after his mommy on this one). He is 16 lbs. 3.2 ounces which puts him in the 27th %tile. So, we are having to add rice cereal to his bottles. He doesn't seem to mind it and sucks it right down. Hopefully that will add some calories to his diet and help him gain some weight. We are also pushing solids. He still doesn't like to eat solids very well and we really have to work with him. Silly kid...we found out that he likes organic over Gerber. Go figure. He had sweet potatoes today and gobbled it down! August does have one thing going for him.....his height! He is 29 in. long which puts him in the 99th %tile!!!! Basketball scholarship in the future??? Our big developmental milestone this month is sitting up! August thinks that it is the greatest thing that he can sit up on his own now! He gets so proud of himself :) He still loves to talk and sing and when Daddy plays the piano August is sure to sing along! His favorite games to play are "Where's August?", "AHHHH BOO!", and "I'm gonna get you"! It's so great because he just dissolves into giggles! It makes our heart melt to hear his giggles. August went to his first convention this past month, Elizabeth. He did really well but was done by Sunday! Summer has been busy for us and we are hoping to get more camping trips in!
Sitting on the dirtbike with Daddy!

Look at me sitting up all on my own! Cheese!

I love to play on the floor

Vroom Vroom! Can this go any faster???

I came home from work one day and this is how I found August. Must have been a loooong day!

Daddy and his best friend!

I guess watching August is pretty tiring.

Showing off my dimple

Maybe we shouldn't wait so late at night to feed him! He fell asleep between bites.

August is 5 months old!

Well, another month has flown by and August is now 5 months old! It hardly seems possible. Just the other day we gave August his first solid food...good ol rice cereal. I have to say that he didn't think much of it. And still doesn't. He seems to have no interest at all in eating solid food and does a great job of spitting it all back out. I guess we will just have to keep at it. August is almost sitting up. He will do good for awhile and then gets busy playing and falls over. Hopefully he will catch on soon. His big accomplishment this past month was rolling from his stomach to back. He has been rolling the other way for a few months now and has finally figured out how to get back over. There is only one problem with this. He does it in his sleep and wakes himself up. So much for my little boy that slept for 10 hours straight at night. I guess he thought that I was getting spoiled :) This too shall pass....:) August went on his first camping trip this month. We had a blast! Thankfully the weather held out and it was pretty nice. August loves being outdoors and now he knows what campfire smells like :) Hopefully we will have more times this summer to go camping again. It is going to be a busy summer!

Sitting on the 4-wheeler with mommy!

Our excitement of the weekend. Somebody got hurt riding and Flight for Life landed right next to our campground to get him. Pretty neat to see. Not something that you see everytime you go camping.

Sitting in my airplane swing from grandma!

Does this thing go any higher???

Chillin with Aunt Jacinda

Sitting around the campfire with Grandma

Playing in my bouncy seat....this thing is a life saver!

Ummmm....mom....dad...what are you doing to me???

Sitting in my high chair for the first time

Really...do I HAVE to swallow?

Playing in my high chair

Hmmm.....here is something new to chew on!