The pics

Ok here are the pics. I took them on the 23rd. I love these socks and they are too small so I had to get some pics. This outfit is too small now too. It doesnt look super tight but its really tight on his fat little legs. He's having a blast on the playmat! I took his pic on the mat a few weeks back and the difference is crazy! He's growing so fast! Also, that hair is going going gone! I have to lint-roll his sheets there is so much hair!

He's so close to grabbing his feet. He stares at them for hours and raises them up in the air.


See how bald that head is getting?!?!?


From this position he can roll over onto his back. He doesnt know what he's doing but I guess its a good skill.

13 weeks or 3 months

Kellis is 3 months tomorrow! He is babbling like crazy and learning how to scream. He appears to like the echo of his voice. He was having a blast in Walmart today. So I was THAT parent. Then he heard another kid actually screaming and throwing a fit and he thought it was a screaming contest. He was grinning the whole time. I'm going to have to start whispering to him.

We are working on neck strength still. I don't have a chair to sit him up in so I just sit him on my lap for a few minutes at a time and let him work on holding up his upper body. His lower body is so strong that he usually ends up laying himself down again. Its really crazy how strong his legs are. He can bear weight on them already. I put him in the jumper thingy that hangs from a doorway and he is still too small for it and doesn't have the upper body control. We'll try again in a couple weeks.

He is becoming a little chunk! He is in 6mo clothes (Carter's) and eating like crazy. Last Saturday he weighed 14 pounds. I'll weigh him again when he wakes up from his nap. Hopefully that isn't for a couple more hours.

The house is coming together. Scott has some crazy fear of boxes being everywhere so he's been working like a dog to get everything put up asap. Its really tiring so I'm glad he's taking charge. We are definitely feeling the loss of the 4th bedroom. There are several boxes that we have absolutely no where to store. We're going to have to get really creative tonight. I'm hoping to hang some pictures or some of my crosses also. It will be nice when I can just enjoy the day and not have to organize or unpack anything.

I was going to put a couple pictures in here but my camera isnt talking to the computer for some reason. I'll have to try again later, I have to go start working on dinner. Meatloaf! It takes an hour to cook and I take forever to prepare so having it ready by 6 is going to be pushing it!

House!

We are officially renting a house in Frisco!!! I am so excited! I love Frisco!!! Here are a couple pics.

The movers are coming tomorrow to do furniture. We have taken 10 loads in our trucks and probably have 3-4 more before we are done. Its been so tiring using so much energy during the day, cause Kellis is still not sleeping all night. So I dont get a lot of sleep then I'm working hard all day. It will be over soon though! I am so glad to get out of this apartment! I'm really glad that we got the house as early as we did so I had time to pack slowly and I'll have all next week to clean the apartment and finalize things there. We currently have 3 addresses, how insane is that?!? I'm trying to think of a way to send out our new address w/o posting it here or on fb. You may have to wait for Christmas cards, which I promise to get out early, for the new address. Unless you email me.
OH, I found the scale while unpacking at the house and Kellis is 14.0 pounds now! Big guy! He is sleeping a lot better and more predictable. Ah! I hear him, gotta get going!

Playmat!

I love this playmat! Kellis has fun looking at all of his new friends on it.

11 weeks

Well, another week has gone by and I haven't posted anything substantial. I don't know where the time goes! Here are some updates.

Kellis is growing like mad! We don't have a scale (its in storage) right now but he is for sure bigger. He fits in the 6mo clothes length-wise but most are still way too wide for him in the shoulders and body. It's going to be interesting to see what fits him in a few months.

His neck strength is really good. I dont have a bumbo or seat to put him in so I sit him on my lap a few times a day and he is able to hold his head up for quite a long time.
He is also able to do what they call a mini-pushup when on his tummy. He has been able to do that for a while now, but now he can flop over onto his back he pushes so hard. He of course has no idea that he is doing it but it happens almost every time. He is always shocked at the change of scenery and of course I'm there to make sure he isnt bonking his head too hard.

His attention span is getting longer, I am able to read an entire book to him without him getting fussy. Granted, kids books are short but still. He is very into colors and looking all around. Most of the time he cries its b/c he's bored (in the car) and wants to see something.

His hair is continuing to fall out! I keep finding it all over his clothes. And his head is growing so fast the new hair cant keep up so he has some interesting hair lines.

He is so so smiley! He loves to be talked to and will always smile when he sees someone looking at him. He babbles and makes noises back to me now, its so cute.

He is very close to figuring out his hands. He rubs his face and sometimes they end up in his mouth but he is always shocked and doesnt understand what's going on. When his arm is extended, sometimes he sees it and tries to figure it out. When he's sitting in his chair he sees his feet moving now and is entertained for a few minutes at a time.

HOUSE:
Well I applied for a house on the 10th. The listing realtor is kind of a ding a ling and slow at getting back to my realtor which is really stressing me out. Scott wants to start moving in this weekend, so we are hoping to have keys by the end of the week. Fingers crossed! I think if they were going to say no we would know by now. They have had our application to look at for 4 days.

As soon as we know something and get papers signed I will be very busy moving! I plan to load up the denali and take over big loads during the day, unpack them and clean the house while I am there. I am hopeful that Kellis will sleep or be content while I do this, then we'll come back to the apartment and he can nap while I load up again. Scott will help me on the weekend get the boxes out of storage and load up everything we can possibly carry and fit ourselves. I will have to schedule movers for sometime next week.

This is all contingent on that other realtor calling my realtor back and setting up a signing of the lease. I hate waiting around! Luckily though there are 8 more houses on the list right now in the nice area of Frisco I love and I'm ready to jump on one if this one falls through.

Raider is very ready to have a house, more room to run and explore and a YARD. We keep telling him how great it's going to be, I think we are more excited than him.

GRANDPARENTS:
My mom was here over Labor Day (see previous post) and Scott's parents came this past weekend. They were going to Oklahoma to see William's family so they stopped at our place on the way there and back to break up the drive. We went out to dinner and got a couple pictures. They had a blast with Kellis and got lots of smiles before heading back to Houston. They already want to come back. It will be so nice to have a guest room so we can accommodate visitors more often.

10 weeks

Well I have been slacking lately! I update on fb so often I figure I dont need to here as much, but its been 3 weeks now so I figured I'd do a quick rundown.
Its finally getting cooler here. We have taken a couple walks in the evening now. We plan to take more, as both Scott and I need to lose some weight. Here is Kellis in the stroller. This is the first time I used the laying down part of the stroller. He liked the freedom but got fussy if we weren't walking under trees (so he had something to look at).


Kellis is growing like mad. He's getting to the end of 3 month clothes and moving on to 6 month! Carters fit him the best, they are made for long skinny babies. Although his belly is becoming more round! Our next doctor appt isn't until the end of October (4mo shots) but I am hoping to measure him soon and give you some stats!!!

My mom came to visit for Labor Day weekend. She had a blast with Kellis. He is "talking" so much now and smiles when you talk to him. It was a nice break for me to have someone else to take care of Kellis. He missed her the next day, he was extra fussy! We shopped a lot and Kellis got stocked up on 6 and 9 month clothes and jammies. Little kids clothes are SO CUTE!


We are hoping to apply for a rent house today or tomorrow. I have been out with the realtor more times than I care to disclose, and I know she is sick of me! We saw 2 houses yesterday and I just didnt feel good about the neighborhoods so we re-evaluated our list and I'm going to 4 more today in areas I know are nicer. I am really excited that we get to look in Frisco and also that we are hopefully (pray please!) going to have a house in the next week. This has been such a long time coming! I haven't begun to pack yet, possibly I am in denial? I have been thinking this whole time that I will have a few days to truck stuff up myself to save on movers costs so I haven't packed one thing. It's going to be interesting when we open the storage unit to see just how much stuff we have in there (that we haven't needed for 6 months). It'll be like Christmas!!

Speaking of Christmas, we have not decided on holiday travels yet. With the rent house comes added expenses so cost of travel is an issue. Also, Scott's job is very unpredictable so we won't know how busy he is going to be until just a few days before. Hopefully he will be able to take the whole long Thanksgiving weekend off and we can either go to Kingwood or have the Harkness' at our house but we can't make that decision yet. I would really like to take Kellis to Illinois soon but its starting to get cold there and by the time I am ready to travel with him by myself it will be insanely cold/snow/ice season so it'll probably be March or April before he sees The Ranch.