9 Months Old

Seth is 9 months old today! I know I have said it before but he truly is a happy and healthy baby boy. He weighs 19.10 lbs. He is 28 inches long, and the doctor was thoroughly impressed by his size. He is nearing the top of the growth chart apparently. It must be all that homemade baby food. :)

*We finally captured Seth's adorable, scrunchy face with our camera, thus the photo.

Weekend Fun

This past weekend we made our way back to Jackson again and thankfully there were no floods in the forecast. A friend of mine, that happened to be a server at my wedding, was getting married and I wanted to be there for her special day. Bryan kept Seth all day Saturday with his Granna and Papa while my mom and I spent the day shopping, going to the wedding,and eating at a dainty, kind of girly restaurant. We had so much fun! It was actually my first day where I was away for the ENTIRE day from Seth. We all survived just fine and it made me feel a little better about my upcoming two and half days that I am going to have to be away from Seth in July. Here are a few pics from the visit:

Mom and Me

Uncle Michael and SethGranna and Seth

Nana loving on Seth

Pop and Seth (my favorite)

and finally an updated family photo. Yay!

Other Moments During the Day

When we haven't been chasing after the little one who is into EVERYTHING,

we have been busy tending to the yard/garden...

turning our front porch into a painting station because

we are in the process of painting all the interior doors...

selling lots and lots of stuff on Craig's List in hopes
of selling enough to buy a bed,
thus turning our dining room into mess..

dabbling in some wide angle photography

and enjoying life all along the way.

Mr. Investigating EVERYTHING!

This little guy is investigating EVERYTHING! Like...

anything within reach ...

tennis shoes and shoelaces...

anything that was placed on the floor, this case a plastic drop cloth...

the inside of the refrigerator

the dishwasher including the silverware compartment...

Bella's box

cabinet doors
(thankfully nothing inside yet, but I have a feeling
we are days or maybe even hours away)...

door stops...

Mommy's tutoring stuff...

and the list and pictures could go on and on and on.

Splishing and a Splashing

Seth experienced his first time playing in his inflatable kiddie pool today! As always when he is outside he was very stoic, but he seemed to enjoy playing in the water. We got a few grins here and there, but for the most part he was just enjoying the water.

Seth sporting his adorable board shorts.

For a few minutes, I poured water out of a cup.
Seth liked to try and grab the water.Seth's stoic look

Splish, Splash

Our First Harvest

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our first harvest of the season! The central head on my only remaining broccoli plant, along with one yellow squash, and a single snow pea were ready for harvest today. I could not have been more excited! I tasted the broccoli tonight and aside from having to be very careful to pick off all the caterpillars that had made their home in amongst the florets, it was quite possibly the best broccoli I have ever tasted. I can't wait to try the squash and once a few more snow peas are ready in the next day or so, I can't wait to give them a try too. I think this whole gardening thing is turning out to be a success.

Summer Goals

I know we are still quite a few days away from the official first day of summer, but I feel the need to do some summer goal setting now.

• I have never been a huge fan of swimming or laying out or typical outdoor summery things, but I have always loved Summer Reading Challenges. So my first summer goal has two parts.
• A. I would like to read at least 5 books. That might seem like a small number, but I think that might actually be sadly realistic.
• B. Our library put out a list of 100 Books Every Child Should Read Before Kindergarten. I thought it would be fun each summer from now until Seth starts school to try to read through all of them. I don't think it will be hard, because we read at least one or two books everyday anyway. We already own a lot of them and we can just pick up a few each week at the library when we go to story time.

• At least for the month of June, I am going to try to do the Sit-Up Challenge. I saw it floating around on Facebook. I didn't join any groups, but I thought it would be interesting to do. Basically you do sit-ups every day and keep track of how many you do.
• Get back to drinking 64 ounces or more of water each day. I used to carry my water bottle everywhere when I was teaching. I always drank plenty each day but for some reason I have stopped. I want to get back into that good habit.
• During the month of July, I would like to participate in No Spend Month.
  
• I would like to learn how to do canning. I just might need this skill if the garden continues to thrive.