Jessi

This week was a big week for Jessi also. We registered her for Kindergarten! That was a big step for us too and it made me feel old. She has started to act a little nervous and scared for school to start, and for those who know her that was definitely out of character for her. So I took her to the school today and we had a little tour by the principal and met her teachers for next year and she seems to be more excited again and not scared. Hopefully this will last until the first day. I know if she can make it past that initial shock she will be fine.

Hunter 6 months

Hunter is 6 months now as of Monday. I can't believe that he is already half way to being 1! It has gone by really fast. He is still a very calm, mellow, easy-going baby. Thanks goodness, since Jessi and Tanner can't stop moving. Hunter decided that he wanted to catch up a little this week, so on Monday he decided to learn to roll both directions and went all the way across the living room. The next day he continues his learning streak, and now today he is constantly rolling tummy, back, tummy, back. I think it is only a few days before he will be across the room to get something. This is new for me since the other two rolled to their tummy and then scooted for everything. They never rolled back to their backs until after they learned to crawl.

Also Hunter had another tooth come in about a week after the first. Again he wasn't too fussy, so hopefully the trend continues.

We went to the doctor on Tuesday and here are his stats. (And the other kids for comparison.)
Hunter: Weight: 17.14lbs.(58%) /Height: 27in.(72%)
Tanner: Weight: 16.11lbs /Height: 27in.
Jessi: Weight: 17.14lbs /Height: 27.25in.
He has come down in his percentiles but the doctor is still impressed by is growth. He is now taking 4-5 8oz bottles a day, I'm hoping that he will reduce that a little since we are starting him on solids. Formula is way to expensive to be going through it so fast!
He is laughing more, but still not a lot. Mostly at the kids when they are jumping around. He is happy, but mostly content to take it all in. He is getting more vocal though and says dadadadada a lot and just screams some times, but not in a bad way yet.
He is also starting to sit up more. He has tried to sit with support for a long time and is strong enough to sit forward on your lap if you don't hold him back, but he doesn't have the strength yet to hold himself upright and so topples forward.

I look forward to the next few months when he gets more mobile but at the same time it makes my life more challenging. I think it will be fun to watch the other kids interact with him as he becomes more entertaining to them.

The weather was beautiful on Monday and I knew it was supposed to rain some this week so we took the kids to the park.

Hunter didn't seem to like the swing much at first and was even a little scared when I pushed his like this.

But once he got his arms out he seemed to enjoy it more. (I love the triple chins in the above picture.)

Enjoy!

Solid food adventures

Hunter is 6 months now and we decided that we should stop being lazy and finally started him on rice cereal on Saturday. He loved it, that day. The next two days he tolerated it, but by the 4Th day, he wouldn't do anything but spit it back at me. So we have moved on to sweet potatoes which he seems to enjoy at the moment. I'll try the rice cereal again when we get to applesauce. That is how we got Jessi and Tanner to eat it, so we will have to try that.



Jessi loved helping and Tanner wanted to once he knew Jessi was. But then he lost interest.

Temple Trip

This month we were able to make a trip to the temple with MJ's family and do some family work on both his parents' sides. It was really neat to be able to be in the temple with MJ's family and also my brother, Chris, and his wife, Melissa. We were blessed to have a family friend watch the kids ALL day for us so we could take a few names all the way through the temple. It was a long day but very worth it!

left to right: Chris, Melissa, Lisa, MJ, Jessica, Adam, Vicky and Mike. The second picture includes the temple president and his wife, the Hunters. They were our previous stake president. So Mike and Vicky know them personally.

Cute picture of the kids playing together

This is a picture that I forgot to post last month. They were going to give Hunter a ride, but right as I snapped the picture he exploded! All over the train, Tanner and himself. At least Jessi and Tanner were attempting to play nicely with him. I think Tanner was holding him a little too tight.

First tooth

Hunter's first tooth broke through on Wednesday! He is getting big so fast. I thought I better document it so I remember when it happened. I will try to get a picture of if for his 6 month update in a week or so. It is on the bottom left.

Go Sharks!!!

The kids love to go to sharks games with Gaga and Daddo. Gaga has given then each a jersey with their favorite player's number and name on it. Hunter even has a little jersey. I had to get some pictures of them in them before Hunter outgrows his. Here they are.