Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Our baby boy is 7 months!

Mitchell is 7 months today! He won't stop growing, even when he was sick he gained a pound! He is loving life and every new thing we introduce to him! Animals, cotten candy, ice cream(I wonder how he is still putting on the pounds?), Disneyland and other babies to name a few! He is still scootin around like crazy, he gets around really fast that way and hasn't even realized he could be even faster on his knees! We are thankful for that, because we still need to purchase some gates! He usually scoots himself into a place he cannot get out of on his own and then screams until we free him! Pretty funny.. usually! He sits on his own now and gets stuck like that, except today he has finally figured out that he can get out of it by falling forward and rolling and has been doing it all day! Oh well, it was nice for a couple weeks! ;) He randomly waves hi and we are working on teaching him high fiving and some signs from his Baby Einstein signing dvd, he loves that and the Nick Jr(formerly Noggin) tv station. He had his first ear infection this last month and he was such a good boy through that and the yeast infection the anti-biotics gave him, so sad! He is our little tough guy! He is still napping like a champ, but still wakes up once at night! He is finally doing regular 6 hour stretches through the night though! His personality has really come out and he definitely has his moods! He is starting to throw minor tantrums where he puts his face in his hands on the floor and cries and then looks up to see if you are watching. We just try to ignore him, so it doesn't get worse. TRY is the key word in that sentence, we think it is so adorable that it is really hard to not watch and laugh! He is also starting to be shy, he will turn his head away from people and snuggle into us. He has become such a Daddy's boy this last month! He has always loved Daddy, but now he actually looks around for him and calls for him! It's sad when Seth is at work and he does this, luckily he loves Mommy too!! This next month we are really going to baby proof EVERYTHING!! He can now open the fireplace doors and we can't just leave him to play on the floor anymore to use the restroom or run upstairs like we used to. Can't think of anthing else right now, except that we just love our active little guy SO MUCH and we are so thankful for his spirit in our home! On to the adorable pics!!

RRROOOAAARR!! This is his Halloween costume, I wanted his 7 month photos in it!

Super Mitch! I also took some of him in the cape that I made him awhile ago, since he is sitting now! I LOVE how they turned out!!!

Getting him dressed for the day, his little serious face!

Yelling at me, this pic kills me it is too cute!

Mitch and his girlfriend Madisyn, who is trying to get away from his grasp! ;)

So cute in his footy pj's! This is his newest favorite toy! It is actually a dog toy we got at a fair, it makes a ton of noise and we knew he would love it! LOL!!

Getting stuck under the coffee table, peek-a-boo!

This is what he does while Mommy and Daddy are on the computer!

Kicking back at Disneyland

We have found that Mitch has an aversion to mustaches! He is scared of his Pops'(Grandpa Andres) handle bar mustache! LOL! Whenever he sees him, his eyes lock onto it with this look of "What the.." So freakin funny! Seth friend at the LA fair has one too and when Mitch saw him he started crying! So sad!

Our Chubby Monkey!


This video is of him about to get lunch! He loves his food!


And this video is at the end of one of his little tantrums! I love how as soon as he sees that I am video taping him he trys to act like nothing was wrong!!

Sunday, October 11, 2009

LA COUNTY FAIR!

We had a really fun day at the LA County Fair a week ago! We got in free and got free parking! NICE! Seth works with the LA Fair's Geode Man(He is a Fire Captain for his other job) and he hooked us up! He even got us a SWEET Geode(Pics below)!! We had a full day of fun and Mitch luckily did really well napping there, we are training him for naps on the go for Disneyland and a cruise we are going on with the Bills family in January(YAYA!!)! We did a lot of petting animals, Mitch LOVED it! He and Daddy were having a great time and I'm sad cause I only got video and it is still on the camera. Oh well maybe later, take my word for it - it was really cute! We ended up staying till 10pm and of course got some Funnel Cake on CRACK(at least it seemed like it), it was A-MAZ-ING!!!! Here are the pics...


Mitch, ready to go!

Gary the "Geode Man" educating Seth on the Geodes

Our geode! Super sweet! So pretty and cool to learn about!

Mitch and Daddy having a good time!

Seth was making him dance! :) Love it!

They had an awesome Dinosaur exhibit so we had to get a pic with T-Rex! They didn't have a Pterodactyl, :(.

This is a Angliasauras(sp?) Seth's favorite dinosaur as a kid, he did a report on it! So cute!

This is me and the BEST funnel cake EVER!!!!! It had soft serve ice cream and fresh strawberries on it! The bomb diggity!! We totally grubbed on it!!!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

DISNEYLAND!!!

One reason I'm glad we live in Cali is because Disneyland is close by!!! So happy we got passes and were able to spend the first day there with Mitch's Grandma and Grandpa Bills and the rest of the family! Mitch was kind of a stinker the first part of the day, he kept turning his head away from his grandparents(little snot)! I guess he has learned how to be shy or just plain rude, either way kinda cute and funny... for now. Wish I would have gotten some good pics of it! We accidentally left our new camera in the car and didn't realise it until we got off the tram! Annoying! So Seth went back for it and by then Mitch had stopped doing it! So we got in line to get our tickets(to turn into passes)where I flashed everyone while trying to nurse my hysterical baby! He grabbed the hooter hider while trying to latch on and then I tried to cover myself with my arm while wrestling with him... few seconds later I looked and realised I was doing a REALLY BAD JOB of covering myself cause my NIPPLE was still on parade!!! So freaking embarrassing! Aww the joys of motherhood! We finally got into Disneyland though and had an awesome time with the family and flashed a few more times(you know for attention really, like the screaming baby isn't attention enough)! This day helped me realise a few things...

*Any ride that is dark (like Pirates of the Caribbean) makes Mitch think it is nap time and then he wants to nurse PRONTO!
*Holding Mitch towards the outside of the boat(like on Pirates of the Caribbean) so he can see everything isn't a good idea.. at least till after the 2 drops that completely soaked him!
*We need to hold his hands while on the ride if someone is seating right in front of us(like on Pirates of the Caribbean), cause Mitch likes to pull hair.
*Maybe Pirates of the Caribbean isn't the best ride for us!
*There is a nursing area that I will put to good use on our next trip, instead of flashing everyone AND their mom.
*Time flies at Disneyland and if my baby is really grumpy and crying maybe it's because I should have fed him 2 hours ago!! What a bad mom.

:) Yeah, good times. We made it through the day with Mitch napping pretty well in his stroller, going on some rides and being able to see the awesome fireworks show they have for Halloween! Looking forward to many more fun trips!!

Here are some pics from the day...

Right before entering the happiest place on earth!

Where to first Mitch?

Doesn't get cuter than this!! Thanks for bringing the hat Aunt Amber! Went perfect with his $6 Walmart outfit, just FYI Walmart has really cute and way less expensive disney clothes! Gotta love it!

Amazed by the Carasol!

The Birthday girl Autumn!! The reason the whole family went together!

Mitch and Grandpa Bills, I think they look alike!

Mitch and Grandma Bills

On the Dumbo ride, ready to fly!

Autumn and Grandma

Us and Dumbo

Mitch and the Sword and the Stone. Some lady walked by and commented on how unsanitary this was.. we are just building his immune system... GOSH! Oh well, I guess I could have foreseen this happening and wipied it.

Mitch sufficiently over stimulated and ready for a snooze!

Yeah baby!

Seth playing with that giant water ball, my dad was impressed about how fast he got it moving! :)

The whole fam ready for the firework show!

New Camera!! Yay!

So we have a new camera! We got a great deal on www.newegg.com, check there before you buy anywhere else! They do free shipping! So glad to have a camera again, that works! Here are some pics from testing it out...

Mitch being OH SO CUTE!
Yummy milk and cookies! :)
And my guys!