Jacob's 6 month Stats

Jacob welcomed his half birthday with his first real cold and cough! Yay! NOT! Poor kid didn't feel good for several days. He didn't have a fever so the doctor still had him get his shots. He was MISERABLE! He refused to sleep unless he was being held. Needless to say it was a long night for Ty and I. Good news is he got over it quickly and was back to his old self in no time!

J's Stats:

Weight: 18 lbs 10 oz    75%

Height: 26.5 inches      60%

Head: 43.5 cm              50% 

(my girls have tiny 10% or under heads and then there's J with his huge 50% head. lol) 

The doctor was impressed with how well he is sitting up. Jacob is amazingly stable when he's sitting. And he is finally rolling from his tummy to his back, but not from his back to his tummy. I don't know if he ever will. He looks at me like I'm crazy when I ask him to roll on his tummy. He's like, 'I just got off my tummy. Why would I get back on it?' lol. He really doesn't like being on his stomach. 

He is however trying to crawl! He gets on his hands and knees and falls on his face. He ends up on his stomach and then rolls onto his back. At which point, he SCREAMS like a banshee until I sit him up again. lol. 

He's SMILING AGAIN! Poor kid was SO sick! It's so good to see him smiling again!

J wouldn't give Crystal her barbie back. We tried to trade toys so she could have it back but he screamed! lol!

He also LOVES to bang on the keyboard!

I can't believe my baby boy is already 6 months old!! It doesn't seem like its been that long since he was born! :( Is it possible to freeze time?

We have a home again!

We were able to move back into our apartment Wednesday. Ty managed to get most of the big items in the house before he had to leave for work. We had beds and a couch at least! Thursday was Crystal's birthday, so we didn't get much done. Friday was her birthday party and GRANDMA GORDON CAME for the afternoon! Again we didn't get much done as far as unpacking. By Saturday night we had everything back in the apartment from inside the pod, under the carport, and inside the other apartment, BUT as I sit here Sunday afternoon, the apartment is still a wreck. lol. I didn't take pictures with my phone this week so I don't have many to share right now. I have to get them off Ty's camera and my mom's camera (I still have 3 posts from this summer waiting for pictures from my mom, so hopefully I get them soon. lol).

Here are a few sneak peaks of what I'll post when I have pictures...

THE CAKE

Crystal was born on Talk Like A Pirate Day, so we had a Pirate Party for her this year!

J ready for the big game!

This is how I felt about the game too J... lol.

Pirate Birthday Party

Crystal had a Pirate Party for her 5th birthday this year!  This is the first year we've done an actual kids party for her.  We started off the party by each child getting a pirate hat and eye patch! Can't have a pirate party without pirates! We played a game called Pin the Flag on the Map. They had to Pin the Flag on the X on the map. After that the kids each got a compass or map or sword, so we could get ready for a treasure hunt. We got in our ship and followed the clues! When we found the treasure, we realized we didn't have a key for the treasure chest, so we hung it up and banged on it until the treasure came flying out! After that we sang to Crystal, had cake and ice cream, and she opened her presents! She had SO much fun, and I think the other kids did too!

Crystal's 5th birthday!

Since Crystal's birthday is on Talk Like A Pirate Day, we dressed like pirates and went to Krispy Kreme for a free dozen doughnuts (actually 4 dozen since there were 4 of us dressed up. Oh dear yes we had 4 dozen doughnuts in our house... and a cake. Yikes!) 

In line at Krispy Kreme!

 We realized afterward that Ty's costume would have been complete had we thought to dress J in a parrot costume! Darn! Too late! lol.

Crystal was very concerned when all her friends (who went to Krispy Kreme with us) didn't stick around to see her open her presents. We had to remind her several times that her party was the next day and not today! Poor thing. She was in tears because she thought they all left before her party even started!

Ready to open her presents!

This little girl really struggled with Crystal getting ALL the presents.

One of Crystal's friends came over to watch her open presents, so she wouldn't feel so bad about not having her party today.

Good thing Crystal is nice and let Lily help open her presents.

Yes Lily started opening the next present before Crystal was done with the first!

Lily was pretty excited. lol. I had to remind her that they were Crystal's skates.

Don't forget the elbow pads, knee pads, and gloves.

Trying them out.

It wasn't as easy as she thought!

We decided maybe we'd practice on the carpet first. lol. She hasn't put them on since her birthday and its been almost a month. 

After we got her out of her skates, Crystal wanted to go to the pool. We played at the pool with a friend for a few hours. They had a blast! Crystal LOVES going down the water slides! But I didn't take pictures. Its hard to take pictures when you are surrounded by water. lol. After the pool, we were all hungry and Crystal wanted Chuck-A-Rama for her birthday dinner. Its right up there with McDonald's on her list of favorites! She LOVES getting mac-n-cheese and a 'smoothie' as she calls it. She really likes their slushy machine! After dinner, she wanted to go to Dollar Tree to spend the money GiGi and Grandpa Great sent her. She bought a recorder, tiara, wand, a dolphin, and one more toy I can't remember right now. She was in heaven! 

One of the presents she picked out at the store!

Modeling the clothes Grandma and Grandpa Cook sent to her!

HOW is it that this little girl is 5 already?!?!?!? I can't believe how fast she is growing up. She keeps telling me that after Christmas it will be her birthday again and she will be 6, and then 7, and then 8...!!! I keep telling her to stop growing up so fast and enjoy being 5!!! lol! (I still don't have pics of the Pirate Party. I'll post as soon as I get them!)